Honeymoon Trip to California

Old Dec 5th, 2016, 07:26 PM
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Honeymoon Trip to California

My fiancé and I will be celebrating our honeymoon in California next October. We are looking to go from San Diego to San Francisco or vice versa. We will be flying in Sunday 10/8/17 and departing 10/15/17. Neither of us have been to the west coast so we aren't sure how to plan it. If anyone could provide us a detailed itinerary it will be much appreciated. We aren't sure how many night to stay in San Fran or San Diego. The plan is taking highway 1 in a rental car between the two cities.
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Old Dec 5th, 2016, 07:58 PM
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One week is a VERY short time for SF to SD if you want to see anything in either city. Say even just 2 full days (which means 3 nights really) in each city you only have one or two days/nights to drive the entire coast.

Sooooooo if you mainly want to see SF and SD -- do just those and fly in between the two cities.

Have you already booked your flights? If not I would change plans and fly in/out of SF or in/out of SD. Then either do a short loop SFO > SF > Carmel > Big Sur > SFO

OR do San Diego and Orange County w/ maybe a bit of sight seeing in LA.
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Old Dec 5th, 2016, 11:15 PM
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I agree. You do not have enough time to enjoy all you want to do.
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Old Dec 6th, 2016, 03:37 AM
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Nothing has been booked yet. I figured it would be tough to do in 7 days. Would an extra 2 days make it more feasible? Or still not enough time?
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That would be better but still a little rushed.

The problem is you will want probably 3 nights in SF and at least 2 nights in San Diego (three nights there would be better)

You could do 2 nts SD, 1 nt Santa Barbara, 1 nt Cambria/San Simeon area, 2 nts Carmel/Monterey area, 2 or 3 nts in SF, fly out of SFO
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To speed things up we are considering taking a train from LA to San Fran or San Diego depending on where we fly into. I hear there are a lot of things to do in San Fran but only hear people talk about the zoo in San Diego.
So which would be better flying into San Fran, getting a rental car to take to LA with stops in between then train to San Diego? Or vice versa? Basically which portion of the PCH would be better to skip?

Can someone suggest a new itinerary based on this info from 10/8/2017 to 10/15/2017?

Really appreciate the info guys.
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The most spectacular stretch of coast is between Monterey and Cambria. Not sure why you would take a train between LA and SD if that's what you mean. It's probably quicker to drive.
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If you are planning on visiting the HUGE city of Los Angeles then you probably have to drop San Diego. You just don't have time.
You could do 3 nights Los Angeles and 3 nights San Francisco with 3 quick look-see stops on the coastal drive north. Maybe Santa Barbara, Cambria and Monterey/Carmel.

Yes it would help if you could stretch the trip to 9 nights or more, but it is what it is. October is a GREAT time to do the coastal drive so I would not use the train.

As for helping with your itinerary we would need to know more about your interests. Sports? Art? Clubs/Nightlife? Foodie? Hiking/Nature/Science? Beach?
If you use the "Search Forums" box on the upper right you can bring up a plethora of previous threads on the subject, just plug in CALIFORNIA COAST or SAN FRANCISCO or whatever.
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Old Dec 6th, 2016, 08:40 AM
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Definitely interested in food and nature. Don't care about any sporting events. What would I miss out on by dropping San Diego? So plan is to fly into and San Fran and take the coast to LA? Can someone recommend an itinerary based on that?
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If you can add a couple of nights, fly into San Francisco (please use SF if you must abbreviate, not "San Fran") for 3 nights, pick up rental car, spend 1 night Monterey or Carmel and 1 night in Cambria (or possibly Pismo Beach) and 3 nights LA. No San Diego.
The train does not travel scenic Highway 1 so if you take the train you would miss Big Sur and most of the best part of the coast.
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No - you do NOT want the train for this trip - totally irrelevant for the places you want to see.
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jamie99 has the plan I would suggest.

For ideas of things to do in SF, put StuDudley in the search box at the top of the page.
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