Weekly Rentals in San Francisco

Finding the Right Weekly Rental in San Francisco

Picking the right weekly rental for your needs may entail compromises. Whilst a top quality, central apartment or hotel with all modern conveniences and luxuries might be desirable, budget restraints might mean that this just isn’t possible. Therefore, if you are seeking luxury accommodation it might be necessary to look slightly out of town where prices are a little less. Likewise, if renting somewhere central is important, then lowering your expectations to a lower price bracket may be required.

Self Catering Accommodation

Taking self catering accommodation such as a furnished apartment or holiday home for weekly rental in San Francisco can sometimes offer a good alternative to hotels. Although many people enjoy the convenience of hotels, complete with their restaurants and bars, other people prefer the independence of taking an apartment or room for a week. The flexibility of an apartment or other self catering accommodation means that meals can be prepared and eaten in the apartment if required, and these are not limited to set meal times. This can be extremely useful if visiting the city with young children whose meal times might not always coincide with those of the hotel.

The facilities that the apartment or holiday home has will vary depending on the type of unit rented. Top quality rentals will include satellite television systems, dishwashers, stereos and other luxury items. Other, more budget level apartments may offer just the basic necessities and no more.

Example cost of a weekly rental: Cow Hollow/Marina 1 Bed roomed Apartment, sleeps 4 with many facilities including cable TV, DVD, VCR, stereo, fax, DSL ,washer/dryer $900 - $1000 per week.

Budget accommodation starts at around $200 a week for weekly rentals.

Hotels

Hotels often offer a better price when booking for week than when booking odd days. Many hotels offer their ‘weekly rates’ on their website. San Francisco has a wide range of hotels available catering to all budgets. Many hotels offer facilities such as swimming pools or leisure facilities, twenty-four hour room service, tea making facilities or small kitchenettes and others depending on the class of hotel. 5 Star hotels, of course, offer the widest range of services and facilities.

For more information about hotels in San Francisco, take a look at these LoveToKnow features.

Researching Further

There is a lot of information available to someone looking to find out more about the options available. There are specialist websites that cater specifically for people looking for a vacation rental. Other websites offer access to large databases of rental properties, some of which will be available weekly.

Some useful websites

• RentalGuide.com
• BayCityGuide.com
• VacationRentals.com

When selecting a weekly rental in San Francisco there are a few important things to consider:

Location: Do you want to be central, close to all the major sites? Will your budget extend to this? If you are traveling with a family it might be useful to have somewhere convenient to pop back to during a long day of sight seeing, however will this by noisy in the evening?

Facilities: Swimming pools and saunas are great facilities to have, however if the purpose of your visit is to sightsee, would finding a hotel with less facilities but in a more central location extend the budget further? Correspondingly, having a hotel with a health club might help sooth away the stresses of a long day of sightseeing, therefore making this an absolute necessity.

Transport: Do you intend to travel around on public transport during your stay? If so being in close proximity to a transport route would be useful. If you are going to be driving to the city then accommodation with off street parking might be deemed a necessity.