Customer Travel Tips for London
Customer Travel Tips for San Francisco
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27 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Travel with pride regardless of who you are!
Liked: Pride
Disliked: Homeless people everywhere. Streets are dirty and stinks.
26 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Rent a bicycle or bus a clipper card for Public transport to get around.
Liked: Golden Gate Bridge, shopping district and pride parade
Disliked: Hills in SF is a killer. Sightseeing were vey spread out.
24 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
City break
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Visiting friends or family
Customer Travel Tip: Take the bus around to get places faster
Liked: Good nightlife
Disliked: No
23 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Rent a bike, cross the Golden Gate Bridge until Sausalito, have a great time at the Bar Bocce and then go to see the floating houses. Take the ferry boat to come back to San Francisco.
Liked: People are very thoughtful. City architecture. Most of the city do not have high building.
Disliked: No.
21 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Walk around as much as possible and skip the buses.
Liked: The atmosphere and the scenery is just amazing. Tons of stuff to see.
Disliked: The fog makes it really cold and some streets can be quite dirty and filled with homeless people.
12 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Bring a map, great company, an open mind, and have a willingness to get lost.
Liked: There is an endless list as to why I love this city. Aside from it being the food mecha of the West coast, It is culture filled and every corner of this street is appropriate for a photo shoot. People are extra friendly and Eco-friendly, did i mention friendly?
Disliked: Probably just the same thing everyone complains about, scavenging for parking and quarter for the meter. But its a good thing muni is at every corner!
10 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Alcatraz
Liked: beautiful city
Disliked: hills
10 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
City break
Romantic getaway
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Bicycling to Sausalito over the bridge!!!
Liked: Beautiful city
Disliked: No easy way to get around, many drug and alcohol addicts around mason street and union square!
09 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: You can walk to most places!
Liked: Golden Gate Bridge of course. Also I enjoyed how walkable the city is.
Disliked: It's not very clean in the area I lived in.
08 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: n/a
Liked: n/a
Disliked: n/a
07 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: pre-book Alcatraz before you get to SF!
Liked: It's an amazing city, you have to see it!
Disliked: it's expensive.
07 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Get a one day/multi day pass for public transport, as you can also use the cable cars with this card!
Liked: It's an amazing city and a great experience!!
Disliked: It's expensive and the weather is not the greatest.
01 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Book Alcatraz a couple of weeks in advance as this had totally sold out which was a shame. Also do the bike tour of the Golden Gate Bridge, it has made my year!
Liked: Great city of culture and tourist activities. Food was amazing
Disliked: No
28 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Relaxation / spa
Romantic getaway
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Book in advance to save money on accommodation. Get the city pass if staying for a week... More economic. There's lots to do and see, just take a walk and you'll find something pretty quickly.
Liked: Cycling to Mt. Tamapalis and Muir woods. 34mile round trip. It cost 26 dollars for a hybrid mountain bike for 24hrs when I reserved online.
Disliked: The atmosphere is quite negative in downtown due to the amount of aggressive homeless people. Not that I blame the homeless people of course!
27 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: 3-4 days of stay is more than enough
Liked: Food, places to visit, history, architecture
Disliked: It is a really expensive city (food, accomodations, etc), comparing other destinations
27 May 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: Book as early as you can!
Liked: So much to see and do - just such a cool city.
Disliked: It's always an expensive place to stay.
26 May 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Plan ahead.
Liked: The world famous iconic landmarks, particularly the Golden Gate Bridge.
Disliked: Too many homeless people around.
25 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: rent a bike a ride across the bridge to Sausalito
Liked: the sigths
Disliked: so many homeless around the city
17 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Make sure you visit Alcatraz Island. And don't think you can just rock up on the day - you need to book in advance! Sometimes it sells out weeks in advance but seriously, it's worth it. The Cellhouse audio tour was just fascinating!
Liked: It's very nice and compact - you can walk everywhere which is great. And if you don't wanna walk, public transport is great.
Disliked: Every other person I passed appeared to be homeless. Ultimately they're harmless but still, it was rather unsettling.
15 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: Stay away from tenderloin at night lol
Liked: Everything
Disliked: Homeless people