Airports and Transportation

There are three main Bay Area airports, of which we recommend two.

• San Francisco International
  
• Oakland International
  
• San Jose - Note this is the worst of the three choices due to distance.

San Francisco International has the most flights, especially for those coming internationally. Additionally, it has the convenience of a BART terminal directly in the airport which will take you very close to where you want to go. If this is your cheapest or easiest option, please go for it.

Oakland International is primarily a domestic airport. It has the advantage of being smaller and less likely to be affected by weather delays than San Francisco. Additionally, it is the primary hub of low-cost airline Southwest. If you are traveling within the U.S. or are getting connecting flights on different airlines, Oakland may be substantially cheaper than San Francisco. If you are planning on flying within the U.S. for additional travel to Las Vegas or other vacation destinations, check Oakland as an optional route because one-way Southwest flights are much cheaper than most of the other carriers. Oakland has a bus called the AirBART which costs three dollars to take you to the nearest Oakland Coliseum BART station.

There are many rental car options available at both airports. The Bay Area highways are a bit confusing and there are tolls on all the bridges. In addition, there can be pretty bad traffic on bridges during rush-hours and on weekends. Finally, driving the streets of Berkeley can be very annoying because of very bold pedestrians and bad traffic. If you don't need a car, it may save you some headache and be cheaper to take public transportation such as the BART or local bus systems. We are looking to provide a bus to the wedding and reception itself and will do our best to make any other events such as the rehearsal dinner transit accessible.