OT: Inexpensive hotel/motel idea for 2 day stay in San Diego this weekend

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82gradDLSdad
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Can anyone recommend an inexpensive area (or the actual hotel/motel) to stay Friday and Saturday this weekend in (around) San Diego. Looking to keep costs low on this turnaround trip. Don't mind being too far outside San Diego proper but we will be walking around Balboa Park Saturday so I'd rather not have an hour drive into town.

Thanks for any suggestions.
oskithepimp
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I'm pretty sure Hotel Circle has a bunch of cheaper hotels and is not too far from downtown. Probably not walking distance but you could snag a cheap uber or take the nearby trolley from Mission Valley.
82gradDLSdad
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Should I be worried that you are oskithe PIMP? :-)
Thanks for the quick reply.

oskithepimp;842728174 said:

I'm pretty sure Hotel Circle has a bunch of cheaper hotels and is not too far from downtown. Probably not walking distance but you could snag a cheap uber or take the nearby trolley from Mission Valley.
joe amos yaks
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Little Italy.

Btw--the game was last weekend.
82gradDLSdad
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Thanks Joe. Yah, bad timing.

I need to clarify my 'price point'...if I spend a $100 a night I'll be disappointed. I debated the idea of camping for the two nights with my wife. The only reason we are not is because she didn't want to get out the camping stuff.
What's National City like?

joe yaks;842728180 said:

Little Italy.

Btw--the game was last weekend.
GMP
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82gradDLSdad;842728172 said:

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive area (or the actual hotel/motel) to stay Friday and Saturday this weekend in (around) San Diego. Looking to keep costs low on this turnaround trip. Don't mind being too far outside San Diego proper but we will be walking around Balboa Park Saturday so I'd rather not have an hour drive into town.

Thanks for any suggestions.



Aw, man, I hate to tell you this - but the game in San Diego was LAST week. And...we lost.
82gradDLSdad
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It's part of my plan to go to the city of our last game the week after the game. Just trying to change the Bear karma.

grandmastapoop;842728189 said:

Aw, man, I hate to tell you this - but the game in San Diego was LAST week. And...we lost.
joe amos yaks
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82gradDLSdad;842728191 said:

It's part of my plan to go to the city of our last game the week after the game. Just trying to change the Bear karma.


Would you consider Austin, Tx instead of SD?

However, SD...two inexpensive rec's in Little Italy:
http://www.hotelvyvant.com/
*Freeway noise might be a factor so ask about room on the bayside.

and...
http://www.lapensionehotel.com/

Also, Little Italy is on the glide path of SD International AP.
moonpod
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There's a motel on Del Mar beach that's right on the water and pretty damn cheap
82gradDLSdad
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Thanks for the two sites. I went on them and they didn't have rooms available for this weekend.

joe yaks;842728196 said:

Would you consider Austin, Tx instead of SD?

However, SD...two inexpensive rec's in Little Italy:
http://www.hotelvyvant.com/
*Freeway noise might be a factor so ask about room on the bayside.

and...
http://www.lapensionehotel.com/

Also, Little Italy is on the glide path of SD International AP.
82gradDLSdad
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I couldn't find any cheapies online for this close to the weekend. Probably my ignorance.
I ended up booking a room in National City at a Cassia Hotel. Never heard of them or National City. But it was pretty cheap and close enough to San Diego.
Thank you all for playing.

moonpod;842728201 said:

There's a motel on Del Mar beach that's right on the water and pretty damn cheap
Strykur
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National City is...eh.
Steve Aztec
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82gradDLSdad;842728184 said:

Thanks Joe. Yah, bad timing.

I need to clarify my 'price point'...if I spend a $100 a night I'll be disappointed. I debated the idea of camping for the two nights with my wife. The only reason we are not is because she didn't want to get out the camping stuff.
What's National City like?


Stay away from National City at all costs and stay away from El Cajon at all costs.
Steve Aztec
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This is a can't miss. Price and centrally located...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60750-d226601-Reviews-Heritage_Inn_San_Diego_Near_Sea_World-San_Diego_California.html
TheSouseFamily
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Why don't you stay at Steve Aztec's house?
Steve Aztec
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TheSouseFamily;842728426 said:

Why don't you stay at Steve Aztec's house?


No comment.
Nofado
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Go to Rancho Bernardo. Nice places there

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60750-d80327-Reviews-Radisson_Hotel_San_Diego_Rancho_Bernardo-San_Diego_California.html

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g60750-San_Diego_California-Hotels.html
GMP
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Steve Aztec;842728430 said:

No comment.


Translation: Steve Aztec has a key party planned this weekend.
Steve Aztec
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grandmastapoop;842728434 said:

Translation: Steve Aztec has a key party planned this weekend.


My Brotha Poop...My party days are over. I am one old ancient type cat.
TheSouseFamily
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Steve Aztec;842728435 said:

My Brotha Poop...My party days are over. I am one old ancient type cat.


C'mon, Steve. It's not like we're asking you to put up Droski for the weekend. <shudder>
joe amos yaks
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Steve Aztec;842728422 said:

This is a can't miss. Price and centrally located...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60750-d226601-Reviews-Heritage_Inn_San_Diego_Near_Sea_World-San_Diego_California.html


The roaches in the night are an entertainment feature...whack a roach...no charge.
Steve Aztec
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TheSouseFamily;842728438 said:

C'mon, Steve. It's not like we're asking you to put up Droski for the weekend. <shudder>


Droski or Aztec Panther?...Droski or Aztec Panther?...Droski or Aztec Panther?...

Droski wins this one.
82gradDLSdad
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Too late. Wish me luck. Don't feel too bad for me, I live in Bay Point. If you don't know where that is I'll sum it up, everyone I tell always says, "Why do you live there", or, "Oh".

Steve Aztec;842728421 said:

Stay away from National City at all costs and stay away from El Cajon at all costs.
okaydo
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What's wrong with National City? I used to spend my childhood summers there, with my aunt, uncles and cousins.

I recall it was very suburban, like ET suburban. There was a canyon across the street and everybody on the block was in the Navy and there wasn't a store for miles.

Haven't been there since the '90s, though.
82gradDLSdad
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I'm just sleeping there folks. As long as my car doesn't get broken into or I don't get mugged walking out to my car I'll be happy. Oh yah, I don't really want to see animals (other than me :-o) in my room.

okaydo;842728459 said:

What's wrong with National City? I used to spend my childhood summers there, with my aunt, uncles and cousins.

I recall it was very suburban, like ET suburban. There was a canyon across the street and everybody on the block was in the Navy and there wasn't a store for miles.

Haven't been there since the '90s, though.
Steve Aztec
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82gradDLSdad;842728460 said:

I'm just sleeping there folks. As long as my car doesn't get broken into or I don't get mugged walking out to my car I'll be happy. Oh yah, I don't really want to see animals (other than me :-o) in my room.


Good luck.
82gradDLSdad
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Thank you, I think.

Steve Aztec;842728470 said:

Good luck.
Steve Aztec
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82gradDLSdad;842728474 said:

Thank you, I think.


Just don't walk East at night.
82gradDLSdad
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Sounds like my neighborhood.

Steve Aztec;842728487 said:

Just don't walk East at night.
RichmondBear
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Michael Pitts does not approve of this thread
Big C
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RichmondBear;842728501 said:

Michael Pitts does not approve of this thread


Ha! I was thinking of Michael Pitts since the first mention of National City in this thread! Great to see him at Haas last season. (highly recruited 6-11 Cal Basketball player from the early-mid 1980s)
82gradDLSdad
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Still alive in national city. In case anyone is worried about me.
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