Travelodge Central San Fran
Aug 24th, 2005, 08:18 PM
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Hi eastsidegal, you are a female right? What is the address of the Travelodge you are thinking about?
Personally I would never think of staying in a Travelodge in SF. I agree with TSD. What is your budget eastsidegal for a room per night? Hopefully you can get a suggestion for somewhere better..best wishes.
Personally I would never think of staying in a Travelodge in SF. I agree with TSD. What is your budget eastsidegal for a room per night? Hopefully you can get a suggestion for somewhere better..best wishes.
Aug 25th, 2005, 07:59 AM
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Is this somewhere on Ellis or Eddy street at Larkin or Hyde?
I don't know about the lodge, but the area is not safe. If not for the bus, I wouldn't pass that area alone.
Look into motels along Van Ness, North part.
I don't know about the lodge, but the area is not safe. If not for the bus, I wouldn't pass that area alone.
Look into motels along Van Ness, North part.
Aug 25th, 2005, 09:36 AM
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I think the Travelodge she's mentioning is the one on Market and Valencia, which is not such a bad area. There is a Travelodge (I think) down Market around 7th or 8th which is a bad area and I would not recommend.
I would second looking into the Travelodge on Lombard by the Presidio. It is a nice neighborhood and on a quieter street (it's away from the busy part of Lombard).
I would second looking into the Travelodge on Lombard by the Presidio. It is a nice neighborhood and on a quieter street (it's away from the busy part of Lombard).
The address on the Travelodge website is 1707 Market, but it's off Market, and kind between Van Ness and Gough. Is this a good area? Sorry, but I am not so sure.
Aug 25th, 2005, 10:05 AM
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According to the Travelodge website, the Central Travelodge is located at 1707 Market.
This is not a bad neighborhodd - it's actually a pretty good location for a motel.
It's right across the street from FLAX art supplies and very near to Martuni's piano bar - also near to Zuni cafe.
F-line streetcar is right outside the door making transportation to Castro or anywhere down Market to Embarcadero a breeze.
Not the prettiest of locations as the surroundings are mostly concrete, it's definitely safer than the other Travelodge hotels everyone above is thinking of.
This is not a bad neighborhodd - it's actually a pretty good location for a motel.
It's right across the street from FLAX art supplies and very near to Martuni's piano bar - also near to Zuni cafe.
F-line streetcar is right outside the door making transportation to Castro or anywhere down Market to Embarcadero a breeze.
Not the prettiest of locations as the surroundings are mostly concrete, it's definitely safer than the other Travelodge hotels everyone above is thinking of.
Aug 25th, 2005, 11:34 AM
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>>1707 Market.
This is not a bad neighborhodd - it's actually a pretty good location for a motel.<<
If a friend of mine were visiting SF for the first time & I wanted to impress him/her with SF, I would not put that person up at this location. I would choose someplace just off Lombard in the Cow Hollow area - maybe more than 1 block and less than 5 blocks west of Van Ness in a somewhat inexpensive place (spend the $ on food).
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This is not a bad neighborhodd - it's actually a pretty good location for a motel.<<
If a friend of mine were visiting SF for the first time & I wanted to impress him/her with SF, I would not put that person up at this location. I would choose someplace just off Lombard in the Cow Hollow area - maybe more than 1 block and less than 5 blocks west of Van Ness in a somewhat inexpensive place (spend the $ on food).
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Aug 25th, 2005, 01:04 PM
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Some people like white bread, some people like a little texture.
The neighborhood of this Travelodge is in the vicinity of a bunch of antique shops too. Not the Fairmont, but not the Tenderloin either.
The neighborhood of this Travelodge is in the vicinity of a bunch of antique shops too. Not the Fairmont, but not the Tenderloin either.
Aug 25th, 2005, 03:14 PM
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Thank you everyone for your feedback. I need a really economical hotel and this one fit the pocketbook perfectly. Unless anyone at there knows of a hotel for around $70 a night, then I guess i have to stay there. Thanks again!
Aug 25th, 2005, 04:34 PM
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Last year we stayed at the Columbus Motor Inn, which is highly recommended on Trip Advisor and this forum. I'm not sure of the name of the street, but we walked past a Travelodge on our way from the hotel to Fisherman's Wharf. If it is that Travelodge you should be fine. While I can' speak for the inside, the outside looked nice and the neighborhood is good and close to the Wharf. Columbus Motor Inn is nice, but not as cheap as $70. I doubt that any of the hotels in Cow Hollow would be that cheap either.
Aug 25th, 2005, 05:10 PM
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Your best deal is to check www.biddingfortravel.com under the San Francisco, CA section and then bid on Priceline.
Aug 26th, 2005, 04:16 AM
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eastsidegal, don't commit yourself to the Central Travelodge without reading the reviews on TripAdvisor.com. When five of the last ten reviews give a property only one star out of five, with words in the titles like awesomely bad, dishonest, unprofessional, rude, what a dump, I would say there are indications of really unusually severe problems in the way it is being run.
Also, go to the TraveLodge.com site and compare rates wuith the other TraveLodges in town. They are so EXTREMELY much lower that they can't be explained just by the 1700 block of Market being a less pleasant location, although it is that. There's something going on here.
Here are the reviews:
http://tinyurl.com/8pnc6
Two questions I would like you to answer for us, and then I will know what advice I will want to give you, and perhaps others will know better too:
1. Do you definitely want the TraveLodge brand because you have reward points with them to use or some similar reason? (If so, there's one I think you should especially look at for reasons of both price and location.)
2. Will you have a car with you in S.F.?
Also, go to the TraveLodge.com site and compare rates wuith the other TraveLodges in town. They are so EXTREMELY much lower that they can't be explained just by the 1700 block of Market being a less pleasant location, although it is that. There's something going on here.
Here are the reviews:
http://tinyurl.com/8pnc6
Two questions I would like you to answer for us, and then I will know what advice I will want to give you, and perhaps others will know better too:
1. Do you definitely want the TraveLodge brand because you have reward points with them to use or some similar reason? (If so, there's one I think you should especially look at for reasons of both price and location.)
2. Will you have a car with you in S.F.?
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