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For a 1-bedroom in SF, won't it be cheaper to live in a hotel, apartment hotel or an Airbnb?

by zuck9 11y ago

ghaff 11y ago
As someone who goes to SF for a lot of conferences, hotels are pretty outrageous as well. Depends on the relative areas, but they're probably worse than Manhattan as well. Depends on demand during a given week, but hotels are pretty easily $300/night with taxes.
- rhino369 11y ago
  Really? I was just in SF for a conference at paid 115 dollars a day for a pretty nice place. That's like half of Manhattan pricing.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    I haven't paid less than $200/night for years in SF. At the last VMworld, $400/night with taxes was a bargain. It certainly depends on the week and the location, but anecdotally (and I travel to both locations quite frequently), SF in the general Moscone area is every bit as expensive as midtown Manhattan.
    - rhino369 11y ago
      I paid 200 a night for the 30th and 31st (so new years eve premium) at Hotel Zelos and then 115/night for Parc 55 for the 1st-6th for a conference. Did I get lucky? My wife's hotel stipend was 280 a night, which suggests, I probably did.
      - ghaff 11y ago
        The Zelos used to be the Palomar, which at least used to be a pretty good deal for that area though I don't think I've personally stayed there. $115 is a very good price for a business hotel in the Union Square area. I imagine immediately after New Years may be relatively light on business travelers.
    - FireBeyond 11y ago
      Well yes, but of course "hotel close to a premier convention center, where most hotel bills are going to be paid by corporate, not individual" are going to be noticeably higher.
      - ghaff 11y ago
        Yes, but those sort of rates extend to the Union Square and Ferry Building areas and I don't observe, say, Fisherman's Wharf necessarily being a lot cheaper. (And there's very little in the Mission and Dogpatch areas when I've gone to events at the campus down that way.) During a big conference even the hotels down by the airport can be over $300/night. (I'm sure there are cheaper options especially once you get well away from the tourist, downtown, and convention center areas. Though I imagine that's true of Manhattan as well. But SF has gotten quite expensive in general.)
seibelj 11y ago
Even if that's true, so you really want to move (potentially) every month? And actually live in a hostel for an entire year? There's more to life than money
- niij 11y ago
  Yes, but not everyone living in SF has that kind of money.
- dougmwne 11y ago
  I've considered this carefully. I don't believe that you save money this way necessarily, but it certainly provides a different experience. This article covers the ups and downs better than I ever could. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/realestate/our-year-of-living-airbnb.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/realestate/our-year-of-liv...

For a 1-bedroom in SF, won't it be cheaper to live in a hotel, apartment hotel or an Airbnb?

by zuck9 11y ago

For a 1-bedroom in SF, won't it be cheaper to live in a hotel, apartment hotel or an Airbnb?

ghaff 11y ago

As someone who goes to SF for a lot of conferences, hotels are pretty outrageous as well. Depends on the relative areas, but they're probably worse than Manhattan as well. Depends on demand during a given week, but hotels are pretty easily $300/night with taxes.

rhino369 11y ago
Really? I was just in SF for a conference at paid 115 dollars a day for a pretty nice place. That's like half of Manhattan pricing.
- ghaff 11y ago
  I haven't paid less than $200/night for years in SF. At the last VMworld, $400/night with taxes was a bargain. It certainly depends on the week and the location, but anecdotally (and I travel to both locations quite frequently), SF in the general Moscone area is every bit as expensive as midtown Manhattan.
  - rhino369 11y ago
    I paid 200 a night for the 30th and 31st (so new years eve premium) at Hotel Zelos and then 115/night for Parc 55 for the 1st-6th for a conference. Did I get lucky? My wife's hotel stipend was 280 a night, which suggests, I probably did.
    - ghaff 11y ago
      The Zelos used to be the Palomar, which at least used to be a pretty good deal for that area though I don't think I've personally stayed there. $115 is a very good price for a business hotel in the Union Square area. I imagine immediately after New Years may be relatively light on business travelers.
  - FireBeyond 11y ago
    Well yes, but of course "hotel close to a premier convention center, where most hotel bills are going to be paid by corporate, not individual" are going to be noticeably higher.
    - ghaff 11y ago
      Yes, but those sort of rates extend to the Union Square and Ferry Building areas and I don't observe, say, Fisherman's Wharf necessarily being a lot cheaper. (And there's very little in the Mission and Dogpatch areas when I've gone to events at the campus down that way.) During a big conference even the hotels down by the airport can be over $300/night. (I'm sure there are cheaper options especially once you get well away from the tourist, downtown, and convention center areas. Though I imagine that's true of Manhattan as well. But SF has gotten quite expensive in general.)

seibelj 11y ago

Even if that's true, so you really want to move (potentially) every month? And actually live in a hostel for an entire year? There's more to life than money

niij 11y ago
Yes, but not everyone living in SF has that kind of money.
dougmwne 11y ago
I've considered this carefully. I don't believe that you save money this way necessarily, but it certainly provides a different experience. This article covers the ups and downs better than I ever could. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/realestate/our-year-of-living-airbnb.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/realestate/our-year-of-liv...