View all San Diego and Mission Beach Vacation Rental Listings

San Diego Vacation Rentals provides individuals seeking beachfront and bay front vacation rentals in San Diego, CA with a professional year round vacation rental program that offers predominantly waterfront homes and condos in the Mission Bay Park region of San Diego, including Mission Beach, Mission Bay, Pacific Beach, La Jolla and Ocean Beach. If you are looking for a summer vacation rental or beach house in San Diego you have come to the right place. San Diego Vacation Rentals has the largest selection of vacation rentals and luxury beach homes in Mission Beach and Mission Bay including luxury condominiums, homes and apartments with daily, weekly and monthly rates. Click here to explore the area.

San Diego Vacation Rentals is now offering a very select showcase of accommodations that we refer to as our Premier Properties. They are part of a "New Wave" of development that is radically impacting values in the Mission Bay Park area as well as enhancing the resort atmosphere our community has long been waiting for. While we feel that our Featured Properties (shown in the right hand margin) meet the basic tests for luxury, our Premier Properties represent a whole new opportunity for guests who happen to have the most discriminating tastes. Therefore, if price is only a secondary consideration for you, we highly encourage you to tour this unique as well as limited offering. If Featured or Premier Properties are not for you, please browse our entire list of Vacation Rentals.

Activities and Attractions
San Diego beach communities are the ideal vacation destination. Whether your idea of the perfect vacation is tanning on the beach, surfing, sailing, waterskiing, shopping, bar hopping or sight seeing San Diego is an ideal destination. Mission Bay is the center of water activities in San Diego and from your vacation rental you can easily arrange for rentals of anything from kayaks to speed boats for your boating enjoyment. Mission Beach offers surfing year round with larger waves in the winter, but cleaner conditions and warmer water in the summer. Click here to explore the area.

Our vacation rentals also offer convenient access to the world famous reef breaks of La Jolla and Sunset Cliffs as well as such famous breaks as Tourmaline Surf Park, Windansea Beach, Bird Rock and much more. Nearby shopping includes Belmont Park with the world famous Giant Dipper roller coaster built in 1925, Seaport Village, Horton Plaza and numerous boutiques along Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach. Nearby hiking includes Cowles Mountain, Cabrillo National Monument and Torry Pines State Park among others. Also, for history buffs, San Diego is home to the first Mission in Alta California, Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala. Old Town San Diego is home to even more history offering a look at San Diego and the wild west long ago. .

Mission Beach
Mission Beach is the stretch of land or sandbar between the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay. Among the many qualities that make Mission Beach such a great vacation destination is that you are never far from the beach or the bay and you can walk just about anywhere with the community on the ocean front boardwalk or the bayside boardwalk. Mission Beach has plentiful restaurants, bars and nightlife offering a wide array of choices from fast food to fine dining and hole in the wall bars to multi level beach clubs. The majority of our vacation rentals are on bay front and oceanfront on Mission Beach and Mission Bay. We offer everything from basic vacation rentals to luxury vacation rentals and beach houses. The beach front and the oceanfront boardwalk offer a livelier atmosphere while the bay front units offer a more tranquil environment. Click here to explore the area.

Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach is the laid-back beach town on the south side of the jetty from Mission Beach. Ocean Beach, like Mission Beach offers its visitors an abundance of stores, restaurants and nightlife without having to leave the neighborhood. It is famous for its laid-back residents and environment. Click here to view our Ocean Beach Vacation Rentals.

Pacific Beach
Pacific Beach consists of the beaches directly north of Mission Beach from Pacific Beach Drive to the southern cliffs of La Jolla and Birdrock. The Pacific Beach community offers more shopping and restaurants than Mission Beach and one of San Diego's major nightlife scenes in Garnet Avenue. Click here to view Pacific Beach Vacation Rentals.

Other San Diego Neighborhoods
In addition to our lcoal beach neighborhoods of Mission Beach, Mission Bay, Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach, San Diego boasts some great neighborhoods to live and play. Other popular and upscale beach neighborhoods that offer vacation rentals and luxury San Diego real estate include Point Loma, La Jolla, Coronado, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, Cardiff by the Sea, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Solana Beach.

Theme Parks
San Diego is home to some of the world's most famous parks including SeaWorld, The San Diego Zoo, The Wild Animal Park and Lego Land. All are easily accessible with SeaWorld in particular being located within Mission Bay Park.

Below are locations and options for our rental properties around San Diego County

Some of the advantages of renting a San Diego beach house or vacation rental vs. staying in a San Diego beach hotel or San Diego water front resort

Vacation Rentals offer many advantages when compared to renting hotel rooms or resorts. Privately owned San Diego vacation rental properties offer more room, flexibility, amenities, freedom and privacy than a standard San Diego hotel rooms or San Diego resort often for less money.

