<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823</id><updated>2012-01-20T10:44:28.919-08:00</updated><category term='romantic getaway'/><category term='Sunset Cliffs'/><category term='dog beach'/><category term='big sur'/><category term='Newport Beach Hotels'/><category term='C'/><category term='wedding'/><category term='Pacific Grove Beach Hotels'/><category term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category term='Monterey hotels.'/><category term='Los Angeles beach hotels'/><category term='17 mile drive hotels'/><category term='Malibu beach hotels'/><category term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category term='California beach resorts'/><category term='Hwy 1 resorts'/><category term='Hermosa Beach beach hotel'/><category term='beach wedding'/><category term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category term='Huntington Beach Hotels'/><category term='Avila Beach'/><category term='Santa Cruz beach hotels'/><category term='hwy 1'/><category term='Pacific Beach hotels'/><category term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><category term='beach hotels'/><category term='Point Loma'/><category term='Santa Cruz beach hotel'/><category term='monterey beach hotel'/><category term='Oceanside beach hotels'/><category term='La Jolla hotels'/><category term='Hearst Castle'/><category term='Long Beach hotels'/><category term='central California coast beach hotels'/><category term='Hotel del Coronado'/><category term='Blue Sea Lodge'/><category term='Laguna Beach hotels'/><category term='Cayucos beach hotels'/><category term='Capistrano beach hotels'/><category term='San Clemente Beach Hotels'/><category term='Southern California beach hotels'/><category term='Ventura beach hotels'/><category term='Dana Point beach hotels'/><category term='California beach hotels'/><category term='beach resorts'/><category term='San Diego Beach Vacation Rentals'/><category term='Pacific Grove hotels'/><category term='San Diego Beach Hotels'/><category term='b'/><category term='Santa Monica beach hotel'/><category term='hotels on the beach'/><category term='Ocean Beach'/><title type='text'>Beach Hotel Reviews</title><subtitle type='html'>Reviews of beach hotels. Hotels really on the beach, not blocks away.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>146</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3384271664552822408</id><published>2012-01-18T15:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T15:04:41.300-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels on the beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Shoreline Cottages - Fort Bragg, CA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XkImWsMscQ/TxdN2P_XhUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/bgQJKcTZPk0/s1600/shoreline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XkImWsMscQ/TxdN2P_XhUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/bgQJKcTZPk0/s200/shoreline.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32400-d1006163-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Shoreline_Cottages-Fort_Bragg_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;TripAdvisor rates the Shoreline Cotttages as the best place to stay in Fort Bragg&lt;/a&gt; It's important to note that these cottages are not on the beach, or even on a bluff overlooking the ocean. But the ocean isn't' far away, about a 5 minute walk. People seem to like these cottages because they are quaint, quiet, and some have little kitchens. They are right on Hwy 1. Some people said they were bothered by the highway noise, while others remarked how quiet the area was. The cottages are pet friendly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See a complete list of all &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Oceanfront Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/hotel-reviews"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l645c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/fort-bragg/best-hotels-in-fort-bragg/l645c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Fort Bragg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3384271664552822408?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3384271664552822408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/shoreline-cottages-fort-bragg-ca.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3384271664552822408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3384271664552822408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/shoreline-cottages-fort-bragg-ca.html' title='Shoreline Cottages - Fort Bragg, CA'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XkImWsMscQ/TxdN2P_XhUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/bgQJKcTZPk0/s72-c/shoreline.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>39.445723 -123.8052935</georss:point><georss:box>39.4194235 -123.82409200000001 39.4720225 -123.786495</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1964544704474235276</id><published>2012-01-18T14:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T14:50:02.056-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Beach House Inn - Fort Bragg, CA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0DbrOaCenM/TxdLAiaQhrI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v99iYANxVvM/s1600/beach-house-inn-motel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="104" width="132" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0DbrOaCenM/TxdLAiaQhrI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v99iYANxVvM/s200/beach-house-inn-motel.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32400-d76955-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Beach_House_Inn_Motel-Fort_Bragg_California.html" target="_blank"&gt; TripAdvisor rates The Beach House Inn as the 4th best hotel in Fort Bragg.&lt;/a&gt; Most of the reviews are very positive. The few negative ones are about the staff.  One reviewer was unhappy because the hotel wouldn't accept a booking for a soccer team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See a complete list of all &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Oceanfront Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/hotel-reviews"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l645c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/fort-bragg/best-hotels-in-fort-bragg/l645c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Fort Bragg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1964544704474235276?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1964544704474235276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/beach-house-inn-fort-bragg-ca.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1964544704474235276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1964544704474235276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/beach-house-inn-fort-bragg-ca.html' title='Beach House Inn - Fort Bragg, CA'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0DbrOaCenM/TxdLAiaQhrI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v99iYANxVvM/s72-c/beach-house-inn-motel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8806863024102572502</id><published>2012-01-18T14:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T14:39:50.076-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pine Beach Inn - Fort Bragg, CA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_uRUax7PaBQ/TxdHI2H6MkI/AAAAAAAAAVE/o-aWHbhbc-Q/s1600/pinebeachinnjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="158" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_uRUax7PaBQ/TxdHI2H6MkI/AAAAAAAAAVE/o-aWHbhbc-Q/s200/pinebeachinnjpg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32400-d320483-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Pine_Beach_Inn-Fort_Bragg_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;TripAdvisor ranks the Pine Beach Inn as #13 of 13 hotels in Fort Bragg, CA&lt;/a&gt; Oh, that hurts. Over 50 reviews and there are more negative than positive. The few positive ones were:&lt;br /&gt;1. Loved the small beach with a private feel.&lt;br /&gt;2. Nice view of the beach and ocean from some rooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Negative:&lt;br /&gt;1. Slum of Fort Bragg&lt;br /&gt;2  Old, run down&lt;br /&gt;3. Rude staff&lt;br /&gt;4. No hot water for 3 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it's safe to tell you that you can do a lot better in Fort Bragg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See a complete list of all &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Oceanfront Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/hotel-reviews"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l645c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/fort-bragg/best-hotels-in-fort-bragg/l645c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Fort Bragg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8806863024102572502?