# Hotels & Lodging search demand in San Diego THE SEARCH LEDGER · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · HOTELS & LODGING Every month San Diego types 652,320 hotels & lodging searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/san-diego/hotels-lodging#colophon) 733 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026 652,320 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026 $1.5M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $2.72 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When San Diego searches for hotels & lodging Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 63, February 64, March 80, April 75, May 79, June 90, July 100, August 84, September 69, October 69, November 66, December 85. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Hotels & Lodging category in San Diego — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What San Diego pays per click for hotels & lodging The 20 highest-volume of 733 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“hotel sandiego”** at $4.12. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | coronado hotel del | 90,500 | $1.71 | 26 | commercial | | 2 | paradise point resort mission bay | 22,200 | $1.63 | | branded | | 3 | rancho bernardo inn san diego ca | 22,200 | $1.18 | | informational | | 4 | catamaran resort san diego | 18,100 | $1.52 | | branded | | 5 | san diego mission bay resort | 14,800 | $1.31 | | branded | | 6 | hard rock hotel gaslamp | 14,800 | $1.89 | 9 | commercial | | 7 | loews resort coronado | 14,800 | $1.43 | | branded | | 8 | dumpling inn san diego | 12,100 | $1.78 | | branded | | 9 | kona kai hotel san diego | 12,100 | $1.71 | 0 | commercial | | 10 | estancia la jolla hotel & spa | 9,900 | $1.05 | 16 | commercial | | 11 | hotel sandiego | 9,900 | $4.12 | | commercial | | 12 | hotels san diego | 9,900 | $4.12 | 13 | commercial | | 13 | the us grant a luxury collection hotel san diego | 9,900 | $1.46 | | commercial | | 14 | la jolla shores hotel | 8,100 | $2.02 | 8 | commercial | | 15 | half moon inn san diego | 8,100 | $1.97 | | informational | | 16 | kings inn san diego | 8,100 | $1.84 | | branded | | 17 | hotel republic san diego autograph collection | 8,100 | $0.60 | 6 | commercial | | 18 | marriott hotel circle san diego | 8,100 | $2.01 | 0 | commercial | | 19 | days inn by wyndham san diego hotel circle | 8,100 | $2.65 | 0 | commercial | | 20 | the lafayette hotel san diego | 8,100 | $3.31 | 6 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the San Diego hotels & lodging results Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. coronado hotel del 90,500/mo · $1.71 CPC · difficulty 26 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 hoteldel.com - 2 instagram.com LOCAL - 3 en.wikipedia.org - 4 tripadvisor.com - 5 hilton.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track. ## The hotels & lodging businesses competing in San Diego The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are. | RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | #1 | Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego | 4.5 ★ | 11,102 | Resort hotel | YES | | #2 | Hilton San Diego Bayfront | 4.3 ★ | 9,512 | Hotel | YES | | #3 | Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina | 4.5 ★ | 8,254 | Hotel | YES | | #4 | Wyndham San Diego Bayside | 3.9 ★ | 5,646 | Hotel | YES | | #5 | Hard Rock Hotel San Diego | 4.3 ★ | 5,061 | Hotel | YES | | #6 | Best Western Seven Seas | 3.6 ★ | 3,949 | Hotel | YES | | #7 | Omni San Diego Hotel at the Ballpark | 4.4 ★ | 3,809 | Hotel | YES | | #8 | Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego Bay Downtown | 4.3 ★ | 3,671 | Hotel | YES | | #9 | Wyndham Garden San Diego near SeaWorld | 3.4 ★ | 3,336 | Hotel | YES | | #10 | The US Grant, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Diego | 4.5 ★ | 2,951 | Hotel | YES | | #11 | San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter | 4.3 ★ | 2,850 | Hotel | YES | | #12 | The Westin San Diego Bayview | 4.2 ★ | 2,690 | Hotel | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Hotels & Lodging brands San Diego searches by name Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for. paradise point resort mission bay 22,200/mo catamaran resort san diego 18,100/mo san diego mission bay resort 14,800/mo loews resort coronado 14,800/mo dumpling inn san diego 12,100/mo kings inn san diego 8,100/mo residence inn la jolla 6,600/mo cape rey carlsbad beach a hilton resort and spa 6,600/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What San Diego asks about hotels & lodging People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from San Diego hotels & lodging results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. Why is the Hotel del Coronado so famous? What happened at Hotel del Coronado? How much is one night at Hotel del Coronado? Why is the Hotel del Coronado so expensive? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Diego metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) ## More San Diego search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. San Diego, California · Hotels & Lodging · 733 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026 Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 733 hotels & lodging keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/san-diego/hotels-lodging Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api