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Yeah, its definitely not a requirement for everyone. I see the benefit of staying outside of downtown completely too, just depends on how you frame your trip in your mind. But once you've got a taste of downtown, its much harder to stay anywhere else ;D
FWIW, I know a lot of people who drive to the con and park below the convention center. It is just as convenient (perhaps more so) to drop off things in the car parked underneath the convention center than it is to walk back to a hotel (even an adjacent hotel). Just saying...
I’ve done both and parking under convention center is nice, you can take all your stuff back to your car and relax for a bit. You save money by having a hotel that’s not downtown and cheap con parking. If you have a hotel downtown it’s nice you can relax just walk back and forth. Sometimes you may get a little too comfortable at your room and take a nap that leads to missing out on some things. Raise your hand if you’ve done that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
When I was 26 and doing the hotel thing at SDCC for the first time, budget was my top priority. I was a retail worker and could barely afford the airfare to the con, let alone a $400/night room. All of our choices were a mile or more from the con center. We ended up stuck in Mission Valley anyway, but it was cheap (like $180/night split 5 ways because we were young and room stuffing which I don't recommend because fire codes etc etc etc). Now I'm a little older and have a better job and hey I can do that $400/night room right next to the con center. Just 6 years apart, drastically different priorities.