Transportation for Your San Diego Vacation

Getting around San Diego can be difficult while on vacation, but it doesn't have to be if you do things right. There are all the major transportation options of any major city, except that San Diego suffers from a massive suburban sprawl which can limit the effectiveness of public transportation. However, with some careful planning you can get around just fine in buses, trolleys, and trains.

To start your search for affordable public transportation for your San Diego vacation head on over to 511sd.com, a very helpful sight that includes bus, trolley, and train schedules as well as an extremely useful trip planner. Using the trip planner will allow you to enter in where you are leaving from and where you want to go. It will then tell you how far you need to walk to get to the nearest bus/trolley/train, which stop you need to ravel to, how much it will cost, and what time you can expect to arrive at your destination. One word of caution is that it is sometimes better to buy a day pass for the public transit system if you expect to ride multiple lines throughout the day as the buses and trolleys do not give transfers. If you are arriving at the San Diego International Airport, there is a bus line that runs by there but if it is rainy be sure to have an umbrella because you will have to walk under the open sky to get the bus terminal. Luckily it hardly rains in San Diego!

In addition to the publicly available transportation San Diego also has many taxis and rental car services scattered all across the county for those traveling on a San Diego vacation. All the major national players are here - Avis, Budget, National, Enterprise, etc. Taxis are also plentiful and most are just a phone call away if you are not in the downtown area. These are much more expensive than the other option, but the freedom they provide will be a necessity for many travelers as well as those who want to benefit from the wide range of activities across the entire San Diego region.