4 Day Long Weekend Trip to Austin

1st Day

• 10:45 am: Flight from SFO
• 4:18 pm: Arrive in Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
• 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Take bus #100 to downtown Austin
  • ($1.50 per person)
• 5:00 pm: Check into Hyatt Place Hotel and settle in
• 6:00 pm: Happy Hour at Parkside (HH ends at 6:30pm)
• 7:00 pm: Happy Hour at Firehouse Lounge (HH ends at 8pm)
• 9:00 pm: Foie gras fix at Second Bar + Kitchen

Day 2 

• 9:00 am: Eat free breakfast at the hotel
• 12:30 pm: Explore downtown
  • Check out State Capitol Visitors Center
• 1:45 pm: Take tour of State Capitol
• 3:00 pm: Walk around and tour the LBJ Presidential Library
• 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm: Frank’s for hot dogs / beer and dessert
• 7:00 pm – 9:20 pm: Head to Lone Star River Boats Cruise
  • (boarding starts at 7:15pm – 7:45pm)
• 9:45 pm: Dinner at Uchi

Day 3

• 8:20 am: Free hotel breakfast at the hotel
• 1:00 pm: Lunch, check out and head to Hyatt Place near office
• 1:20 pm: Pick up rental car from Hertz
• 1:40 pm: Drive to Rainey Street
  • (old houses turned restaurants) to see what its about
• 1:55 pm: Pick up luggage from Hyatt Place Downtown
• 2:20 pm: Lunch at Rudy’s General Market & BBQ
  • (best moist brisket)
• 3:20 pm: Check into Hyatt Place Arboretum
• 6:30 pm-7:45 pm: Drive to Barton Springs Pool
  • (natural spring) to check it out and spend some time swimming ($3 entry)
• 8:15 pm-9:00 pm: Drive and have dinner at Salt Lick Barbeque in Driftwood 
• 10:00 pm: Arrive back at hotel and rest for tomorrow

Day 4 

• 8:00 am-9:00 am: Get up and get ready
• Get lost
• 4:00 pm-5:00 pm: Leave for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
• 7:10 pm: Flight from Austin to SFO 

Price Breakdown | $270 Per Person

United Round Trip Flight to Austin from San Francisco for both of us came to about $400 USD.

The entire stay, after points, in Austin came down to $0 USD for the 2 of us minus airfare.

You and another could do our entire trip for less than $540 USD plus food and drink. 

Austin

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