{"id":480692,"date":"2026-09-30T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480692\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T18:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:06:10","slug":"san-diegos-kids-free-october-deals-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/480692\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego’s Kids Free October deals for families"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2014 San Diego Tourism Authority’s Kids Free October promotion offers free and discounted admission, dining, and hotel deals at more than 150 businesses throughout the city.<\/p>\n

The San Diego Tourism Authority created Kids Free October to draw visitors during a historically slower tourism period \u2014 but the deals are available to locals, too.<\/p>\n

Brian Hilemon of the San Diego Tourism Authority said the timing makes the promotion especially appealing.<\/p>\n

“October is a great time to visit San Diego. The weather’s really mild. The crowds are smaller, and now we’ve made it more affordable, and there are so many offers.”<\/p>\n

Families can browse all participating businesses at sandiego.org\/kidsfree<\/a>, where more than 150 deals are organized by category.<\/p>\n

Dining deals<\/p>\n

Several restaurants are offering free kids’ menu entrees with the purchase of a regularly priced adult entree, including the Catamaran, the Crab Hut, and Buca di Beppo.<\/p>\n

Hotel deals<\/p>\n

Dozens of hotels are offering savings of up to 25% for families booking a staycation, with many throwing in special perks for kids. <\/p>\n

The Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina is offering a s’mores experience, while the Ocean Park Inn in Pacific Beach is offering free swag bags and free bike rentals for children 12 and under.<\/p>\n

Attractions and museums<\/p>\n

The San Diego Zoo is offering free admission to kids 11 and under when accompanied by a paid adult. A child ticket normally costs $68.<\/p>\n

SeaWorld San Diego is offering free admission for children ages 3 to 9 with a paid adult admission, saving families $130 per child.<\/p>\n

Dozens of museums are also offering free kids’ admission with the purchase of an adult ticket.<\/p>\n

Families should check with each individual business for promo codes and restrictions before booking.<\/p>\n

This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2014 San Diego Tourism Authority’s Kids Free October promotion offers free and discounted admission, dining, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[21899,7948,4731,188543,2311,412,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-480692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-attractions","tag-consumer","tag-hotels","tag-kids-free-october","tag-museums","tag-restaurants","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}