First off I’d like to mention that I use to live in North Beach which I consider the best area of all of San Francisco. I was excited to find this flat was one block from where I use to live. Location is everything! We were able to walk to fisherman’s wharf, pier 39, chinatown, Coit tower, Washington Park, St. Peter and Paul’s and little Italy. Cable car is one block away to take you to the shopping district on market. Every day we went on excursions and returned back to this neighborhood for nighttime entertainment. The following can be found within 6 blocks or less: comedy clubs, live music venues, pubs, best Italian food outside of Italy, china town, cafes, parks, etc... truly magnificent. Now for the rental. This place is amazing. The pictures are exactly what you should expect. Two bedroom, living room, dining room, 1 bath and kitchen with a magnificent view of the bay from the living room and kitchen. We traveled in a group of 4 which I believe this place can hold 6 conveniently if you use the living room futons. Why would you ever want to share an overpriced stuffy tourist hotel room when you can stay among the locals at this beautiful pad? I could seriously see myself living here. Regarding the host Carrie she was great and super easy to work with. Very responsive to emails (always within an hour or less) and provided a lot of good suggestions on where to go and what to see. Plus the flat is filled with San Francisco travel guides. She provided the right level of support that I would have expected which is well above what you would receive from a hotel. She also provides you her phone number in the event you need immediate assistance. Checkin was easy as it’s just a key pad so no need to even meet to exchange keys. I have only one recommendation. When I travel to SF I always get a car as I want to be able to drive to parts of SF and surrounding areas such as Sonoma, Muir Woods, ocean, Haight Ashbury, Route 1, golden gate park, etc.... The flat, much like many in SF, does not have onsite parking. Parking restrictions in SF has 2 hour parking from 8am to 9pm Mon-Sat. The local parking structures are way overpriced ($30 a night with no ins/outs ) and I would not want to use them overnight as they want you out first thing in the morning. Parking on the street proved to be most convenient but if you head out for the day on foot you risk getting a ticket. There is an option through SFMTA to get temporary parking passes at $6 a day for this area which allow you to park all day without getting a ticket. SFMTA is the first place I stopped to get these parking permits but I found they require some sort of proof of residency from...