Comments on: Staying in backpacker hostels San Francisco, any do’s, don’ts or hints? http://www.hostel-california.com/california-hostels/staying-in-backpacker-hostels-san-francisco-any-dos-donts-or-hints Best Prices on California accomodation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:51:59 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Spaceball Ricochet http://www.hostel-california.com/california-hostels/staying-in-backpacker-hostels-san-francisco-any-dos-donts-or-hints/comment-page-1#comment-912 Spaceball Ricochet Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:17:59 +0000 http://www.hostel-california.com/california-hostels/staying-in-backpacker-hostels-san-francisco-any-dos-donts-or-hints#comment-912 The Green Tortoise, Adelaide, Pacific Tradewinds, Hostelling International (on Ellis), etc... are all reasonably close to Market St. (5-10 minute walk), safe, and have good reputations among travelers. Keep in mind that hostels are cheap - that's the idea. So they're not always in the most ritzy neighborhood. But they're also occupied by other travelers like yourself. Despite what the poster above says, the Tenderloin is completely safe and has several very nice hostels. It's also a downtown neighborhood, so the junkies and tranny prostitutes (who are mixed amongst one of the highest populations of children/families in the city, students from the Academy of Arts and CIIS, etc...) don't outweigh the convenience and accessibility of public transit. It all just adds character. The Tenderloin, while seedy at points, is NOT dangerous. Likewise, the only hostel I know of in the city that isn't in the Tenderloin/Civic Center/SOMA (same general issues) or North Beach (strip clubs, bars, etc... not quiet at all) is at Fort Mason, which is nowhere near Market St. LA obviously has hostels too, but I'm not familiar with them. As for hotels, The Alexandria is cheap and trippy (supposedly haunted, mostly an extended stay for drifters, runaways, poor 20-somethings who can't find a permanent place to live, junkies, etc...). The Hollywood Historic Hotel is also cheap (just under $50/night, including private bathrooms which you won't get in a hostel), in Hollywood, and more focused on tourists. Yelp page for SF Hostels: http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=hostel&ns=1&find_loc=san+francisco%2C+ca Also keep in mind SF has quite a few cheap extended stay hotels, typically with a month limit, for around $700-900/month... about the same price as a month in a hostel, but with a private room. I know the issue's been discussed in the past, so do a search.<br><b>References : </b><br> The Green Tortoise, Adelaide, Pacific Tradewinds, Hostelling International (on Ellis), etc… are all reasonably close to Market St. (5-10 minute walk), safe, and have good reputations among travelers. Keep in mind that hostels are cheap – that’s the idea. So they’re not always in the most ritzy neighborhood. But they’re also occupied by other travelers like yourself. Despite what the poster above says, the Tenderloin is completely safe and has several very nice hostels. It’s also a downtown neighborhood, so the junkies and tranny prostitutes (who are mixed amongst one of the highest populations of children/families in the city, students from the Academy of Arts and CIIS, etc…) don’t outweigh the convenience and accessibility of public transit. It all just adds character. The Tenderloin, while seedy at points, is NOT dangerous. Likewise, the only hostel I know of in the city that isn’t in the Tenderloin/Civic Center/SOMA (same general issues) or North Beach (strip clubs, bars, etc… not quiet at all) is at Fort Mason, which is nowhere near Market St.

LA obviously has hostels too, but I’m not familiar with them. As for hotels, The Alexandria is cheap and trippy (supposedly haunted, mostly an extended stay for drifters, runaways, poor 20-somethings who can’t find a permanent place to live, junkies, etc…). The Hollywood Historic Hotel is also cheap (just under $50/night, including private bathrooms which you won’t get in a hostel), in Hollywood, and more focused on tourists.

Yelp page for SF Hostels: http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=hostel&ns=1&find_loc=san+francisco%2C+ca

Also keep in mind SF has quite a few cheap extended stay hotels, typically with a month limit, for around $700-900/month… about the same price as a month in a hostel, but with a private room. I know the issue’s been discussed in the past, so do a search.
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]]> By: tom c http://www.hostel-california.com/california-hostels/staying-in-backpacker-hostels-san-francisco-any-dos-donts-or-hints/comment-page-1#comment-911 tom c Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:00:59 +0000 http://www.hostel-california.com/california-hostels/staying-in-backpacker-hostels-san-francisco-any-dos-donts-or-hints#comment-911 There are 20 hostels in SF for around $24/night,there is one in Market/Van Ness, but it is not safe area( noise, homeless, prostitute...), the one in Divisadero and Fort Mason is pretty good, there are 5 in LA too, the one in Melrose is popular one.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.bayareavisit.com/ There are 20 hostels in SF for around $24/night,there is one in Market/Van Ness, but it is not safe area( noise, homeless, prostitute…), the one in Divisadero and Fort Mason is pretty good, there are 5 in LA too, the one in Melrose is popular one.
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