My wife is going to meet me in San Diego after DevCon, and we are going to stay there for a few extra days. I don't travel a whole lot, so I have two questions for everyone:

1) Do you think its worth the extra money to stay at the resort hotel? What am I getting for the extra money?

2) Are there other nearby hotels you can recommend that would cost significantly less, say around $100/night or less?

Thanks for your recommendations.