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Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / July 2006San Diego Hotel Suggestions
We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not affordable on our budget any longer! We've been staying at Campland On The Bay in our RV/Trailer. I'm tired of hauling the thing for 12 hours at 7mpg for a couple of days visit. We're visiting San Diego in August (I know, Prime Time) arriving on a Sunday and leaving on a Thursday. Our entire focus for our visit is Pacific Beach and La Jolla Shores; we visit San Diego to hang out on the family friendly beaches. Any hotel suggestions? We don't want to stay in a noisy cheap dump with sandpaper bedding and paper thin walls and ceilings, but we can't afford the Catamaran any longer (unless you know a way we can stay there for a bargain). I've got less than 2 weeks to figure this out or I'm stuck dragging the trailer 1200 miles. > We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not affordable on > our budget any longer! [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I've got less than 2 weeks to figure this out or I'm stuck dragging the > trailer 1200 miles. Bryan: Do yourself a super big favor and just go to http://www.travelocity.com (or your favorite travel website) and select the "Hotels" link. Search for stuff in San Diego during your dates. Yea, you're probably going in a prime time period. I did a search since I'm always on Travelocity anyway. I did it from August 6th through August 10th for 2 adults and saw some NEAR San Diego (El Cajon - 16 miles away) for an average of $69 per night. However, read any review to ensure they're not the places that you're trying to stay away from. If you're into winging it, right as you pull into San Diego from around I-8 (a favorite trip of mine when coming from Phoenix), there's an area called Hotel Circle with a boatload of hotels that range from the bad to the good. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything good that was related only to "Hotel Circle" bookings in San Diego. Have fun! Charles R. Whealton Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com >> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not affordable >> on [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > Charles R. Whealton > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Would you like to tell me about your hotel circle suggestions/favorites? Hi, I stayed in the Red Lion Hanelei (on Hotel Circle) for 3 nights in June, and I thought it was very good. The rooms were clean and functional, and many have a balcony overlooking a central park-area with swimming-pool, palm trees etc... There was a vets function and a wedding while I was there, and they seemed to be handled very well. The in-house eateries were also fine. I'm from the UK, and stayed in a lot of places right down the west coast, and this was one of the better ones. Barb UK >>> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not >>> affordable on [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Would you like to tell me about your hotel circle suggestions/favorites? >>>> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not >>>> affordable on [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> >>> Bryan: > Hi, I stayed in the Red Lion Hanelei (on Hotel Circle) for 3 nights in > June, and I thought it was very good. The rooms were clean and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Barb UK Thanks, I checked it out and it looks good except it's booked solid for my timeframe! >>>>> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not >>>>> affordable on [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > Thanks, I checked it out and it looks good except it's booked solid for my > timeframe! contact Penny Realty in Mission Beach and see what it costs to rent an house for the stay. They have condo's and duplex's available. >>> Hi, I stayed in the Red Lion Hanelei (on Hotel Circle) for 3 nights in >>> June, and I thought it was very good. The rooms were clean and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > contact Penny Realty in Mission Beach and see what it costs to rent an > house for the stay. They have condo's and duplex's available. I actually called them already. Our timeframe doesn't fit theirs; we don't arrive and depart according to their summer schedule (Saturday to Saturday). > >> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not affordable > >> on [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Would you like to tell me about your hotel circle suggestions/favorites? Bryan: Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. I have no favorites in Hotel Circle. It's the desolate drive from Phoenix to San Diego that's my favorite! I stayed at the EconoLodge which back then I considered SUB STANDARD (it was the only room left at Hotel Circle that night) and at another hotel on the other side of the highway who's name escapes me simply because it was fine as my company booked it for me while I was there for other than vacation. Let's face it, if it's OK and average we don't normally remember 'em! I'd look into California Bill's suggestion about the possibility of renting a house or similar during your stay. It may be a wiser economic move and it certainly won't hurt to find out the prices. Have fun! Charles R. Whealton Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Go to www.localwally.com and go to the hotel section. I'm a San Diego local who writes the site and I visited all the hotels and picked the ones I would stay at in the hotel section. It's a nonprofit site so no worries that I'm trying to scam anyone :-) Anyway, lots of other good stuff there too. I just updated it this summer, so all restaurant reviews and attraction recommendations are new and up to date. Thanks - hope that helps. Wally > > >> We used to stay at the Catamaran Resort in Pacific Beach. Not affordable > > >> on [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > Charles R. Whealton > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com > Go to www.localwally.com and go to the hotel section. I'm a San Diego > local who writes the site and I visited all the hotels and picked the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Wally Thanks Wally, I'll check it out. > Bryan: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Charles R. Whealton > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Thanks, Charles. I'll keep checking on Barb's suggestion of Hanalei Bay Red Lion. Calif Bill's suggestion is also good, but we don't match Penney's arrival/departure criteria. It looks like we'll be dragging our trailer all the way down and back (could be worse). > > Bryan: > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > arrival/departure criteria. It looks like we'll be dragging our trailer all > the way down and back (could be worse). Bryan: No problem. Yea, as you said, it could be worse. You'll be in beautiful San Diego and it's a great place to hang out for a vacation. I'm working on getting the family back out that way in the near future. There's some great scenery also. I really enjoyed just driving and walking around Mission Valley/Mission Bay the last time I was there outside of business.... Have fun! Charles R. Whealton Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com |
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