Vacation Rentals vs. Hotels in San Francisco

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San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) December 05, 2010

On your next vacation, when considering the options for lodging in San Francisco, we strongly urge you to consider booking from a vacation rental owner. Why stay in the cramped quarters of a hotel room when you can have a private, fully furnished, and spacious vacation rental property you can call home?

What are Vacation Rentals?

From lakeside cottages, mountain top cabins and beachfront villas, to luxury townhouses, ski chalets, resort condominiums, and country farms, vacation rentals come in all shapes and sizes, locations and geographical settings. Vacation rentals simply offer more than what you can get from a single hotel room – more amenities, more luxuries, privacy, flexibility and space made to enrich your vacation experience. Booking a vacation rental in San Francisco offers a special and unique experience by giving the vacationer an opportunity to live like the locals and embrace the culture. Not to mention it feels more like home.

More for your Money

For the same cost of a nice hotel room in San Francisco, you’ll have the opportunity to rent a 3 or 4 bedroom home. Instead of attempting to accommodate an entire family in multiple hotel rooms, you can treat yourself to a large multi-bedroom home with a full size kitchen, fully furnished living room, spacious bathrooms, and laundry facilities. Also the vacation rental homes in San Francisco are located in safe residential neighbors with parks, museums, and restaurants within walking distance as opposed to the hotels in San Francisco which are located in less than desirable areas.

Split the cost by traveling with larger groups. Perhaps this is why vacation rentals are popular choices for extended families, friends, parties, those planning company excursions, and sport teams. Whereas most hotel rates in San Francisco vary according to single or double occupancy, vacation rentals advertise a flat fee based on a shoulder season or peak season. Expect to spend somewhere between $300-500 per night during the peak season and $400-600 per night on holidays or special occasions. Length of stay is always flexible, ranging from a single night to a few weeks. Make sure to check for special rates as many owners offer free nights when you commit to lengthier stays.

More Amenities & Added Extras

Modern hotels still lack personal convenience items and luxuries that come standard with vacation property. Why spend a fortune on every meal when you have a fully equipped kitchen to prepare meals? Why pack a heap of clothes when there’s laundry facilities on-site?

Owners like to entice potential guests by offering Wi-Fi or broadband internet access, big screen TV’s, home theater systems, a plethora of kitchen appliances and more. Let’s not forget the possibility of golfing or tennis on site, game rooms, work-out facilities, Jacuzzi hot tubs, and pools. Vacation rentals allow you as the renter to turn someone’s dream home into your vacation.

Working with the Owner

Who else knows more about your vacation destination? Why the locals from San Francisco of course! Communicate with the owner or rental agent and allow them to share firsthand knowledge of San Francisco with you. Vacation rental owners and rental agents offer great advice, hints and tips like where the best attractions are, or worse tourist traps such as Pier 39 or Fisherman’s Wharf. Nobody will give you more attention than the owner and many guests will be surprised to arrive to flowers on the table, a cooking recipe, or maybe board games for the kids. San Francisco Vacation Homes offers a beautiful 4 bedroom rental home near Golden Gate Park.

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