If you’re headed to San Francisco for a vacation or "business trip" – one "don’t-miss" way to spend a few hours is to enjoy one of the bay cruises that go past Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge. We highly recommend any opportunity to enjoy San Francisco from the water. There are two main tour [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2007
Quickest Way to See Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge
December 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge
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Traveling with Allergies? Avoid California.
December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Travel News
Recent articles on travel trends indicate that travelers are looking for more personal customization in their room stays. One company – Pure Rooms – is featuring rooms in specific major hotel chains – in specific cities – that are certified with the maximum cleanliness and allergy free state. Pure Rooms have the following [...]
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Fastest Changing Hotel in San Francisco
December 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Hotel Reviews, Union Square
San Francisco’s Crowne Plaza Hotel at Union Square is still there, but it is no longer a Crowne Plaza. An investment firm ("Felcor") has purchased the property and renamed it to Hotel 480. There are future plans to improve the property – which at over 400 rooms is one of San Francisco’s biggest hotels and [...]
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Search Microsoft With Google: Is it “Live”?
December 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Activities, West Coast Cities
Google is now offering a page that allows you to search all Microsoft websites using the Google search engine. Not surprisingly – Google monetizes the page with Adwords advertising. http://www.google.com/microsoft.html Search Microsoft with Google What does this mean? 1.) There is demand to find information on Microsoft that people prefer the Google search engine to [...]
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Alcatraz Ferries: How safe is your San Francisco trip?
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Alcatraz, environment
Recent incidents involving both San Francisco and Seattle ferries have raised some thought provoking questions on how safe ferry travel really may be. Although the issues in the two West Coast cities were very different – your safety hung in the balance for both situations. We’re going to take a close look at these two [...]
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Green Vegas: 5 Best ways to minimize your vacation’s “carbon footprint”.
December 5th, 2007 · No Comments · environment, Green, Las Vegas
I’m in Las Vegas for a conference of web publishers. Las Vegas has to be one of the driest; most barren; and sometimes smoggy places you can imagine. With all the focus on money and greed – I thought I’d try to see just how little environmental impact my vacation in Las Vegas could have. [...]
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San Francisco’s Top Boutique Hotel (from Sunset Magazine)
December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Hotel Reviews
San Francisco’s Hotel Drisco has been voted one of America’s Top 10 boutique hotels by Sunset Magazine. While we love a good recommendation at SFTravel – we’ve been featuring Hotel Drisco (formerly the "El Drisco") since the 1990′s. It’s a hotel in the Pacific Heights neighborhood where the locals love to live. The hotel comes [...]
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