https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:33:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf#post-704478 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:05:40 +0000 cyan45 704478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow, thank you all so much!!!!</p> <p>sylvie, he is interested in everything you mentioned, and also poetry/spoken word performances at a cafe or something. his tentative plans is to arrive on friday, leave 5 days later on a wednesday. so a mix of weekday + weekend.</p> <p>annagybe, thanks so much for the transport tips!</p> <p>rachylou, awesome free museum tips, thank you kindly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf#post-704460 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:46:21 +0000 rachylou 704460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the last hour before closing on Wednesdays is still free at some of the museums. The comics museum downtown is fun. Very small. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf#post-704401 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:56:58 +0000 annagybe 704401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can buy a multi day Muni pass. We did a three day although only used it for two. Still a good deal, and it includes the cable cars. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf#post-704386 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:31:06 +0000 Sylvie 704386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does he like to bike? If he can rent a bike during the time he is there, I can't think of a more interesting and cost effective way to get around the city. My favorite ride is to bike across the Golden gate bridge and then up a *really* steep hill on the other side to a lookout point over the city.</p> <p>The muni/bus system is pretty slow but reasonably priced. $2 for a ride anywhere in the city and you can transfer for up to 2 hours.</p> <p>The farmer's markets are all very nice (I like the one at the Ferry building on Saturdays) but they aren't budget.</p> <p>You can't go wrong with a burrito in the Mission area. Also, I can highly recommend Cha-Ya, a vegan Japanese restaurant which is very reasonably priced. There are tons of other great restaurants on Valencia.</p> <p>On the more touristy side, he should take a cable car ride through the city and stop in to Ghirardelli Square and get a sundae. Golden Gate park is well worth a visit too and I like driving down Lombard St (crookedest street).</p> <p>I can give you more info if he enjoys any of the following: museums, wine, biking, hiking/walking/the outdoors, food, improv. Also will he be there during the week or will he be there over a weekend? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-budget-travel-tips-to-sf#post-704373 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:08:05 +0000 cyan45 704373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hi ladies,</p> <p>i have a friend visiting from out of town, and he would love budget tips<br /> as a first-time traveler to SF. </p> <p>he is thinking about lodging at an rented out apartment/room via air b&amp;b.<br /> that way he can feel more at home and cook some meals to cut costs.</p> <p>any public transport tips?<br /> free places to visit?<br /> budget but tasty/regional food?<br /> unique destination experiences?</p> <p>he plans to stay for ~5 days, no car, arrive from SFO sometime next month (september).</p> <p>he'd love a mix of touristy and low key things.</p> <p>thanks so much! </p>