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8806863024102572502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/pine-beach-inn-fort-bragg-ca.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8806863024102572502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8806863024102572502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/pine-beach-inn-fort-bragg-ca.html' title='Pine Beach Inn - Fort Bragg, CA'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_uRUax7PaBQ/TxdHI2H6MkI/AAAAAAAAAVE/o-aWHbhbc-Q/s72-c/pinebeachinnjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>39.445723 -123.8052935</georss:point><georss:box>39.4194235 -123.82409200000001 39.4720225 -123.786495</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3778543076968834119</id><published>2012-01-18T14:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T14:22:30.932-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='b'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central California coast beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Beachcomber Motel - Fort Bragg - California</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q7mhFaBKLQA/TxdBy5UieLI/AAAAAAAAAU4/4XOS1rB6rTU/s1600/beachcomber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q7mhFaBKLQA/TxdBy5UieLI/AAAAAAAAAU4/4XOS1rB6rTU/s200/beachcomber.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32400-d251652-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-The_Beachcomber_Motel-Fort_Bragg_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor rates The Beachcomber&lt;/a&gt; as the #3 hotel in Fort Bragg, CA. The majority of the reviewers rate the Beachcomber as "Very Good" to "Excellent". The few negative comments are:&lt;br /&gt;1. Not Dog Friendly.&lt;br /&gt;2  Overpriced and on a bluff above the beach. Not right on the beach.&lt;br /&gt;3  Small rooms and some look out at Hwy 1 not towards the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See a complete list of all &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Oceanfront Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/hotel-reviews"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l645c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/fort-bragg/best-hotels-in-fort-bragg/l645c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Fort Bragg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3778543076968834119?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3778543076968834119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/beachcomber-motel-fort-bragg-california.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3778543076968834119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3778543076968834119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/beachcomber-motel-fort-bragg-california.html' title='Beachcomber Motel - Fort Bragg - California'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q7mhFaBKLQA/TxdBy5UieLI/AAAAAAAAAU4/4XOS1rB6rTU/s72-c/beachcomber.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>39.445723 -123.8052935</georss:point><georss:box>39.4194235 -123.82409200000001 39.4720225 -123.786495</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3051967819872580849</id><published>2011-08-03T10:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T10:44:06.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hwy 1 resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Gualala Beach Resort - Mar Vista, Anchor Bay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N-DEUDTbGpM/TjmHXv7O0gI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQd9Pl7B_rk/s1600/another-shot-of-the-wildflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N-DEUDTbGpM/TjmHXv7O0gI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQd9Pl7B_rk/s200/another-shot-of-the-wildflower.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Not exactly on the beach, but ocean views and a short walk to the beach. Read what the Trip Advisor Reviewers have to say about &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FSearch-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092" target="_blank"&gt;Mar Vista.&lt;/a&gt; If you're looking for rustic lodging in a lovely setting with the beach and ocean close at hand, this may be your place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l957c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/gualala/best-hotels-in-gualala/l957c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Gualala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3051967819872580849?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3051967819872580849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/gualala-beach-resort-mar-vista-anchor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3051967819872580849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3051967819872580849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/gualala-beach-resort-mar-vista-anchor.html' title='Gualala Beach Resort - Mar Vista, Anchor Bay'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N-DEUDTbGpM/TjmHXv7O0gI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQd9Pl7B_rk/s72-c/another-shot-of-the-wildflower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1882569856864674183</id><published>2011-08-03T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T10:18:29.066-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Sonoma Coast Beachfront Resort - Timber Cove Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IrBQpYBiOQk/Tjl7x55MuMI/AAAAAAAAATk/6wUjhmAOs_Y/s1600/view-from-the-sonoma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="132" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IrBQpYBiOQk/Tjl7x55MuMI/AAAAAAAAATk/6wUjhmAOs_Y/s200/view-from-the-sonoma.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The location of the Timber Cove Inn on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean is magnificent. The vast majority of the reviews on Trip Advisor of the &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32540-d255988-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Timber_Cove_Inn-Jenner_Sonoma_County_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Timber Cove Inn&lt;/a&gt; rave about the Inn. So, when I saw that there were 10 "Terrible" reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32540-d255988-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Timber_Cove_Inn-Jenner_Sonoma_County_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I had to take a look to see what had upset these people. How could so many people love the Timber Cove and yet there be a handful that rated it "Terrible?" As I expected, this is usually the case in these situations, each of the "Terrible" reviewers had either an unpleasant encounter with one of the staff, expectations weren't met, or something went wrong in the room ie heater didn't work, noisy people in room above, roof leaked. One reviewer complained that there was nothing to do. C'mon. You don't select a remote secluded Inn on the Sonoma Coast because you're looking for exciting nightlife. The Timber Cove Inn is a beautiful place for getting away from everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l439c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/bodega-bay/best-hotels-in-bodega-bay/l439c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Bodega Bay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1882569856864674183?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1882569856864674183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/sonoma-coast-beachfront-resort-timber.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1882569856864674183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1882569856864674183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/sonoma-coast-beachfront-resort-timber.html' title='Sonoma Coast Beachfront Resort - Timber Cove Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IrBQpYBiOQk/Tjl7x55MuMI/AAAAAAAAATk/6wUjhmAOs_Y/s72-c/view-from-the-sonoma.