Yes, this trip will happen. Thank you everyone for your responses. I am in the process of organizing this very quick trip to San Diego for New Year's Eve.

The focus of the trip is to:
\-\-\-see the new panda bear exhibit
\-\-\-do some very quick sightseeing in San Diego\, AND
\-\-\-going out for New Year's Eve dinner

At this point, the trip might look something like this - I'm still working this out - I will adjust based on feedback:

* **December 30 - Monday Morning/Early Afternoon**:
* --Fly down to San Diego
* --Check into hotel/leave luggage at hotel
* --Group check in
* **December 30 - Monday afternoon/evening:**
* --Explore Old Town or other parts of San Diego
* --Go out for a casual dinner
* **December 31 - Tuesday morning**:
* --Take an early morning tour at the San Diego Zoo Panda exhibit and
--Spend a few hours touring the Zoo
* **December 31 - Tuesday afternoon:**
* --Maybe do more sightseeing and/or
* --Go back to hotel - relax - change clothes etc.
* **December 31 - Tuesday evening**
* --UBER over to the Hotel Del Coronado to see the Christmas displays and light show (free and open to the public)
* Go out for New Year's Eve dinner along the waterfront or back in the Old Town area near our hotel
* **January 1 - Wednesday afternoon**
* --Do some more sightseeing in the morning
* --Fly home afternoon or evening

This is a **group event** so it would be nice to do things as much as we can as a group. I usually also try to build in time/flexibility to do things **on your own** as well.

**Costs would look something like this:**
**Airfare:**

* \-\-\-SFO or San Jose to San Diego \- looks like about $150 or so $I saw an airfare for as low as $93 round trip$

* **Transportation to/from airport:**

* \-\-\-If we are on the same flight we might be able to split Uber costs to the hotel
* \-\-\-Transportation to/from hotel to/from the zoo or there might be a hotel shuttle \- we can try to share rides and split costs whenever possible

* **Hotel for Monday and Tuesday night:**

* \-\-\-Staying at the same hotel is fun but of course\, you can stay anywhere that feels comfortable \- these are peak days so count on paying anywhere from $125 to $225 or more per night depending on your lodging preferences \- please send me a direct message if you have questions or suggestions about the hotel\.
**Meals:**
* \-\-\-Dinner Monday night $nothing fancy$
* \-\-\-Breakfast and lunch Tuesday $casual$
* \-\-\-New Years Eve dinner Tuesday night \- most restaurants have special prix fixe menus for the holiday \- count on at least $60 for dinner depending on where we end up going

* **Entrance to Zoo:**

* \-\-\-Ticket cost is about $74 which includes seeing the pandas \- there appear to be some small discounts available through places such as AAA etc\.
* \-\-\-**Optional** special access via an early morning guided tour for Pandas - before the zoo opens to the public - appears to be an **additional** $90

* **Hote Del Coronado**

* \-\-\-On New Year's Eve \- after we finish exploring the zoo and doing some other things \- I would like to UBER/take the Coronado Bridge over to the Hotel del Coronado\. It looks like they have a free light show open to the public that is supposed to be very nice\. The hotel should also still be decorated for Christmas\.
* \-\-\-NYE dinner/music at the hotel can be kind of expensive \- I thought it would be nice to find a less expensive but nice/quieter spot overlooking the water for dinner\.

If this looks like something you might want to do, or if you have questions or suggestions, **please let me know.**

More details to follow soon...stay tuned!

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