| When traveling to most cities of the
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| | Hotel at $180 a night. We had a rollaway
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| world, finding discount accommodations
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| | brought for my two children and spent the
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| when arriving to your destination is
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| | rest of the day recuperating for our
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| always a possibility. Not so in the
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| | previous nightmare.
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| diverse and complex city of San
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| | That evening, we ventured out to walk
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| Francisco. From the hills of Daly City to
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| | around the Streets of San Francisco and I
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| the plains of Berkeley, the environments
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| | must tell you it was scary. There were
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| and people are so diverse that your
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| | destitute people lurking at every
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| vacation could with one dial of the phone
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| | doorway, down every alley, sleeping above
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| be a paradise made in heaven or an
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| | the street vents for warmth. This was a
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| inferno designed in, well you know, that
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| | haven for the homeless and I am not sure
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| other place.
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| | where the tourist fits in. It was both
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| Families making their hotel reservations
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| | sad and a frightening, especially since
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| at the smaller hotels that dot the
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| | coming from an isolated small town in
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| periphery of San Francisco might be able
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| | Minnesota. I passed out quarters to those
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| to land a bargain, but find they may find
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| | asking as if I were passing out flyers
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| themselves sharing accommodations with
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| | for a corner store.
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| other crawling critters that would make
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| | We eventually found a Starbuck near Union
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| even the toughest among us parents
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| | Square and quickly ducked in. After a
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| squirm.
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| | family meeting to discuss our situation,
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| I did this once. I came to San Francisco
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| | we decided to catch a trolley car and
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| on a budget and thinking to wing my
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| | make a dash to the famous Fisherman?s
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| accommodations; I found a phonebook and
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| | Wharf and Ghirardelli?s Square. We
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| booked a motel for $59 a night. Well, the
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| | scampered out of Starbucks and caught the
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| minute I saw the hotel along a poorly lit
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| | next trolley. It was a wild ride straight
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| side street I knew we were in trouble.
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| | up and straight down a city built on a
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| This hotel was something I would expect
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| | mountain. We all screamed with joy. We
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| to see in medieval Europe, not in
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| | spent an enchanting evening among all the
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| actuality. But it was late and we
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| | tourist shops, street performers and
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| succumbed to our basal instincts for
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| | family attractions that populate
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| sleep and it was ?just one night.? But
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| | Fisherman?s Wharf. We bought a big pound
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| the bed was so grimy we actually slept on
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| | of fudge at a fudge shop and drank coke
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| the floor, and the occasional voices we
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| | and champagne until late in the evening.
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| heard in the alleys were so hair razing I
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| | Our lesson from all this, at least
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| don?t think sleep was an option for any
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| | regarding San Francisco hotel
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| of us - and we were in their ?best room!?
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| | reservations, make your hotel
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| The next day I called numerous hotels in
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| | reservations in advance. Don?t waste time
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| San Francisco city proper. You know,
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| | looking for a hotel room when you get
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| where the Trolley Cars roam and the
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| | there, the city is just too big. Since
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| street performers perform. I found a
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| | writing this, we went to San Diego. I
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| number of places, ranging from the low
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| | booked all our accommodations off the
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| 100?s and going up to the high 600?s. We
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| | Internet which featured discount hotel
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| got in our car to make our investigation
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| | reservations with pictures and prices
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| and inspected one hotel after the other,
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| | clearly explained. Welcome to the 21st
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| some dark and dank and some bright and
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| | century.
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| classic. We settled on the Grant Plaza
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