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5941239864183648560</id><published>2011-08-01T15:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T10:16:07.356-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hwy 1 resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels on the beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Bodega Bay - Beach Vacation Rentals</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hY01_5flTNs/TjclZbn7G6I/AAAAAAAAATc/_HUYNFM8OzM/s1600/bed3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="140" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hY01_5flTNs/TjclZbn7G6I/AAAAAAAAATc/_HUYNFM8OzM/s200/bed3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heading north from San Francisco on Hwy 1 you'll drive over 50 miles of coastline before you come to a beach resort. That's Timber Cove in Jenner. So, if you want to be on the beach along the beautiful Sonoma Coast, look for a beach vacation rental. &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FVRACSearch-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092" target="_blank"&gt;TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt; is a perfect resource for &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FVRACSearch-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092" target="_blank"&gt;Beach Vacation Rentals&lt;/a&gt; along the Sonoma Coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several years ago my wife and I stayed at &lt;a href="http://www.bodegabay-vacationrental.com/"&gt;Ocean Escape&lt;/a&gt;, a vacation rental overlooking the ocean and Bodega Bay. The rental is two modular units sitting on a deck with a hot tub. Each of the units, which are rented as a single unit, has a bedroom with a queen bed, a living room, and a dining/kitchen area. Not fancy. Very comfortable. an amazing setting. The approach is via about a mile of gravel road. Pass through a locked gate. You're now on a 500 acre ranch. The Ocean Escape sits several hundred yards back from the bluff above the beach. It's a short walk to the beach that you'll have all to yourself. Kayaks are available for your use to explore the estuary that extends inland several miles. On one of our kayak paddles up the estuary we got to watch two otters as they played in the water and sunned themselves on the shore. This pair was maybe 10 feet from us. One morning we spotted a pair of mountain lions high up on the side of the canyon. And, of course, birds galore. Remember, Bodega Bay was where Hitchcock filmed "Birds." The birds we saw, though, were indifferent to us, beautiful to watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l439c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/bodega-bay/best-hotels-in-bodega-bay/l439c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Bodega Bay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5941239864183648560?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5941239864183648560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/bodega-bay-beach-vacation-rentals.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5941239864183648560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5941239864183648560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/bodega-bay-beach-vacation-rentals.html' title='Bodega Bay - Beach Vacation Rentals'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hY01_5flTNs/TjclZbn7G6I/AAAAAAAAATc/_HUYNFM8OzM/s72-c/bed3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2881796640307464056</id><published>2011-05-14T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T11:06:24.355-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Cruz beach hotel'/><title type='text'>Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Sand &amp; Sea Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B8aBhqmsKqo/Tc7DAlTLCDI/AAAAAAAAATQ/F-Bp18m5YHM/s1600/Sand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B8aBhqmsKqo/Tc7DAlTLCDI/AAAAAAAAATQ/F-Bp18m5YHM/s200/Sand.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I just found another beach resort hotel in Santa Cruz. So, got to run back down the coast a bit to review the Sand and Sea oceanfront beach resort inn above the beach in Santa Cruz. On &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080142-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g33048-d119594-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080142-m13092-Sea_and_Sand_Inn-Santa_Cruz_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I didn't see a single "Terrible" review. This is very unusual. One of the reviewers said that if he won the lottery the Sand &amp; Sea Inn is where he would want to spend the rest of his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Santa Cruz area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/santa_cruz/ca/us/?pfs=839"&gt;Santa Cruz Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in and around Santa Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1025c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-cruz/l1025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Cruz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2881796640307464056?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2881796640307464056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-sand-sea-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2881796640307464056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2881796640307464056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-sand-sea-inn.html' title='Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Sand &amp; Sea Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B8aBhqmsKqo/Tc7DAlTLCDI/AAAAAAAAATQ/F-Bp18m5YHM/s72-c/Sand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1544148820155791221</id><published>2011-05-14T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T10:46:09.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Ritz Carlton Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNI05D-eWIQ/Tc6-ZPfy2eI/AAAAAAAAATI/9AUQbFctr3o/s1600/ritz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="132" width="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNI05D-eWIQ/Tc6-ZPfy2eI/AAAAAAAAATI/9AUQbFctr3o/s200/ritz.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Ritz Carlton isn't right on a beach like the Cypress Inn. But the reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080142-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32469-d226144-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080142-m13092-The_Ritz_Carlton_Half_Moon_Bay-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html" target="_blank"&gt; TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt; don't seem to mind. The Ritz Carlton is on a bluff over looking the ocean. The very few bad reviews had to do with a staff issue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g32469-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Half_Moon_Bay_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank"&gt;Use Trip Advisor to find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about beach resorts and beach hotels in Half Moon Bay. &lt;/a&gt;I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="badge"&gt;&lt;div style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:center;width:125px;line-height:9px;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/" target="_blank" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.raveable.com/badges/l655c0b1s2" alt="Half Moon Bay Hotel Review on raveable" style="border:none;width:119px;height:26px;margin:0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='margin:0;padding:0px;color:#065EAA;text-decoration:none;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/half-moon-bay/best-hotels-in-half-moon-bay/l655c1"&gt;Half Moon Bay Hotel Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1544148820155791221?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1544148820155791221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-ritz.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1544148820155791221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1544148820155791221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-ritz.html' title='Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Ritz Carlton Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNI05D-eWIQ/Tc6-ZPfy2eI/AAAAAAAAATI/9AUQbFctr3o/s72-c/ritz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8148190918375511017</id><published>2011-05-11T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T12:40:15.830-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pacifica Beach Resorts - The Sea Breeze Motel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-im9MeuraJM0/TcriYIhyzjI/AAAAAAAAATA/irQ_IKVatMA/s1600/seabreeze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-im9MeuraJM0/TcriYIhyzjI/AAAAAAAAATA/irQ_IKVatMA/s200/seabreeze.