15 MOST Common San Diego Tourist Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them!)

Respectfully Jay, I vacation in San Diego frequently (6x in the last 18 months) and I never rent a car. With the Coaster that serves North County so well, great vacations await in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, and Solana Beach. Around the city too, the light rail helps for Old Town to Downtown, Mission Valley, UTC, etc. Cars are too expensive. Plant yourself in a hotel by the beach, the bus can help too.

I rented a car on my last trip to SD. Went to LaJolla beach & Cabrillo Monument. Good advice given Jay.

#1 is a big one, yep. Especially with no car.

Native San Diegan here…don’t forget Point Loma sunset cliffs and then have dinner at liberty station. That is a great place too! It is an old marine corp barracks. So much good food. They even have a mess hall to eat in with different booths of food options. The lighthouse at the end of Point Loma is beautiful place to stop and watch the boats go in and out.

Thank you man. Great info.

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Also, if you do rent a car, are staying at the Grand Hyatt or one of the other hotels near the convention center, freight trains at night aren’t your friend: they’re very long and travel slowly. If you’re driving from the north, make sure you find a spot to cross under the tracks before you get downtown. If you’re stuck waiting late at night (11 pm or later) expect a 20 to 40 minute wait for the train to pass!

Great video thank you!!!

Brilliant video. Thank you 👍👍

I definitely did #8 (doing too much in one day)! I really thought San Diego didn't have much to do besides the beaches and, boy, was I wrong, LOL. I needed 1 day just for Balboa Park alone! I was there for about 3 days and didn't do nearly all that I wanted. But, I guess that just gives me a reason to come back 🥰

Great vid! Very helpful.

Excellent video. I just returned from a 5 day trip there from Tucson where it is 110 deg. One additional tip I can give is: I stayed downtown near the Marina and I had access to an eBike every day. I rode it everywhere... to a dispensary, to Balboa Park, up and down the boardwalk and even took it on the ferry to Coronado Island where it was super helpful to ride to the beaches and not deal with cars and parking there. This allowed me to leave my car in the parking lot and not use it during my stay. That was actually super relaxing for me to not worry about driving around. The only think I'll say negative about biking around is that there seems to be not alot of bike paths around downtown SD. I rode alot on the roads in traffic and I'm not super keen on that. However, I was there on July 4 and since it's a holiday there were not many people driving around downtown so I was able to ride the streets all over and see alot in that area. It was great. And the 4th of July fireworks were the best I've ever seen!! Highly recommended.

Thanks for sharing. Alot of good tips 👌

Great video! Thanks!

Saying that it’s better to rent a car than take public transportation puts into perspective how bad our public transportation is

Such great tips, Jay! We have definitely made some of those mistakes! 😂 Thanks for the great content, as always! Have a wonderful weekend Jay Jay! 😎

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Very informative vlog Jaycation! Thank you for your awesome work! Here’s to 100k subscribers!❤️

Superbly, well done tour of SD,, couldn't be better. : )

Gonna be there soon from Texas. I'll definitely keep these in mind