a dream of cheapo lodging

Hello,

My wife and I will be in San Fran for the week beginning Mar. 14th. We%26#39;re looking for a place to stay central to the city near public transportation, for like $100 a night. are we dreaming? We%26#39;re pretty adventurous and don%26#39;t need private bath or too many amenities, but aren%26#39;t looking for a flophouse either.

Does such a place exist?

many thanks, Will

a dream of cheapo lodging

Look into Columbus Motor Inn http://www.columbusmotorinn.com/. We were very happy with it - great price, good location, clean but no amenities.

a dream of cheapo lodging

If you%26#39;re willing to be a little adventurous...check out biddingfortravel.com and you should see that there are some really nice hotels that show up at bidding sites like Priceline at $100 or under. You may have a harder time, as you want a whole week, but you can at least try! Apparently, the Hyatt Regency, which is ideally located for public transportation and activities, often bids around that price- put in Embarcadero or Union Square East and 4* and see what happens.

The Courtyard by Marriott is another one that shows up on priceline- it%26#39;s a 3.5*. Not as ideally located as the Hyatt Regency but not bad, either.

Check out the Mosser.

And yes, I second priceline. I%26#39;d bid $80-90/night for a 4 star hotel in the Union Square area. You honestly can%26#39;t go wrong with that and even the worst room in one of those hotels would likely be better than a budget property IMHO.

Along the same line of questioning ... when you bid on Priceline, do you get a choice of smoking / non-smoking rooms?

When you bid on priceline you don%26#39;t even get a cho8ce of how many beds, let alone smoking or non-smoking. I don%26#39;t use it.

I have used Priceline many, many times and have always been pleasantly surprised. Check out biddingfortravel.com to see what hotels are in what star. Do your research on every hotel in a certain star and if you will be happy with any hotel on that list then bid that star. You do not get a choice of beds or smoking/nonsmoking. Don%26#39;t know about California but once I know the hotel that I won I call that hotel and make my special request. Only once I was told that it was a priceline room and they could not change it. I waited 8 hours (for that employee to go home) and called again and guess what......My request was granted.

Thanks for the Priceline info.

I just put together a last minute SF trip and found a number of %26lt;$100/night hotels. I had luck with hotwire.com and sanfrancisco.com, which offered some local deals.

Also, here%26#39;s a not-too-old article on cheap hotels from the NYTimes that I found useful.

鈥ytimes.com/2006/10/15/travel/15SF.html

Whatever hotels you find on Hotwire will be cheaper if you bid on Pricline. Here in SanDiego we have never been given a lower quality room when bidding on Priceline ,although I know it happens in places like New YorkCity.We always check in early and have always gotten the type of room we request.

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