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Tips for Travelers by Air
If you fly into San Francisco and are considering renting a car for your stay, you might want to know the following:
Most hotels charge from $70 to $120 per night to park your car.
Take a Cab Instead - For just about everything you would want to do in The City of San Francisco - you can take a cab very inexpensively or use public transportation which consists of muni tolly cars, cable cars and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit).
Rent a Car in San Francisco - For those things you might want to do outside the City proper, you can often get there by BART but if you did need a car, it is a much better option to rent it from many choices very near your hotel and in some cases within your hotel for the day.
Visitors often do what is typical for almost every other city in the U.S. except New York and rent a car at the airport. Unless you are willing to spend about a hundred dollar a night for your rental car and then throughout the city, struggle with parking - wait until you get to your hotel to decide to rent a car for your trip! The hotel concierge can be very helpful in giving you advice.
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Directions to Union Square Shopping Area
From the Bay Bridge:
Take the Fremont Street exit to Mission Street and turn left onto Mission Street
turn right at Third Street and as you cross Market Street make a left onto Geary Street. Stay on Geary Street and as you cross Stockton Street Union Square Park will be on your right hand side and Macy's on your left.
You can either park in the Union Square Garage or go to Parking Tips for more parking choices and rates.
From the Golden Gate Bridge:
After bridge proceed to Lombard Street exit, Follow Lombard to Van Ness (101 south) go right on Van Ness, continue on to O'Farrell Street, Left on O'Farrell Street. When you cross Powell Street, Union Square Park will be on your left and Macy's on your right.
You can either park in the Union Square Garage or go to Parking Tips for more parking choices and rates.
From 101 North:
7th Street exit, 7th Street north to McAllister Street and make an immediate right onto Leavenworth Street. Stay on Leavenworth until O'Farrell Street where you will turn right and continue until you cross Powell Street and Macy's will be on your left and Union Square Park will be on the other side of Macy's on Geary Street, parallel to O'Farrell.
You can either park in the Ellis and O'Farrell Garage or go to Parking Tips for more parking choices and rates.
From 280 North:
Exit 6th Street, continue on North on 6th Street to Howard Street, go left on Howard one block, at 7th Street go north to McAllister Street and make an immediate right onto Leavenworth Street. Stay on Leavenworth until O'Farrell Street where you will turn right and continue until you cross Powell Street and Macy's will be on your left and Union Square Park will be on the other side of Macy's on Geary Street, parallel to O'Farrell.
You can either park in the Ellis and O'Farrell Garage or go to Parking Tips for more parking choices and rates.
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