Hotel for one night stopover

We will be flying into San Francisco in early November en route from Hawaii to the UK and will have one night there. We arrive about 9pm and depart at 6pm the next day so hope to see at least a taster of the city. Please can anyone recommend a mid-range hotel? Would it be better to stay near the airport and travel in in the morning or stay in town?

Thanks.

Hotel for one night stopover

Definitely stay in The City.

You cannot get a better location than the Chancellor Hotel, right on Union Square which is central to everything you will want to see and generally the cost should be considered mid range.

They will hold your luggage for you , in fact they have VERY obliging management and staff who will help make your short stay as productive as possible.

If you read the TA Hotel Reviews you will see it is am excellent little hotel.

www.chancellorhotel.com

You might want to consider a 3 hour tour in the morning so you get to see as much as possible and you will have the afternoon to further explore on your own.

Hotel for one night stopover

I second Oskar%26#39;s very good advice.

Thank you for your help - the Chancellor looks like a great hotel and perfect for us but unfortunately their website indicates that they have a two night stay rule at weekends (we%26#39;d be there Sat to Sun). Please do you have any other suggestions. Also a tour is a brilliant idea - would we need to book it in advance? Finally, we thought that after a tour it would be good to finish off our brief visit with a leisurely lunch. Please do you have any ideas for a lunch place that%26#39;s fun, nice food and convenient (assuming we find somewhere to stay in the Union Square area). Thank you so much for your help.

I%26#39;m going to advise you to stay near the airport. Hauling your luggage between SF and the airport for less than a day%26#39;s stay is just too much of a hassle. It%26#39;s easier to get a free shuttle to an airport area hotel, and then take BART into SF to tour around for a few hours. There%26#39;s a Staybridge Suites hotel just a few minutes walk from the San Bruno/Tanforan BART station.

www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/sb/1/en/hotel/sfobr

In November, the Chancellor may waive the two night rule, since it is a slow period.

Oskar can tell you how to get hold of Wes Tyler, the General Manager (who is a regular on this forum) to plead your case.

Otherwise. Try hotelres.com. Choose Union Square and see what comes up. This is a consolidator which works with San Francisco hotels and simply makes your reservation at a discount. From there you deal with the hotel. There are no upfront charges except for a credit card deposit which is refundable if you meet the cancellation period of the particular hotel.

We drive into the city several weekends a year and use this quite often. I recently got a June reservation for the Adagio for $105, including parking, which is unbelievable.

I don%26#39;t know how far out hotelres do their reservations, but it is worth a try.

If you find something interesting, come back with the choices and we can help you with those.

Good luck. And, NO, do not stay near the airport.

';And, NO, do not stay near the airport.';

Why? If they were to stay in SF for several days, I%26#39;d say they should stay in the city. But if they%26#39;re only going to have a few hours in town, why make them drag their luggage back and forth?

As Puter mentioned, try contacting Wes Tyler direct and plead your case for a one night stay.

wtyler@chancellorhotel.com

As far as tours go considering your late arrival it might be best to book in advance.

Try these

Grayline

www.sanfranciscosightseeing.com

Or___there is a city tour at a discount on this website operated by Tower

www.guideyou.com

These tours will pick you up at the hotel and drop you back there or Fishermans Wharf or other spots close by.

The Ferry Building might be nice for a casual easy lunch ___sit outside overlooking the Wharf and Bay Bridge.

www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com

Hog Island Oyster Bar is good and they serve other things as well as oysters.

Let us know how you get on.

When you say you ';depart at 6pm'; does that mean your flight departs at 6pm or you want to be at the aiport at 6pm? If the first, is this an international flight you%26#39;re on?

If your flight leaves at 6pm, you%26#39;ll want to get to the aiport 1-2 hours before flight time. Which would mean leaving the city between 3:30-4:30.

If you%26#39;re staying at an airport hotel, you%26#39;ll have to go back by the hotel to pick up your luggage and then get back to the terminal. While it sounds like a drag to drag luggage into town (sorry for pun), it might be more efficient.

Your other option is to check all but your carryons for overnight at the airport. The travel agent in the international terminal will accept baggage for storage. If that interests you, let us know and we%26#39;ll get the exact details for you (there is a charge for this service).

If the OP is staying at the Staybridge Suites, then when they want to head back to the airport from SF, they can leave from any SF BART station, get off at the San Bruno BART station, and walk 2 blocks to retrieve their luggage. Then take the hotel shuttle directly to the domestic terminal where their flight to Hawaii will depart from. They won%26#39;t have to drag their luggage around at all, yet they%26#39;ll still get to keep it with them.

If they are staying on Union Square, they have to go back to Union Square first, and then drag their luggage 4 or 5 blocks to the Powell and Market BART station. (Not to speak of dragging it 4 or 5 blocks from the BART station to the hotel the night before.) Then they have to transfer from the BART station near the International Terminal to whichever domestic terminal that their Hawaii flight will leave from.

The reason I%26#39;m pressing the issue is because I got a sense that the original suggestions to stay in SF were the result of the automatic ';stay in SF'; response people get whenever they ask if they should stay near the airport or in SF. But under certain conditions, it makes sense to stay near the airport, and I believe this is one of those conditions.

After a long flight from Europe, it%26#39;s so much easier just to take a quick shuttle to a nearby hotel, than to figure out BART and haul luggage around the streets of SF. Again, if it was for a few days, I%26#39;d suggest staying in SF, but in this case, it%26#39;s basically an extended overnight stay.

I%26#39;m sure the OP loves the way we (or I) confuse the issue. LOL.

simba...

WHY?

Because they are staying overnight. You don%26#39;t drag yourself into the city on public transportation and then drag yourself back to the airport for a VERY dull night, if you don%26#39;t have to.

That%26#39;s why.