Trip Report: One Day In Monterey California

The November edition of Wherever the Deals Takes Us has me jetting off San Francisco, renting a car, and driving down to the Monterey Bay Area.

The Deal

At the beginning of October when I was conceptualizing the blog I stumbled upon a deal that Delta was offering for round trip flights from Seattle to San Francisco for $112. In order to fit my schedule of one day trips I had to take a slightly more expensive routing of flying out to San Francisco on Delta Airline’s Boeing 717-200 in Basic Economy and back on United’s Airbus-319 in Basic Economy. I am sure you are wondering why I chose to take the 2 hour drive to Monterey rather than spend the weekend in San Francisco. Well I am already planning on being in San Francisco in August of 2019 and will likely do a trip report on San Francisco at that point.

Monterey is an incredibly beautiful beach city which has so much to do on a limited budget, but also has an amazing aquarium if you are willing to splurge a little:

The Monterey Trip

• Lounge: The Club at SEA (Terminal A) Update
• Flight: Delta Airlines Basic Economy SEA to SFO
• Rental Car: Hertz — Nissan Versa Note
• Monterey
  • Hotel: Comfort Inn Carmel by the Sea
  • Little Swiss Cafe
  • Compagno’s Deli and Market
  • Crystal Fish
  • 17-Mile Drive
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Cannery Row
  • Old Fisherman’s Wharf
  • Lover’s Point
• Priority Pass Restaurant: San Francisco Giants Clubhouse at SFO
• Flight: United Airlines Basic Economy SFO to SEA

The Totals

• Flight: 117.40
• Hotel: $0 (8,000 choice rewards points)
• Car: $35.91
• Entertainment: $10.50
• Food: $45
• Gas: $30
• GRAND TOTAL: $238.81