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I find it very interesting that &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32842-d119630-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Sea_Breeze_Motel-Pacifica_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt; rates the Sea Breeze as the #2 hotel in Pacifica. Maybe its location right at the water's edge is what gets this ranking. One reviewer describes it as "Not the Hilton." Very true. This is not an elegant beach resort. The Sea Breeze is a 70's motel. The furnishings, the decor are all 70's. Not made to look like the 70's, but is the 70's. I'm thinking that there are so few bad reviews for the Sea Breeze is because people who book this motel know what they're getting,a 70's motel at the edge of the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotels-g32842-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Pacifica_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank"&gt;Find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about Pacifica Resorts and Hotels, Ca on TripAdvisor.&lt;/a&gt; Pacifica is just over the hill from San Francisco's Daly City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l698c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pacifica/best-hotels-in-pacifica/l698c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pacifica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8148190918375511017?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8148190918375511017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/pacifica-beach-resorts-sea-breeze-motel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8148190918375511017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8148190918375511017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/pacifica-beach-resorts-sea-breeze-motel.html' title='Pacifica Beach Resorts - The Sea Breeze Motel'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-im9MeuraJM0/TcriYIhyzjI/AAAAAAAAATA/irQ_IKVatMA/s72-c/seabreeze.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7001741074542346797</id><published>2011-05-11T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T12:14:30.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pacifica Beach Resorts - The Lighthouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRe--Z4Oxp8/TcreOXD4PUI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DpHC48MqXTk/s1600/lighthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="132" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRe--Z4Oxp8/TcreOXD4PUI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DpHC48MqXTk/s200/lighthouse.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32842-d80411-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-BEST_WESTERN_PLUS_Lighthouse_Hotel-Pacifica_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt; reviewers have lot's of good things to say about the Lighthouse. Most comment on the location right on the beach. I am impressed that management makes an attempt to respond to every comment made on Trip Advisor. If you're thinking about staying here you should read the negative reviews. Most of them note the great location on the beach, but go on to complain about decor, furnishings, cleanliness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotels-g32842-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Pacifica_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank"&gt;Find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about Pacifica Resorts and Hotels, Ca on TripAdvisor.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l698c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pacifica/best-hotels-in-pacifica/l698c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pacifica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7001741074542346797?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7001741074542346797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/pacifica-beach-resorts-lighthouse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7001741074542346797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7001741074542346797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/pacifica-beach-resorts-lighthouse.html' title='Pacifica Beach Resorts - The Lighthouse'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRe--Z4Oxp8/TcreOXD4PUI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DpHC48MqXTk/s72-c/lighthouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-9086771142833585525</id><published>2011-05-09T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T12:30:12.637-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><title type='text'>Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Cypress Inn on Miramar Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4tiQkdvJUTA/Tcg-kfLwoRI/AAAAAAAAASw/a3wmoQTT8ZU/s1600/cypress%2Binn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="103" width="132" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4tiQkdvJUTA/Tcg-kfLwoRI/AAAAAAAAASw/a3wmoQTT8ZU/s200/cypress%2Binn.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This inn is really on the beach. I found 59 reviews out of 80 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32469-d113932-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Cypress_Inn_on_Miramar_Beach-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; that really loved the Cypress Inn. But there were 12 reviewers who really disliked the Cypress Inn. Most of these bad reviews are quite old. Several people didn't like the furnishings. The more recent reviews are generally very favorable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g32469-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Half_Moon_Bay_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank"&gt;Use Trip Advisor to find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about beach resorts and beach hotels in Half Moon Bay. &lt;/a&gt;I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="badge"&gt;&lt;div style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:center;width:125px;line-height:9px;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/" target="_blank" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.raveable.com/badges/l655c0b1s2" alt="Half Moon Bay Hotel Review on raveable" style="border:none;width:119px;height:26px;margin:0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='margin:0;padding:0px;color:#065EAA;text-decoration:none;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/half-moon-bay/best-hotels-in-half-moon-bay/l655c1"&gt;Half Moon Bay Hotel Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-9086771142833585525?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/9086771142833585525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-cypress-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9086771142833585525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9086771142833585525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-cypress-inn.html' title='Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Cypress Inn on Miramar Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4tiQkdvJUTA/Tcg-kfLwoRI/AAAAAAAAASw/a3wmoQTT8ZU/s72-c/cypress%2Binn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7851309711625528872</id><published>2011-05-09T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T12:10:53.111-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><title type='text'>Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Inn at Maverick's</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l503x7apgqk/Tcg6ZyjwWNI/AAAAAAAAASo/mW7hi44fWDE/s1600/the-inn-at-mavericks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="58" width="132" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l503x7apgqk/Tcg6ZyjwWNI/AAAAAAAAASo/mW7hi44fWDE/s200/the-inn-at-mavericks.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Trip Advisor rates the &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A//www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32469-d1483684-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-The_Inn_at_Mavericks-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html"&gt;Inn at Maverick's&lt;/a&gt; as the third best lodging in Half Moon Bay. Several people writing reviews complained about the fog horn going throughout the night. Maybe this horn goes off only on very foggy nights because I did not find this complaint on any of the other reviews for beach lodging in Half Moon Bay. Other than the fog horn issue, people in general love this inn. Though it's not on the beach, it overlooks the bay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g32469-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Half_Moon_Bay_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank"&gt;Use Trip Advisor to find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about beach resorts and beach hotels in Half Moon Bay. &lt;/a&gt;I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="badge"&gt;&lt;div style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:center;width:125px;line-height:9px;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/" target="_blank" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.raveable.com/badges/l655c0b1s2" alt="Half Moon Bay Hotel Review on raveable" style="border:none;width:119px;height:26px;margin:0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='margin:0;padding:0px;color:#065EAA;text-decoration:none;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/half-moon-bay/best-hotels-in-half-moon-bay/l655c1"&gt;Half Moon Bay Hotel Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7851309711625528872?