San Diego might not have any Yuletide snow to offer, but that doesn’t mean the city doesn’t know how to celebrate the holiday season. In fact, if you are migrating for the holiday season to San Diego’s warm shores, you’ll find plenty of fun, exciting, and family-friendly holiday activities to do, many of them absolutely free. Here are just our top 13 choices from all around San Diego.
Recurring Holiday Events
SeaWorld’s Christmas Celebration
Date: Nov. 12-Jan. 2
Location: SeaWorld San Diego
Spend the holidays with your friends of the rivers and oceans at SeaWorld’s Christmas Celebration. Sip hot cocoa with candy toppings and visit with sea otters, flamingos, sea lions, turtles and bat rays, or explore the more than 100 acres of holiday decor, like a massive, sea-themed Christmas tree and a music-activated holiday tunnel of lights.
This is going to be a real vacation, so it should feel like one. That means minimum stress and maximum luxury, but spending hours comparing hotels online and then paying an outrageous price to stay far from the beach in cramped conditions is the opposite of this goal. Fortunately, there’s a better way: beach vacation homes in San Diego. It might surprise you to find out that beach vacation homes can be less expensive, much more luxurious, and easier to rent than a hotel. Here are five reasons why you should go with a rental rather than a hotel:
