The major purpose of traveling to different places across the globe is to explore new things, visit interesting places and add many a memorable moment, during your itinerary. However, the fact of the matter remains that safety is the foremost priority while you are traveling to an unknown land.

Like any city in the world, San Francisco has its share of troublesome neighborhoods that are economically weak and have a large number of homeless people, where crime and violence rates are higher. It is extremely imperative to follow some San Francisco tour tips for a safe holiday tour like,

- Avoid parking your vehicle with valuable items in them on public streets since car break-ins are common in the city.

- Park your car in parking garages that are secure and as much as possible carry valuable items with you.

- Hiking fields in San Francisco Bay Area are replete with ticks that transmit lyme disease so, check for ticks on your body, after the every hiking trip. If you have bulls' eye rash owing to tick bites, get medical attention immediately.

- Seek the help of the hotel you stay in, to know more about the neighborhood you wish to visit.

- Prepare a list of phone numbers that you need to call during emergency like the police and hotel number among others.

- Keep your passport, credit cards and other necessary documents safe.

- Carry appropriate amount of money for shopping and make payments using cards.

- Do not carry or wear a lot of jewelry while traveling to San Francisco.

Gray Line San Francisco provides San Francisco sightseeing and tours of the Bay Area as well as the adjacent regions like the Yosemite and Monterey. The tours of the city offered by Gray Line are fun, interesting as well as educative. The travel guides San Francisco usually update tourists about the Gray Line tours. Websites also provide exhaustive information about these tours.

http://www.grayline.com/Grayline/destinations/us/sanfrancisco.go

Gray Line has a fleet of vehicles at its disposal for the tourists. These include motor coaches, mini buses, double decker buses, and cable cars.

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Some of the tour options with Gray Line include:

- City tour of San Francisco: Among the scheduled stops for this tour include Vista Point of the Golden Gate Bridge, Twin Peaks and such other places for photo shoots as recommended by the guide. Nob Hill, ChinaTown, North Beach, Coit Tower, Golden Gate Park are some of the other places covered by this tour. The tour also includes an option of an additional one hour of cruise adventure on San Francisco Bay. A visit to the San Francisco wax museum may also be included with the city tour.

http://coachamerica.com/sanfranciscosightseeing/tours_city.cfm

- Wine Country tours

- Monterey & Carmel tours

- Yosemite Tours

http://www.sanfranciscosightseeing.com/

You need not hail a cab or have your own transport to go sightseeing in and around San Francisco. There are commercial bus services galore which would provide fun sightseeing tours from San Francisco to Muir. Before you embark on San Francisco area travel you should find out about the various sightseeing bus tour options available to you so that you can have maximum fun at a discounted rate.

Find out more about bus tours available in San Francisco from Trip Advisor

One of the most popular commercial bus tour companies of San Francisco is Grayling. They would provide you an array of fun-filled sightseeing tours in and around the picturesque city of San Francisco at an affordable price. Some other popular commercial bus tour service providers in San Francisco are City Sightseeing Tours and Super Sight Seeing tours. You can either have a gala time checking out all the major sights of San Francisco like Golden Gate, Twin Peaks and Palace of Fine Arts on a pre-packaged tour or you can avail the hop on /hop off tour where you can get off the bus wherever you like and venture out to explore the city.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g60713-c3710/San-Francisco:California:Taking.A.Commercial.Bus.Tour.Of.Sf..html

If you want some exclusive entertainment then you can also hire a party bus tour in and around San Francisco for your friend and family. Arrange an exclusive and luxurious party bus for your friends and have a gala time clubbing in and around San Francisco. However, if you have got children along with you and want something more conventional then find out more about fun-filled bus tours in open top double-decker buses.

Check out detailed info about Double-Decker bus Tours in San Francisco from Inetours.com

http://www.inetours.com/Tours/SF_Bus_Tours.html

If you have an adventurous streak then you can enjoy a night tour of San Francisco and get some break taking views of the enlightened cityscape of San Francisco especially a wonderful view of the Golden Gate bedecked in lights.