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.
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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.
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. 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. Click here to explore the area.
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.
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.
2008 San Diego Events
Global Pet Expo
San Diego Home Design & Landscape Expo-Spring 2008
April 4-6, 2008,
San Diego
Convention Center
San Diego 's premier event returns to the
San Diego
Convention Center with more designers, exhibitors, and special features than ever before. Advice, solutions and inspiration for all your decorating, remodeling and landscaping dilemmas from more than 300 home and garden specialists await you this
April 4-6, 2008.
Del Mar National Horse Show
April 17-20, April 24-27, April 29-May 4
63rd annual Del Mar National Horse Show: three weeks of equestrian pageantry. For more than 60 years the Del Mar National Horse Show has been one of the most respected, distinguished and popular equestrian events in Southern California. Consisting of three disciplines; Western, Dressage, and Hunter/Jumper, the Del Mar National Horse Show is a delight for competitors, as well as a great spectator event.
La Jolla Half
Marathon
April 27, 2008,
Del Mar to
La Jolla
Shores
The La Jolla Half Marathon is one of 's most picturesque and challenging runs. Starting adjacent to the Del Mar Fairgrounds main entrance, the course follows a scenic route along the coast before reaching the challenging climb to the summit of
Torrey
Pines
State Park . After leaving the park, the course continues the beautiful residential district of
La Jolla
Shores , and finishes on the grass in the park at La Jolla Cove.
Memorial Day Weekend
May 23-26, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend is one of the three largest holiday weekends at
San Diego ’s beaches and the beginning of summer in
San Diego .
Rock 'n' Roll
Marathon
June 1, 2008, Balboa Park, San Diego
The 2008 Rock 'n' Roll
Marathon presents the same great course as last year. The 26.2 mile course begins in
Balboa
Park , runs through Hillcrest and skirts the San Diego Zoo. Runners take an expanded tour of downtown featuring
Petco
Park , the historic Gaslamp Quarter, and the
San Diego
Harbor . Following the downtown excursion, the course travels up beautiful Highway 163, and races by the bayside communities, Sea World and ends at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Point Loma.
Open, A USGA Championship
June 9th - June 15th, 2008 Torrey Pines South Course
The U.S. Open, the second-oldest USGA championship by a single day, is the jewel of USGA competitions. The event has evolved into one of the most prestigious championships played with many of the game's greatest players having captured this coveted title. The event is open to professionals and amateurs with a Handicap Index of 1.4 or lower. The Open is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
4th of July Weekend
July 4th -
July 6th, 2008
The biggest of the three beach holidays in
San Diego .
Mission
Beach is by far the most popular 4th of July destination in
San Diego and one of the top destinations in the . Each year on July 4th,
Mission
Beach ,
Mission
Bay
Park and
Pacific
Beach attract nearly a half million visitors.
OMBAC Coming Out Party
May 17, 2008
OMBAC’s Coming Out Party will help launch the summer with plenty of beer and bands on the beach. Bands include Ozomatli, The Mark Ford Band, Thicker Than Thieves and many more.
2008 BIO International Convention
June 17-20, 2008
The 2008 BIO International Convention is attended by more than 20,000 business leaders, scientists, executives, investors and industry leaders who are the drivers behind new medicines, fuels, materials, foods, processes, etc. In addition we expect more than 6,000 attendees from more than 60 countries/
OMBAC 55th Annual World Championship Over-the-Line Tournament
July 12-13 and 19-20, 2008,
Fiesta
Island ,
Mission
Bay
55th Annual World Championship Over-The-Line (OTL) Tournament, July 2008. A form of softball, limited to 1,200 teams of three persons each, playing almost 2,400 games in two weekends with 52,000 expected to attend. Teams participate from around the and the world and
Mission
Beach is the perfect home base for this world famous event.
Comic-Con International
July 24-28,
San Diego
Convention Center
2008's dates are July 24-27 at the
San Diego
Convention Center in beautiful downtown
San Diego , one of the country's best vacation destinations. Don't miss out!
Del Mar Thoroughbred Racing
July 16-September 3,
Del Mar Race Track
Where the Surf Meets the Turf, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Racing season opens on July 16 and peaks with the Pacific Classic on August 19. Races and betting are offered daily.
America’s Finest City Half Marathon and 5K
August 17, 2008,
Cabrillo
National Monument to
Balboa
Park
The Half Marathon begins at historic
Cabrillo
National Monument , with its majestic view of both
San Diego
Bay and the
Pacific Ocean , follows scenic
San Diego
Bay and
Harbor
Island along the Embarcadero to The Star of India, winds through downtown
San Diego , and ends in beautiful
Balboa
Park . Starts at
7:00am.
San Diego Thunderboat Regatta
September 19-21, 2008,
Ski
Beach
The fastest boats in the world zip across
Mission
Bay during a three-day event billed as the World Series of Powerboat Racing. Formerly the San Diego Bayfair, this annual regatta draws huge numbers of aquatic speed fiends.
Labor Day Weekend
August 29-September 1
Labor Day is officially the grand finale for
San Diego ’s beach season. The truth that the locals don’t always want you to know is that two of the best months at
San Diego ’s beaches are actually September and October.