Places to stay San Francisco adjacent.

Karnage

Karnage

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So the fam (me, wife, kiddo age 12) are planning a trip to Nor Cal to go bigfoot hunting up in the redwoods. (It's the only way to get the kid interested in hiking through the forest but I'll take it.)

We have two to three days to spend in San Francisco and I was trying to figure out the easiest/best place to stay that's city adjacent but not downtown. Trip would be in early October. We already have planned to see Alcatraz and the waterfront plus a few of the crazier sights like Lombard St, but am mostly just looking for ideas on an area to stay in that's not a hundred miles out but also not something downtown like our crew hotels as the kid has some anxiety issues and so having a place where we can be quite in the evenings for a while would be best. At best we'd only be able to manage 5-6 hours a day in the city each day so a little bit of a drive to some place a little more relaxing wouldn't be a problem.
 
Yeah, I was thinking down there. Plus I'm fairly familiar with it seeing as how much time I spent in the area on out of base reserve with SkyWest...
 
Karnage said:
Yeah, I was thinking down there. Plus I'm fairly familiar with it seeing as how much time I spent in the area on out of base reserve with SkyWest...
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Are you looking for hotel or air bnb? Never looked at air bnbs but unless there is an event going on in town there are some decent deals to be had on various Hilton properties on ID90. Plus you can be right next to the finals for the 28s. But my knowledge of the area is probably similar to yours, oddly specific but very narrow
 
Hotel. Have had issued with Air BnBs and won't go near them (like webcams in the bedroom kinda issues).

I have a very detailed and intricate knowledge... of the hotel row along the water front parallel to the 28's final approach course.
 
Staying in the east bay, specifically Emeryville/Berkley may fit the bill depending on the location of the hotel you choose. Not nearly as busy as San Francisco, and a relatively easy hop across the bay on BART.

Other option is Marin County. That may require a rental car or you could take the ferry from up there into San Francisco, but I’m not familiar with the hotel situation up there. Definitely the quietest option though.
 
Karnage said:
Hotel. Have had issued with Air BnBs and won't go near them (like webcams in the bedroom kinda issues).

I have a very detailed and intricate knowledge... of the hotel row along the water front parallel to the 28's final approach course.
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My knowledge is redundant to your knowledge. If you’ve never gotten tired of waiting for the Hilton shuttle and just gotten on the Embassy or Doubletree, have you really SFO’d?
 
Roger Roger said:
My knowledge is redundant to your knowledge. If you’ve never gotten tired of waiting for the Hilton shuttle and just gotten on the Embassy or Doubletree, have you really SFO’d?
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Aren't they all the same big black bus or did they finally get their own?
 
Sculprit said:
Staying in the east bay, specifically Emeryville/Berkley may fit the bill depending on the location of the hotel you choose. Not nearly as busy as San Francisco, and a relatively easy hop across the bay on BART.

Other option is Marin County. That may require a rental car or you could take the ferry from up there into San Francisco, but I’m not familiar with the hotel situation up there. Definitely the quietest option though.
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We looked up north but didn't find much options, hotel wise. I think we settled on Emeryville/Berkley as the kiddo got excited when we mentioned train. He was utterly fascinated by the Underground in London last year and I honestly think that was his favorite part of the week we spent there!
 
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