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7851309711625528872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-inn-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7851309711625528872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7851309711625528872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-inn-at.html' title='Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Inn at Maverick&apos;s'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l503x7apgqk/Tcg6ZyjwWNI/AAAAAAAAASo/mW7hi44fWDE/s72-c/the-inn-at-mavericks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4812161106742371978</id><published>2011-05-09T11:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T11:52:13.559-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach resorts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Landis Shores B&amp;B</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HR8ryPtdspo/Tcg2uUsh9dI/AAAAAAAAASg/rkZDtpDwhJ0/s1600/Landis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="105" width="132" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HR8ryPtdspo/Tcg2uUsh9dI/AAAAAAAAASg/rkZDtpDwhJ0/s200/Landis.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; You can see from the pic to the left that &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32469-d320771-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Landis_Shores_An_Oceanfront_Bed_and_Breakfast_Inn-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html"&gt;Landis Shores B&amp;B&lt;/a&gt; isn't exactly on the beach. But it does overlook the ocean and you can walk to the beach. &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32469-d320771-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Landis_Shores_An_Oceanfront_Bed_and_Breakfast_Inn-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; rates this B&amp;B as the 5th best lodging in Half Moon Bay. Looking at the reviews most people love the intimacy of this B&amp;B. One couple found the bed uncomfortable. Another family brought their kids and found upon arrival that only two people were allowed per room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g32469-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Half_Moon_Bay_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank"&gt;Use Trip Advisor to find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about beach resorts and beach hotels in Half Moon Bay. &lt;/a&gt;I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="badge"&gt;&lt;div style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:center;width:125px;line-height:9px;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/" target="_blank" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.raveable.com/badges/l655c0b1s2" alt="Half Moon Bay Hotel Review on raveable" style="border:none;width:119px;height:26px;margin:0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='margin:0;padding:0px;color:#065EAA;text-decoration:none;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/half-moon-bay/best-hotels-in-half-moon-bay/l655c1"&gt;Half Moon Bay Hotel Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4812161106742371978?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4812161106742371978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-landis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4812161106742371978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4812161106742371978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-resorts-landis.html' title='Half Moon Bay Beach Resorts- Landis Shores B&amp;B'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HR8ryPtdspo/Tcg2uUsh9dI/AAAAAAAAASg/rkZDtpDwhJ0/s72-c/Landis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6563909803891898527</id><published>2011-05-09T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T11:24:30.555-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Half Moon Bay - The Beach House</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDRZi8s3W_Q/Tcgt86SjJqI/AAAAAAAAASQ/x-SYjVq-DGM/s1600/beach%2Bhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="130" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDRZi8s3W_Q/Tcgt86SjJqI/AAAAAAAAASQ/x-SYjVq-DGM/s200/beach%2Bhouse.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The majority of the people who stay at the&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32469-d80807-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Beach_House_at_Half_Moon_Bay-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;The Beach House&lt;/a&gt; in Half Moon Bay love the place. Trip Advisor rates the Beach House as #4 of the resorts and hotels in the Half Moon Bay area. The few negative reviews of The Beach House dealt mostly dealt with road noise. Hwy 1 is near this beach resort hotel. Then there's the occasional complaint about no air conditioning. Very few beach resort hotels on the west coast of the United States have air conditioning. In Half Moon Bay the average day time high is 58 degrees. No need for an expensive air conditioning system. Once in a great while there will a weather pattern that brings warmer air to the bay. Combine that with rooms that face west into the setting sun, and it can get warm, even hot. So, open the windows, the doors. Let in the ocean air. Oh, the grumps say it's too noisy with the windows and doors open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g32469-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Half_Moon_Bay_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank"&gt;Use Trip Advisor to find the best deal, compare prices, and read what other travelers have to say about beach resorts and beach hotels in Half Moon Bay. &lt;/a&gt;I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="badge"&gt;&lt;div style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:center;width:125px;line-height:9px;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/" target="_blank" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.raveable.com/badges/l655c0b1s2" alt="Half Moon Bay Hotel Review on raveable" style="border:none;width:119px;height:26px;margin:0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style='margin:0;padding:0px;color:#065EAA;text-decoration:none;'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/half-moon-bay/best-hotels-in-half-moon-bay/l655c1"&gt;Half Moon Bay Hotel Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6563909803891898527?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6563909803891898527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-house.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6563909803891898527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6563909803891898527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/half-moon-bay-beach-house.html' title='Half Moon Bay - The Beach House'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDRZi8s3W_Q/Tcgt86SjJqI/AAAAAAAAASQ/x-SYjVq-DGM/s72-c/beach%2Bhouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6690325523790392144</id><published>2011-04-25T19:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:06:57.599-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monterey hotels.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific Grove hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pacific Grove - Monterey Beach Hotels</title><content type='html'>There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for a great resort or hotel, maybe not on the beach but not far from the beach. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a hotel or resort in this area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?q=Monterey+beach+resorts&amp;sub-search=Search&amp;geo=&amp;where=nav&amp;returnTo=__2F__"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; to get reviews on hotels and resorts on the Monterey Peninsula. I always check with Trip Advisor before booking a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l545c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pacific-grove/l545" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pacific Grove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6690325523790392144?