A Home Versus a Room
The typical vacation rental or beach house offers far more space than a resort or hotel room. A hotel room or resort is often limited to a single room or at most a single separate bedroom and some guests are relegated to sleeping on hide a beds or pull out couches. Vacation rentals are typically large multi bedroom condominiums or town homes with ample amounts of space, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, separate living areas, full sized kitchens, private patio areas and much more.

More Amenities
Vacation rentals typically offer more amenities than standard hotel rooms. Vacation rentals will typically offer TVs, VCRs, DVDs and Stereos. They also offer fully equipped kitchens, large spacious bathrooms, and laundry facilities. Many also offer private pools, game rooms, spas and much more! You can also find homes and condos with great outdoor living spaces such as patios, lanais, gardens, lawns and private decks overlooking incredible vistas.

More Privacy
Privacy is one of the main reasons for the popularity of vacation rentals. In a typical San Diego hotel or resort you will hear the comings and goings of those around you. Often times even in the best San Diego resorts, it is difficult to escape the sounds of water pipes and shutting doors. Vacation Rentals provide your own sanctuary away from crowds. In a standard San Diego hotel room the concept of privacy is never the same feeling as a privately owned San Diego or Mission beach vacation rental property.

More Economical
There is no comparison between a vacation rental and hotel or resort in terms of price. Vacation Rentals often offer more space for less money, more freedom, more flexibility, more amenities, and much more privacy for your money. On top of that, the savings provided by kitchen facilities, refrigerators, etc. save significant amounts of money when compared to the price of eating in restaurants every meal of your trip.

Spring and Summer 2010 San Diego Events and Conventions

Conventions

ASR Trade Expo, Crossroads Retail Show - 2/2/10 - 2/3/10
Trade Show for Surf, Skate, Swim, Resort, and Urban/Streetwear Products.

West 2010 - AFCEA and USNI, 2/2/10 - 2/4/10
West 2010 is the largest event on the West Coast for communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging, military weapon systems, aviation, shipbuilding, and more. This is a one-of-a-kind forum featuring the people you need to hear from.

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, 2/11/10 - 2/13/10
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) is the leading professional organization for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide.

International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), 3/11/10 - 3/13/10
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association is the fitness industry’s only global trade association. IHRSA represents over 9,750 for profit health and fitness facilities and over 740 supplier companies in 78 countries.

OFC/NFOEC 2010, 3/21/10 - 3/25/10
The event that brings together the people, products, and information that drive optical communications.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 4/22/10 - 4/24/10
The world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally.

American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, 5/24/10 - 5/26/10
Dedicated to the utilization of microbiology and microbiological sciences for the promotion of human welfare and for the accumulation of knowledge.

San Diego Comic Con 2010, 7/22/10 - 7/25/10
Comic-Con 2010 has already seen unprecedented interest. Four-day memberships sold out in November, months before last year's record-breaking March sellout.

EngEx 2010 Convention with Trade Show / www.engexpo.com, 7/29/10 - 7/31/10
EngEx is a multi-disciplinary forum, with several symposia, uniting a myriad of engineering disciplines in order to exchange research, exhibit products, and seek funding. EngEx aims to unite all fields of engineering and enhance communication among governmental agencies, academics, and industry professionals – all for public benefit.

American Psychological Association Trade Show and Convention, 8/12/10 - 8/15/10
Join your colleagues to hear top-notch speakers, network and get the latest information on current topics in education, public interest, practice and science. Choose from a wide selection of continuing-education workshops and sessions. And see the largest exhibition of psychological products, publishers and testing materials.

ASR Trade Expo - August 2010, 8/14/10 - 8/16/10
Considered the most powerful buying event in the action sports industry, ASR showcases the latest apparel, footwear, swimwear, accessories and hardgood products from over 700 surf, skate, swim, snow, moto, wake, lifestyle and streetwear brands and continues to identify cutting-edge trends that drive the diverse segments of the action sports industry.

Events

San Diego Spring Beach, 2010
San Diego is one of the most popular places in the country for spring break and Mission Beach is the center of it all.

San Diego Memorial Day Weekend, 2010
Summer in San Diego kicks off with Memorial Day weekend. Thousands flock to Mission Beach for bbqs, friends, family and fun and you can be right in the middle of the action.

Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half Marathon, June 6, 2010
2010 unveils a new course for one of the most popular marathons in the country and this year will also include a half marathon.

Fourth of July, 2010, July 4th, 2010
San Diego's biggest summer day. Let San Diego Vacation Rentals and Realty Consultants find you a vacation rental in the center of it all.