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We had a great AirBnB in the Hayes Valley area. Easy public transport or walk to most touristy things, and the apartment was nice. I don't see it listed any longer, but this was back in 2015. Maybe it was the dates I randomly put in.
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@tifosi77 can comment more, but when we were in SF we stayed at Chancellor Hotel in Union Square and enjoyed our stay. Plenty nearby, and anywhere you wanted to go was either a trolley or bus trip away. We'd stay there again if visiting.Source of the post My problem is San Fran. What's a good area to stay? Would you recommend a nice hotel or would Air BnB be the way to go? I'd like to be in an area close enough to walk to touristy ****, safe enough to not worry about walking around late at night, and nice enough to be appropriate for a honeymoon. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Preach, brother!My problem is San Fran.
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What's a good area to stay? Would you recommend a nice hotel or would Air BnB be the way to go? I'd like to be in an area close enough to walk to touristy ****, safe enough to not worry about walking around late at night, and nice enough to be appropriate for a honeymoon. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Oh, and book Alcatraz BEFORE you get there. They sell out damn near instantaneously, and you can only actually get on Alcatraz if you buy tickets from the National Park Service. Alcatraz was awesome, and I highly recommend it.
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Damn you guys are awesome. Thank you.
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Forgot one touristy thing that's worth it: If you're going to be there in a good weather month, visit the Top Of The Mark restaurant & bar in the Mark Hopkins hotel. 360° views of the city from the top of one of the tallest buildings on top of the highest hill. Spectacular. There's usually a line, so I'd recommend going right at opening (which iirc is 5 pm) or make dinner reservations (same with The Tonga Room).
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Yes about the weather. The week were there in June, it was cold (!) at night, dropping into the upper 40s (with the wind factored in). We went to a Giants game and had to buy sweatshirts (ugh) because it was windy and cold. In June.
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Well, my future wife is a teacher so the ONLY time we're able to vacation (and obviously honeymoon) is the Summer. So we will be there at the beginning of July.
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I prefer off-peak vacationing, and having kids disrupts that. That said, I know a few people who still pull their kids out of school for an entire week during the school year.
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I would prefer that as well but it won't be possible until retirement, unfortunately.
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This was the best before kids started school. Our anniversary is September 19th, which was a perfect time for our yearly vacation.I prefer off-peak vacationing, and having kids disrupts that. That said, I know a few people who still pull their kids out of school for an entire week during the school year.
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Ours is a few days before yours, which we loved. Had to move vacations to early June once my daughter started elementary school.This was the best before kids started school. Our anniversary is September 19th, which was a perfect time for our yearly vacation.I prefer off-peak vacationing, and having kids disrupts that. That said, I know a few people who still pull their kids out of school for an entire week during the school year.
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Yep, we used to pull our kids out to go to non-peak Disney when they were in elementary school (my wife is also a teacher, but a curriculum coordinator). Now, with them in middle and high school (next year) they use a block schedule, so an absence is worth double or something, making it impossible for them to miss that much time in a block.
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We were in SF in July a couple years ago. Don't think it got above 65 while we were there and it was pretty cold at night. Did a nightmare bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge (don't do it) and while the rest of SF was low 60s and sunny, it was 40 something degrees with horrific wind and rain while on the bridge. Got to Sausalito and it was in the mid 80s.
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Kids in HS? Leave them at home and vacation whenever you want.
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Well, yeah eventually we'll do that. He's in 8th grade, and his brother in 5th. I'm sure I want a ninth grader in charge of a sixth grader for more than a day or so. It would be like Lord of the Flies
It's mostly my wife not wanting them to miss any instruction time, which I find is highly overrated in SC public schools.
It's mostly my wife not wanting them to miss any instruction time, which I find is highly overrated in SC public schools.
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Yeah, I get it. I won't pull my daughter out of school for a vacation, especially now that I want to do 2+ weeks at a time every other year. Wife barely accepts leaving work for that long, so there's no chance she'd pull our kid out of school.
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Went to a Giants game on Father’s Day weekend and I had to dress like I was going to a Penn State game in November.Yes about the weather. The week were there in June, it was cold (!) at night, dropping into the upper 40s (with the wind factored in). We went to a Giants game and had to buy sweatshirts (ugh) because it was windy and cold. In June.
Which, oh btw, if you can go to a Giants game, do it. Great ballpark with some great sight lines.
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^this, almost as good as PNC Park. Almost.
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Man, I hear that. We loved going to the OBX Labor Day week, but obviously we can't do that anymore. Yeah, we get more daylight going in early August, but the traffic/crowds are worse.I prefer off-peak vacationing, and having kids disrupts that. That said, I know a few people who still pull their kids out of school for an entire week during the school year.
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That and Alcatraz are the only two things my fiancé requested we do while there.Source of the post Did a nightmare bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge (don't do it)
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June 29, 2017. View from the second deck of our house.Well, my future wife is a teacher so the ONLY time we're able to vacation (and obviously honeymoon) is the Summer. So we will be there at the beginning of July.
It's like this for four solid months. Lucky for you, there is usually the odd respite here and there, one or two consecutive days that are clear and nice. It's usually around the beginning of July, which also usually coincides with Pride Week.
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Also, even though I hate baseball we went to two Giants games while we were there. Great fun, excellent food options. Tickets aren't absurdly expensive, sightlines are decent.
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Mrs Tif, the morning this photo was taken (in May): "Let's go to the Bridge. Maybe we'll see some whales."We were in SF in July a couple years ago. Don't think it got above 65 while we were there and it was pretty cold at night. Did a nightmare bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge (don't do it) and while the rest of SF was low 60s and sunny, it was 40 something degrees with horrific wind and rain while on the bridge. Got to Sausalito and it was in the mid 80s.
We had a better view of the Bay Bridge than the GG when we were actually standing on the GG.
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