is Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego California worth staying at
in this video I'm giving you a full tour of this Resort and I'm sharing
with you helpful things to consider so that you can make the right choice and
figure out if this is the right place for you to stay coming up
and if you're new here yo I'm Christine Lozada with where in the world is CL and I make travel
videos every week to help you get up and go travel so if you like to travel consider subscribing I'm
actually really excited about this video because where you stay has such a big impact on how your
trip and experience is and I want you to have the best trip here because San Diego is my hometown
and you gotta have a good time when you're here so let's dive in with the first things to know
the location and you know what let's bring up a little handy dandy map because where Paradise
Point is at is really centrally located to a lot of the activities in southern California
so especially if you're trying to do things like head downtown to the Gaslamp explore Coronado go
down to Point Loma do the hike see the tide pools all of those things are really close by
Oh La Jolla and the seals and those tide pools make sure you check my California travel video
for way more helpful tips around things to do in this area but here's another thing to
consider even though it might be Central to a lot of these places you will likely want a car
you can totally get away with ubering to all of these places but you're likely going to want to
have a car when you're staying at this resort to jump off everywhere that's different than if you
were for example I'll be staying at the gas lamp this weekend at a hotel make sure you check that
info in the description below and I don't need a car because once I get to the Gaslamp I'll just be
walking around and staying down there versus here is kind of a jumping off point oh and there's one
more thing to consider about the location is are you going to Mission Bay in other words Paradise
Point is an island within this it's man-made if you didn't know that by the way within Mission Bay
and if you come here like I am in December it's pretty cold I got a couple jackets back here so
if you're deciding to spend time on Mission Bay boating jet skiing kayaking swimming it's too
cold in these months so it might not be worth it for you if you're trying to spend a lot of time in
and on Mission Bay and you're coming in the winter months it might be more worth it for you to come
here if you came in the summer months I used to think San Diego was such a warm and sunny place
and it is but now that I've spent a ton of time in other places around the world
like I just got back from spending a ton of time in the Bahamas it's cold AF here
one thing to know is if you care about really good service because this is a four-star Resort
I they kind of has mixed reviews so when you look on TripAdvisor looks really good but if you look
on Yelp it's got really mixed reviews about the service I personally had a really awesome
experience especially at check-in I just had the best check-in experience in which wow the stuff
is so nice I feel super welcome here already and one thing I'm super excited about is that
the woman checking me in told me that the room I'm staying in is her favorite room so I'm super
curious what that means but can I tell you the highlights look look at what I got the guy that
was outside at valet gave me duck food so I'm so excited to feed the Ducks later although he
did give me a warning that feeding the Ducks is a little aggressive but like really come at you I
so excited I love being Ducks I'm already so excited to be here ah all right let's go see
the room which by the way you have to drive to the room like this is a really big property and
um actually one of the things the valet guy was telling me is that they will
drive you around the property uh in their little golf cart type thingy that'll be
nice if you don't want to drive yourself feeding the Ducks all right let's do it
and now fast forward to the end of our state and we've still had a really great experience
but that's one thing to be aware of is that uh it's kind of a mixed bag out there by the way if
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in the comments below where you're considering staying make sure you check the full blog post
which has other recommendations of places to stay that's in the description and let's jump
to the next thing let's talk about the rooms the rooms are Bungalow style rooms I mean this is a
44 acre Island so they're really really spread out wow I am so stoked on this room I not only am in
a great location but it's really spacious with a seating area and a dining area an additional
seating area and I'm feeling pretty stoked I'd say the Highlight oh wait you gotta check this
out right our view that we have is looking out at the pond where that main tower is at so that
main tower that you see in everyone's photos is just right here I'm super excited for that
oh I'm so curious if you're in Sunset maybe we might get some nice colors on the water but we
also have a separate door that leads outside to where I plan on feeding all of these ducks
so I'm super excited to sit literally right there yeah probably gonna enjoy this View
we have like a little fridge in here as well that's nice little coffee maker action
um this looks awesome I'm so excited to post out the hair for a few days anyone else is cool
I've gotta share a sink with meatball I got my own sink oh and I get slippers it's nice
um the details in the room are really nice and they're such a fit for this area in terms of
feeling like uh not super beachy but um kind of like Island Resort style that's when I lost the
vibe I'm getting right now and I'll dig it so one thing to consider is the style or type of
travel or who you're traveling with when you're coming here and what I mean by that is like I
love staying at places like this when I when I'm with people like today I'm with meatball with my
boyfriend and it's perfect because we have like our own little space you know we can walk around
together but I hate staying at places like this when I'm traveling alone so even though they do
have carts that drive you around the property like I don't like it when I'm traveling alone
to not have like a communal space in the hotel lobby you can just take the elevator down to I
don't want to walk at night all the way over to the restaurants or wait for the carts for example
so depending on how you're traveling a bungalow style room may or may not work well for you
hope you're ready to explore
looks nice all right there's one full option that's another Pool Beach
let's find out what title Beach is these roads by the way are not
meant for rollerblading oh there's a sidewalk over there let's go there
this is one of the restaurants this one isn't open every day today's Tuesday
this one is right next door
free ride
it seems like the majority of people staying here are people that are here for some kind of
like conference or events or something over at that Ballroom let's see what's over here
here's something to consider the longer I stay here the more I realize you do need a car so
here hopeful to know it's forty dollars per night for parking to have a car on the property and each
Bungalow has its one parking spot that goes with it depending on the style of bungalow that you're
in but having a car is important because there are a lot of things to do on the property but it's
not like it's endless amounts of Resort options so one of the top things to do on the property
aside from just enjoying the beautiful views is the spa like they have a very popular Spa I did
not partake this time but I usually actually you love Spa experiences more than I do I love
to go to the spa so they are known for their Spa they also have things like boat rentals they have
their bike rentals and so that's available on the property as well but like I was mentioning
before depending on what time of year you're coming here it's pretty cool oh and they got
fire pits here they got five pools they got tons of restaurants and actually one of my favorite
things to do oh and the tropical Lush Gardens my favorite things to do is look at all the sea
creatures that are inside the pond come check this out oh my God I'm so excited to see this
there's this eel but what they do is they open the gate because there's a usually a gate that
lets them in and out so different things will swim in like lobsters all kinds of stuff the
gate it's right there and the gates it's normally here here's one thing to consider a lot of people
like to come to these resorts to just stay on the property and eat on the property and
there are a bunch of restaurants here but check the hours because I'm here in December 2022 and
they're not open all the time for example title was not open the night I came in and also they
have a set menu right now so you can't just order a la carte so these are some things to
consider but you're also in a location where you can jump off to a lot of great restaurants
I love using Yelp to find the latest uh latest and greatest restaurants in the area Elite 10
years the last thing to consider and possibly the most important thing to consider is the
price and so here's the average prices of this Resort it changes all the time right depending
on the season the weekend the blah blah blah so Link in the description for what the latest
prices are for you and I also wrote an entire blog post about other Resorts I was considering
in the area because there is a lot over here to consider so check that out or if you want
to see what other properties are like in the downtown area come join me in my next video I'm
headed downtown to the Gaslamp you ready for this we're gonna have a good time if you got
some value out of today's video cheer that like button and I will see you in the next video ciao