Which Priceline hotels are best? Union Square East or West?

I usually have good luck booking hotels on Priceline. It sounds like the area I should stay in near Union Square. Priceline divides Union Square into 2 sections: Union Square West and Union Square East (Embarcadero). The hotels typically booked in Union Square West are: 4*-- Hilton San Francisco, Parc 55, Mark Hopkins Intercontinental,(and possibly Hotel Monaco or Renaissance Stanford Court). The Hilton has been won the most in the West. The hotels recently booked in the Union Square East are: 4*-- Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, Westin Market Square, (and possibly Galleria Park Hotel, Le Meridien, and Intercontinental San Francisco). The Hyatt Regency is won the most in the East.

Does it matter if we stay East or West...is one area more convenient to everything more than the other...or safer? Which hotels are better than others?

Also, we will be in CA for 8 days. We will be visiting from San Francisco to Big Sur area. How many days should we allow for SF? I was thinking 3 nights, 4 days...and spending the rest of our time further south.

Which Priceline hotels are best? Union Square East or West?

Nobody in SF uses terms like Union Square East or Union Square West. Those areas only seem to be found on Priceline, so I wouldn%26#39;t pay attention to them. For example, the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero isn%26#39;t anywhere near Union Square, and the Intercontinental San Francisco isn%26#39;t east of Union Square...it%26#39;s a 10 minute walk south of Union Square.

All the hotels you mentioned above are well-known hotels with good reputations.

3 nights and 4 days will work for San Francisco if you also want to see other parts of the state.

Which Priceline hotels are best? Union Square East or West?

HI Beachlova2. It sounds like you%26#39;ve done a good deal of research already - I bet you%26#39;ve been to biddingfortravel.com !

IMHO - if I were staying in SF for a vacation, I would pick Union Square West zone. Union Square East also includes the financial district - and I%26#39;ve heard it said that area gets kinda vacant in the evening and night. The USW is a much smaller zone and more likely to get you up around Union Square proper.

As for convenience? I would again choose West, smaller area in which to get a hotel. Safer? I really couldn%26#39;t say if there was a difference between the two zones.

I%26#39;ve been on both areas in the past, sometimes USE garners up some lower winning bids, but that depends on what is going on in town, etc.

I leave the question about how you should split your trip up to others. They%26#39;ll want to know when your trip is - as last I heard, Big Sur was being threatened by wildfires.

Good luck with your bidding and I hope you enjoy your trip to San Francisco.

Noah

Note that if you have a car, the Priceline hotels will be charging $25, $35 even $40 per night just for parking.

For the hyper-cautious who get allergic to the merest whiff of the Tenderloin, locals have usually steered people to Union Square East. Of course, what happens is that it rules out all kinds of good hotels such as the Parc 55, or Monaco. The Clift is in Union Square West territory as well.

In my book, it doesn%26#39;t matter.

Hmmm, I guess that parts of the tenderloin are on the aromatic side :)