In a way, this goes full circle to Arthur Frommer's original travel guide, Europe on $5 a Day . Can

Frommer's new guide to San Francisco Free and Dirt Cheap lists budget hotels, free films, free music, cheap food, recession-busting information on happy hours and more. By Donna Dailey on May 8, 2009 Login to post a comment
Whether it was deliberate or coincidence, Frommer's new guidebook, San Francisco Free and Dirt Cheap , couldn't be better timed for recession-beating travel advice on the City by the Bay. It follows close on the heels of a similar guide to New York that was published in late 2008. If the recession doesn't start getting better soon, this could turn into a long-running travel guidebook florida sales tax rental cars series.
In a way, this goes full circle to Arthur Frommer's original travel guide, Europe on $5 a Day . Can today's visitor to San Francisco possibly survive florida sales tax rental cars on a few bucks a day, though? Well, this latest guide promises to deliver 414 great ways to save money in California's fourth-biggest city. They include cheap hotels, florida sales tax rental cars cheap eats and drinks, free music concerts from rock to classical, free movies, free theater, comedy and book readings, and even where to learn yoga, find out how to swing dance, or go kayaking for free in San Francisco's fantastic bay. Who needs a ferry when you can paddle your own canoe?
Who knows all this stuff? florida sales tax rental cars Well, this first edition of San Francisco Free and Dirt Cheap is by Matthew Richard Poole. Poole is a California florida sales tax rental cars native and lives in San Francisco, and among his previous travel guides are:
Maybe expecting free hotel rooms, even in a recession, is being a bit hopeful, but the author steers readers towards hotels that (a) offer at least some rooms at under $100 a night, and (b) are hotels respectable florida sales tax rental cars enough to actually want to stay in. These include hostels where rooms can cost way less than 50 bucks for a bed (including one right by Fisherman's Wharf) to decent but simple hotels in places like Chinatown and near Union Square. And there's some advice on swapping apartments, which could genuinely lead to a free place to stay in San Francisco.
Eating cheap doesn't always mean slumming it. The author suggests that for $9.50 plus a one-drink minimum, visitors can dine at the all-you-can-eat buffet in the luxury Fairmont Hotel's Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar during the 5-7pm weekday Happy Hour. (Whatever happened to happy hours that lasted 60 minutes?) There are cheap eats galore in Chinatown, of course, but even down at Fisherman's Wharf you can grab a bite for just a few bucks if you know where to go.
At almost 300 pages of money-saving tips on everything from Aardvark's second-hand clothing store to cheap haircuts and beauty treatments at Zenzi's Cosmetology Training Center, this book definitely delivers on its promise.
San Francisco Free and Dirt Cheap by Matthew Richard Poole is published by Frommer's at $16.99 in the USA, $19.99 florida sales tax rental cars in Canada, and £11.99 in the UK. Available from Amazon and other online book stores, from book shops, and from the Frommer's Online Bookstore .