Hotwire question re: San Francisco airport hotels

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

We're going to be coming back from Mexico and have to overnight in San Francisco. Because we arrive late and depart early in the morning, I just want to stay at an inexpensive hotel at the airport.

1. Is Hotwire the best place to check?

2. I found one 3 star in "SFO Intl Airport North - Oyster Point". Where's that? Is that at the airport or outside the airport area? I don't believe I find out until I confirm the booking but I don't want to do that if it's not at the airport.

Help.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Best place to look is www.biddingfortravel.com and then use Priceline.com to bid on a 4 or 5 star hotel. I had gotten the Westen St Francis and only paid about $50 a night for a $300 a night room. I would also PM Hoc as he knows this area better than anyone I know regarding using price line.

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

I would think Oyster Point might be a little out of the way from sfo. If you’re looking for someing closer I would be thinking of Burlingame CA.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?f...urlingame%20CA

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

When we have an early flight from SFO we stay at the La Quinta, which is in South San Francisco. Quiet, clean, and has a shuttle to the airport.

[blr666 Member Find all posts View Profile Close blr666]

Oyster Point is about 10-15 minutes from the airport, mainly industrial. There's not much there. You might want to try Burlingame or Millbrae.

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

Thanks for the advice. This helps me plan accodingly

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

We're going to be coming back from Mexico and have to overnight in San Francisco. Because we arrive late and depart early in the morning, I just want to stay at an inexpensive hotel at the airport.

1. Is Hotwire the best place to check?

2. I found one 3 star in "SFO Intl Airport North - Oyster Point". Where's that? Is that at the airport or outside the airport area? I don't believe I find out until I confirm the booking but I don't want to do that if it's not at the airport.

Help.

Are you in Mexico now and are you enjoying your trip? Let us know.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Oyster Point is about 10-15 minutes from the airport, mainly industrial. There's not much there. You might want to try Burlingame or Millbrae.

OTOH - if you're arrriving late and departing early, what difference does it make if there's not much there?

Actually, that might work to your benefit. Because that's largely a commercial/industrial area, those hotels are probably pretty light on occupancy during the weekends. So if the night you're looking for is a Fri, Sat, or Sun, you might be able to get a great price through Priceline. I've seen that in some of my trips to various locales, including the Bay area.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

Why not stay right next to the airport? There are several choices right next to SFO. Just do a search for SFO hotels. You will come up with many sites and options.

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

Are you in Mexico now and are you enjoying your trip? Let us know.

Emmy, we're going at the end of Feb so I'm just doing some advance planning.

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

Got one

Just an update that I was able to get a 3* which turned out to be the Holiday Inn Airport for a bid of $45 plus fees. Not bad for a Saturday night early March stay.