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6690325523790392144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/04/pacific-grove-monterey-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6690325523790392144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6690325523790392144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/04/pacific-grove-monterey-beach-hotels.html' title='Pacific Grove - Monterey Beach Hotels'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6933731435032028859</id><published>2011-03-19T13:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T10:30:59.468-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Cruz beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Dream Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMZgz7ihcKQ/TYUPgXAfIAI/AAAAAAAAAR0/1CZWRjPKscw/s1600/dream.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMZgz7ihcKQ/TYUPgXAfIAI/AAAAAAAAAR0/1CZWRjPKscw/s200/dream.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585887961429254146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Many hotels and inns around the Santa Cruz area have beach sounding names. One of the few that I think is a real beach hotel is the &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/hotelinfo/santa_cruz/ca/us/110848/?pfs=839"&gt;Dream Inn.&lt;/a&gt; It has a great location overlooking the beach, the pier, and the famous surf break, Steamers. Lots and lots of great reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g33048-d115061-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Dream_Inn_a_Joie_de_Vivre_hotel-Santa_Cruz_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; The small handful of "Terrible" reviews mostly dealt with a staff misunderstanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Santa Cruz area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/santa_cruz/ca/us/?pfs=839"&gt;Santa Cruz Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in and around Santa Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1025c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-cruz/l1025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Cruz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6933731435032028859?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6933731435032028859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-dream-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6933731435032028859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6933731435032028859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-dream-inn.html' title='Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Dream Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMZgz7ihcKQ/TYUPgXAfIAI/AAAAAAAAAR0/1CZWRjPKscw/s72-c/dream.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2817417896641423583</id><published>2011-03-19T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T10:33:09.452-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Cruz beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central California coast beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Capitola Monarch Cove Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_k0uoS56GS0/TYUJ2ZZHwWI/AAAAAAAAARs/1EIJJ2RJVZA/s1600/monarch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_k0uoS56GS0/TYUJ2ZZHwWI/AAAAAAAAARs/1EIJJ2RJVZA/s200/monarch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585881742956806498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Monarch Cove Inn is located in the quiet community of Capitola. Based on the reviews in &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32168-d501110-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Monarch_Cove_Inn-Capitola_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor,&lt;/a&gt; I would chose the Monarch Cove Inn over the Venetian. Even the very few "Terrible" reviews noted that the location was awesome. These reviews tended to deal with what I would call minor staff or housekeeping issues. Most of  the"Terrible" reviews are very old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Santa Cruz area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/santa_cruz/ca/us/?pfs=839"&gt;Santa Cruz Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in and around Santa Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1025c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-cruz/l1025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Cruz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2817417896641423583?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2817417896641423583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-capitola.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2817417896641423583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2817417896641423583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-capitola.html' title='Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Capitola Monarch Cove Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_k0uoS56GS0/TYUJ2ZZHwWI/AAAAAAAAARs/1EIJJ2RJVZA/s72-c/monarch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1042457234520471901</id><published>2011-03-19T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T10:34:56.865-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Cruz beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central California coast beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Capitola Venetian Beach Hotel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ucB2pCibUCk/TYUG32XzNxI/AAAAAAAAARk/cAP1uVTsOOA/s1600/venetian.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ucB2pCibUCk/TYUG32XzNxI/AAAAAAAAARk/cAP1uVTsOOA/s200/venetian.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585878469380880146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Capitola Venetian photos make it look like a very cool place. But read the &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32168-d538313-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Capitola_Venetian_Hotel-Capitola_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviews before booking here. I found very few reviews. They were pretty evenly split between "Excellent" and "Terrible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Santa Cruz area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/santa_cruz/ca/us/?pfs=839"&gt;Santa Cruz Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in and around Santa Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1025c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-cruz/l1025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Cruz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1042457234520471901?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1042457234520471901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-venetian-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1042457234520471901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1042457234520471901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/santa-cruz-beach-hotels-venetian-beach.html' title='Santa Cruz Beach Hotels - Capitola Venetian Beach Hotel'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ucB2pCibUCk/TYUG32XzNxI/AAAAAAAAARk/cAP1uVTsOOA/s72-c/venetian.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6061079185254559041</id><published>2011-03-18T14:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T10:36:58.186-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monterey beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Cruz beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central California coast beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Monterey Beach Hotels - Seascape Oceanfront Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g1BCacRCBJI/TYPRqyL-4bI/AAAAAAAAARc/y-NOuwhRjIQ/s1600/seascape.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g1BCacRCBJI/TYPRqyL-4bI/AAAAAAAAARc/y-NOuwhRjIQ/s200/seascape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585538495826289074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you want a beach resort stay on Monterey Bay, the winner hands down is the &lt;a href="http://seascaperesort.com"&gt;Seascape Oceanfront Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; in Aptos. This wonderful Monterey Bay oceanfront beach resort is on the sunny side of the bay. What does that tell you? It tells you that Monterey is often foggy or overcast and that the Santa Cruz side has more sun. Check out the most recent reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g29103-d115060-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Seascape_Resort-Aptos_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; Beach lovers love the Seascape. If you're looking for a beach wedding, you won't find a better more romantic oceanfront beach resort hotel than the Seascape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6061079185254559041?