Friday, October 27, 2006

What to do beside the wedding in SF

San Francisco is a great city, espcially when the weather is fine. San Francisco is very famous for the Golden Gate Bridge. But there is not only the Golden Gate Bridge. See the following links which gives you an overview what to do in San Francisco:
http://onlyinsanfrancisco.com/what_to_do/directory.asp?lv=14&mbc=attract

Not far from San Francisco, you can find a paradies with very old and tall trees: the redwoods
http://www.nps.gov/muwo/

The lake tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada is 3 hours aways. This area offers the best ski areas in California, including Squaw Valley where the 1960's Olympic Winter Games took place
http://www.squawvacations.com/
http://www.tahoe.com/
http://www.skilaketahoe.com/

Another attraktion of the area is Yosemite National Park with its wonderful scenery. Even though in winter most of the entrances are closed due to heavy snow masses, visits are possible, and who is interested in seeing some frozen water falls or even do some skiing there should go there:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/
For bus tours to yosemite national park see the following links:
http://www.travelsf.com/yosemite.html?gclid=CJS0zfyWn4gCFS8ROAodbHYonA
http://www.extranomical.com/PAGES/yosemite-tours.htm
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San Francisco Weather in February

Our wedding will take place at the end of winter time. Therefore the weather is very unpredictable. December and January are the oldest months of the year with temperatures about 5 to 10 C, but there is also the possibility to have very warm days with 15 to 20 C. From December throughout February at lot of winter stroms can be expected bringing anything from light showers to torrential downpours. Otherwise, spring it the time with the dryest months.
Therefore, weather prediction for San Francisco are very unstable.
In order to predict the weather you should visit the following webpage just before you leave to the us:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
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Sunday, October 15, 2006

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Air travel: Where to book a flight

Information on airfares
My experience (Jochen) showed that cheapest airfares to San Francisco cost between 480 to 560 Euro. I found never a cheaper flight than 480 Euro.
Usually airfares are cheapest in germany when booked in advanced, but this is not usally the case. Sometimes flights closer to the departure day are cheap as well. But if you book a flight less then 10 days in advance, the prize will unlikely to be cheap.

German agencies:
http://www.travelocity.de/de_DE/tcy/home.do
http://www.fly.de/
http://www.travel-overland.de/
http://www.mcflight.de/
http://www.travelchannel.de/
http://www.expedia.de/
http://www.opodo.de/

US agencies
http://www.orbitz.com/
http://www.expedia.com

Sometimes it is cheaper a to book a flight from germany to the us using www.orbitz.com
This of course depends on the exchange rate and on taxes.
You can do this using orbitz, but it is not possible via expedia.

airlines in germany
http://www.klm.com/travel/de_de/index_default.html
http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de
http://www.airfrance.de/
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/de_de

airlines in the us
http://www.nwa.com/
http://www.southwest.com/
http://www.united.com/
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/default.aspx
http://www.delta.com/home/index.jsp
http://www.aa.com/

My experience is, that booking via the airlines directly in the us is mostly cheaper than using an agency.
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accomodations














We have three featured hotels with reserved rooms in different categories and two hostels. Please use the booking information indicated below. The location of the hotels is indicated on the map in red. Please be aware, that the rooms at the specific hotels are only available until begining/mid of January, 2007. Other nice lodging option are also posted below and indicated on the map in the related color. The room rates listed are exclusive tax. To enlarge the map, please click on the map.

1. The Westin St Francis Hotel
room with one King or Queen bed: 189 $ 150 Euro
room with two King or Queen beds: 209$ 166 Euro
http://www.westinstfrancis.com/
Reservation: Tel: (415) 397-7000
Reserve by Jan. 24, 2007
Key word: Emily Fleming and Jochen Nuester wedding block

2. The Orchard
room with one King or Queen bed: 160$ 130 Euro (breakfast incl.)
http://www.theorchardhotel.com/
Reservation: toll free 888-717-2881 or mhaney@theorchardhotel.com
Reserve by Jan, 8, 2007
Key word: Emily Fleming and Jochen Nuester wedding block

3. Hotel Diva:
room with one King or Queen bed: 109$ 90 Euro
http://www.hoteldiva.com/
Reservation: fax (415) 351-4152 or fokun@personalityhotels.com
Reserve by Jan 8, 2007
Key word: Emily Fleming and Jochen Nuester wedding block

