“The wonders of San Francisco” are overrated. In the event you may be a stranger to Northern California, SF is a toilet, filthy and disorganized.
It costs money everywhere you turn, from the bridge tolls entering the city, to outrageous parking fees, and overpriced restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues.
I have made it a practice of many years to avoid going south over the GG Bridge or west on the Bay Bridge. If you want to see SF, see it from Sausalito, and go no closer.