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6061079185254559041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/monterey-beach-hotels-seascape.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6061079185254559041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6061079185254559041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/monterey-beach-hotels-seascape.html' title='Monterey Beach Hotels - Seascape Oceanfront Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g1BCacRCBJI/TYPRqyL-4bI/AAAAAAAAARc/y-NOuwhRjIQ/s72-c/seascape.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5279411429355030342</id><published>2011-03-18T14:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T10:39:01.118-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monterey beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Monterey Beach Hotels - Monterey Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C-Px4_n5oUI/TYPLVsD-7ZI/AAAAAAAAARU/tI4hugby2uo/s1600/monterey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 88px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C-Px4_n5oUI/TYPLVsD-7ZI/AAAAAAAAARU/tI4hugby2uo/s200/monterey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585531536335105426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/hotelinfo/monterey/ca/us/1359/?pfs=839"&gt;Best Western Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; on Monterey Bay is the only resort/hotel near Monterey that I consider  an oceanfront beach resort hotel. Monterey has many very nice hotels on the bay with great views. However, if beach is what you want in Monterey, then the Best Western Beach Resort is for you. On &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32737-d78347-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-BEST_WESTERN_Beach_Resort_Monterey-Monterey_Monterey_Peninsula_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor &lt;/a&gt;I saw that the majority of the reviewers found the Monterey Beach Resort to be "Very Good" to "Excellent." A little surprised to see over 65 reviewers rating the Monterey Beach Resort as "Poor" to "Terrible," I took a closer look at what they had to say. One reviewer said the crashing surf made too much noise. Another reviewer, with a dog, said the room smelled like dog pee. There was the usual grumbling about a conflict with a staff person. I find the rates for a beach resort hotel to be very reasonable. Keep this in mind. If you want to be on a beach near Monterey, this is the place to stay. But, if you want an oceanfront beach resort hotel on Monterey Bay. And you want sunshine and beach ambience, then you go to the sunny side of Monterey Bay - the Santa Cruz area. My choice there is the &lt;a href="http://seascaperesort.com"&gt;Seascape Oceanfront Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5279411429355030342?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5279411429355030342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/monterey-beach-hotels-monterey-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5279411429355030342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5279411429355030342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/monterey-beach-hotels-monterey-beach.html' title='Monterey Beach Hotels - Monterey Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C-Px4_n5oUI/TYPLVsD-7ZI/AAAAAAAAARU/tI4hugby2uo/s72-c/monterey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4687421092260964882</id><published>2011-03-18T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:48:34.158-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific Grove Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><title type='text'>Pacific Grove Beach Hotels - Seven Gables</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwpE6pOvA-A/TYOttO6bWSI/AAAAAAAAARM/ILy2cr4llAA/s1600/seven.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwpE6pOvA-A/TYOttO6bWSI/AAAAAAAAARM/ILy2cr4llAA/s200/seven.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585498955478423842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You don't think of Pacific Grove as a beach town, but it does have a beach and a scenic coastline. I love this town. We've rented a house here and enjoyed a peaceful week walking and biking. The wharf area of Monterey is an easy walk or bike along Monterey Bay. Yet, in Pacific Grove, you are away from the touristy crowds in Monterey. If you want to stay in a lovely place with a view of the bay and the tiny beach, I recommend the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Seven_Gables_Inn_Pacific_Grove.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pacific Grove Seven Gables"&gt;Seven Gables.&lt;/a&gt; On &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32840-d113641-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Seven_Gables_Inn-Pacific_Grove_Monterey_Peninsula_California.html" target="_blank""&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I didn't find a single "Terrible" review. That's pretty amazing because even the very expensive resorts on 17 Mile Drive have a couple of terrible reviews. There was one "Poor" review. That reviewer didn't like the way the Seven Gables was decorated. There are a couple of other inns and hotels that have views of the bay and are close to the small beach. I just couldn't bring myself to call them "beach hotels." If the Seven Gables isn't for you, there's lot's of very nice places to stay in Pacific Grove. This is a village where its own ambience takes precedent over its proximity to the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4687421092260964882?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4687421092260964882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pacific-grove-beach-hotels-seven-gables.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4687421092260964882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4687421092260964882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pacific-grove-beach-hotels-seven-gables.html' title='Pacific Grove Beach Hotels - Seven Gables'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwpE6pOvA-A/TYOttO6bWSI/AAAAAAAAARM/ILy2cr4llAA/s72-c/seven.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2571986605960630856</id><published>2011-03-18T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:50:37.330-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific Grove Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='17 mile drive hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pebble Beach Hotels - The Inn at Spanish Bay</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCScdxqghJU/TYOpM-hIQsI/AAAAAAAAARE/-1_-35byD-M/s1600/spanish%2Bbay.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCScdxqghJU/TYOpM-hIQsI/AAAAAAAAARE/-1_-35byD-M/s200/spanish%2Bbay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585494003275023042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I haven't stayed at the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/The_Inn_at_Spanish_Bay_Pebble_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pebble Spanish"&gt;Inn at Spanish Bay&lt;/a&gt; along 17 Mile Drive, but I have been in the lobby. I loved the ambience of the furnishings and the great view of the Pacific Ocean. As I mentioned in an earlier review, few, if any, people come here for the ocean. They come here to play golf on the famous Pebble Beach golf courses. You can expect to pay from $600 to $900 a night for the privilege of staying here. The reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32867-d79246-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-The_Inn_at_Spanish_Bay-Pebble_Beach_Monterey_Peninsula_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; generally had a great experience at the Inn. The few who wrote otherwise had a bad experience with staff or management, or thought the furnishings weren't up to par with the price paid for a room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2571986605960630856?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2571986605960630856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pebble-beach-hotels-inn-at-spanish-bay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2571986605960630856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2571986605960630856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pebble-beach-hotels-inn-at-spanish-bay.html' title='Pebble Beach Hotels - The Inn at Spanish Bay'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCScdxqghJU/TYOpM-hIQsI/AAAAAAAAARE/-1_-35byD-M/s72-c/spanish%2Bbay.