Hostels: (no room reserved)
4. Green Tortoise
dorm: 23$/person (20 Euro) and private 56$/room (50 Euro)
http://www.greentortoise.com/san-francisco-hostel/index.php
5. Adelaide Hotel
dorm: 20$/person (17 Euro) and private 50$/room (45 Euro)
http://www.adelaidehostel.com/main.html

All the locations lissted below are indicated on the map above.
Necessary infomation will be found on the links provided. If you
want to have reviews and recommodations of the hotels and hotels,
please use the following link:
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=&find_loc=San+Francisco&x=0&y=0&cflt=hotels


3.Top Tier: black
1. Hotel Drisko:
http://www.jdvhospitality.com/hotels/hotel/6,
rate: starts at 209 $, suite 329 and up
4.

II. Tier: purple
1.1. Miyako Hotel:
http://www.jdvhospitality.com/hotels/hotel/361,
rate: starts at 109 $ 153 $ for sauna suite
2.2. Petite Auberge:
http://www.jdvhospitality.com/hotels/hotel/11,
rate: starts at 109 $, 219 $ for suite
3.3. Laurel Inn:
http://www.jdvhospitality.com/hotels/hotel/8,
rate start at 149 $, 180$ for suite
4.4. White Swan Inn:
http://www.jdvhospitality.com/hotels/hotel/16,
rate -200 $ with fireplace
5.5. Washington Square Inn:
http://www.wsisf.com/,
rate: starts at 150 $, suite 289 $ *
6.6. Queen Anne:
http://queenanne.com/,
rate: starts at 120$, suite 320 $ *
7.7. Union Street Inn:
http://unionstreetinn.com/,
rate: starts at 180 $, suite 289 $
8.8. The Majestic:
http://www.thehotelmajestic.com/,
rate: starts at 120 $, suite 155 or 189 $ *
9.9. Hotel Diva:
http://www.hoteldiva.com/,
rate: starts at 135 $, suite 216 $
10.

III. Tier: yellow
1.1. Union Square Hotel:
http://www.hotelunionsquare.com/,
rate: starts at 69 $
2.2. Hotel Mark Twain:
http://www.hotelmarktwain.com/,
rate: starts at 90 $
3.3. Hotel Metropolis:
http://www.hotelmetropolis.com/,
rate: starts at 89 $
4.4. Hotel Kensington Park:
http://www.kensingtonparkhotel.com/,
rate: starts at 109 $
5.5. York Hotel:
http://www.yorkhotel.com/,
rate: starts at 93 $
6.6. Golden Gate Hotel:
http://www.goldengatehotel.com/,
rate: starts at 85 $
7.7. Groove Inn:
http://www.grovinn.com/RoomRates.html,
rate: 120 $
8.8. Chateau Tivoli:
http://www.chateautivoli.com/,
rate: starts at 99 $, suite 205 $
9.9. The Red Victorian:
http://www.redvic.com/,
rate: starts at 129 $

IV. Tier: green
1.1. Mithila Hotel:
http://www.mithilahotel.com/about.htm,
rate: starts at 65 $
2.2. Stratford Hotel:
http://www.hotelres.com/hoteltop.php?siteid=47&hnum=348,
rate: starts at 77 $
3.3. San Remo Hotel:
http://www.sanremohotel.com/,
rate: starts at 65 $, penthouse 180$
4.4. Adante Hotel:
http://www.adantehotel.com/,
rate: starts at 69 $
5.

V. Tier: orange
1.
3.1. HI-Downtown:
http://www.sfhostels.com/locations/downtown.php,
rate: dorm 23 $/person , private 65 $
22. Hi-City Center:
http://www.sfhostels.com/locations/city_center.php,
rate: dorm 23 $/person, private 65 $
533. Hi-Fishermans Warf:
http://www.sfhostels.com/locations/fishermans_wharf.php,
rate: dorm 23 $/person, private 65 $
55. European Hostel: http://www.hostels.com/en/findabed.php?ChosenCity=San%20Francisco&ChosenCountry=USA,
rate: dorm 20 $/person, private 30 $

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