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Originally Posted by Batman1

So, thinking of a west coast trip for our next adventure either next summer or 2021.

Initial idea looks like flying to San Francisco and taking it from there.

I have read lots on this forum and there is so much to take in I became lost as I'm not familiar with the areas.

Other than Yosemite, we have no must haves in our plan.

So far I have seen that San Francisco is expensive for accommodation and parking is a premium.

Could anyone offer any advice on where to go or how long to stay at each place based on ideas below?

Fly to SFO. Should we fly home from here or somewhere else given we plan to drive?
Where to stay or where to begin looking?
Visit to Yosemite for a night or 2.
How long are the drives between different areas?

After that we don't know.
We are not interested in Disney etc but perhaps some sort of theme park, a few beach days and LA or city area.

We are looking at 2 weeks (ish).

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I had the same questions as you when I started looking at our 2018 trip. Flight prices and times had us flying in and out of SF - we had 4 weeks there so plenty of time to explore and get back. We decided to do a loop - sf, Yosemite, Vegas, San Diego, LA/Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, pebble beach/Carmel/Monterey before driving back to SF for flight.
If I was going for 2 weeks I’d probably see if it was possible to fly back from elsewhere (San Diego/LA) to maximise time and I wouldn’t consider Vegas. Accommodation in SF is expensive as is the west coast generally- much more expensive than Florida. However it was the best holiday we have had and SF is an amazing city. Parking is extortionate so we got a taxi from the airport to our hotel and only collected the hire car at the end of our SF trip before driving to Yosemite