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6830988961907031396</id><published>2011-03-18T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:53:13.824-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific Grove Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pebble Beach Hotels - The Lodge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B7zMcuFZpnQ/TYOkZaym8JI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/tdbiWGiVxUE/s1600/the%2Blodge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B7zMcuFZpnQ/TYOkZaym8JI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/tdbiWGiVxUE/s200/the%2Blodge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585488719464820882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I don't suppose anyone goes to &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/The_Lodge_at_Pebble_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pebble Lodge"&gt;The Lodge at Pebble Beach&lt;/a&gt; for a beach experience. People go there to play golf in a beautiful oceanfront setting. Most reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32867-d79250-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-The_Lodge_at_Pebble_Beach-Pebble_Beach_Monterey_Peninsula_California.html" target="_blank""&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; liked their experience at The Lodge. The few grumbles came from people who thought the facility was dated and too expensive for what they got.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6830988961907031396?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6830988961907031396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pebble-beach-hotels-lodge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6830988961907031396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6830988961907031396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/pebble-beach-hotels-lodge.html' title='Pebble Beach Hotels - The Lodge'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B7zMcuFZpnQ/TYOkZaym8JI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/tdbiWGiVxUE/s72-c/the%2Blodge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8686905265171224486</id><published>2011-03-15T14:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:54:49.863-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='big sur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hwy 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Big Sur Hwy 1 Hotels - Treebones</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HrUL2YNGTU8/TX_b7YTYXFI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/FefZv4NbYpA/s1600/treebones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HrUL2YNGTU8/TX_b7YTYXFI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/FefZv4NbYpA/s200/treebones.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584423876145208402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Treebones is a village of yurts set WAY high above the Pacific Ocean. They are on the mountain side of Hwy 1. This means that you may get some of the noise coming up from Hwy 1. Most of the reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g240329-d543006-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Treebones_Resort-Big_Sur_California.html" target="_blank""&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; love Treebones. Just keep in mind that yurts are just very fancy tents. We've stayed in a yurt in Hawaii and loved it. Also, being on the Big Sur coastline means that you could have fog, wind, rain. Nice if you're in a big lodge cuddled up around a roaring fireplace. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8686905265171224486?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8686905265171224486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hwy-1-hotels-treebones.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8686905265171224486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8686905265171224486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hwy-1-hotels-treebones.html' title='Big Sur Hwy 1 Hotels - Treebones'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HrUL2YNGTU8/TX_b7YTYXFI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/FefZv4NbYpA/s72-c/treebones.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8728004551552637582</id><published>2011-03-15T14:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:55:58.487-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='big sur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hwy 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Big Sur Hwy 1 Hotels - Ventana Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WRreKHCwNTY/TX_aPqBgoII/AAAAAAAAAQs/LydKBVill2Q/s1600/ventana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WRreKHCwNTY/TX_aPqBgoII/AAAAAAAAAQs/LydKBVill2Q/s200/ventana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584422025476219010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Ventana_Inn_Big_Sur.htm?a_aid=17640"&gt;The Ventana Inn&lt;/a&gt; is not on the beach. As other Big Sur lodgings, it sits very high above the Pacific Ocean with magnificent views from parts of the property. Most reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g240329-d143905-Reviews-or10-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Ventana_Inn_Spa-Big_Sur_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; love the Ventana Inn. Some complained that it was too rustic, too expensive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8728004551552637582?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8728004551552637582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hwy-1-hotels-ventana-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8728004551552637582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8728004551552637582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hwy-1-hotels-ventana-inn.html' title='Big Sur Hwy 1 Hotels - Ventana Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WRreKHCwNTY/TX_aPqBgoII/AAAAAAAAAQs/LydKBVill2Q/s72-c/ventana.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7100541343947624221</id><published>2011-03-15T13:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T18:57:48.199-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='big sur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hwy 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Big Sur Hotels Hwy 1 - Post Ranch Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4786Wxv4A4I/TX_T_VuC3lI/AAAAAAAAAQk/86VOPPlzUnU/s1600/postranch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4786Wxv4A4I/TX_T_VuC3lI/AAAAAAAAAQk/86VOPPlzUnU/s200/postranch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584415148078194258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I can't call any of the inns and resorts along the Big Sur Coastline beach hotels. But I can call them "Oh my gosh this is the most incredible ocean view!" Take the &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/hotelinfo/big_sur/ca/us/127586/?pfs=838"&gt;Post Ranch Inn.&lt;/a&gt; The vast majority of the reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g240329-d261216-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Post_Ranch_Inn-Big_Sur_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; describe the Post Ranch Inn as "the most incredible place I've  ever stayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns and hotels to choose from in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels or hotel near the beach or bay. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/reserve_hotels/pacific_grove/ca/us/?pfs=838"&gt;Pacific Grove-Monterey Hotels&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for an inn or hotel in the Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l760c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/big-sur/l760" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Big sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7100541343947624221?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7100541343947624221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hotels-hwy-1-post-ranch-inn.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7100541343947624221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7100541343947624221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-sur-hotels-hwy-1-post-ranch-inn.html' title='Big Sur Hotels Hwy 1 - Post Ranch Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4786Wxv4A4I/TX_T_VuC3lI/AAAAAAAAAQk/86VOPPlzUnU/s72-c/postranch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3331283301645702942</id><published>2011-02-21T10:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:09:18.592-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Fireside Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRToYbPAPKQ/TWKvsdqc5kI/AAAAAAAAAQc/UgyZcx3tSQU/s1600/Fireside%2BInn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRToYbPAPKQ/TWKvsdqc5kI/AAAAAAAAAQc/UgyZcx3tSQU/s200/Fireside%2BInn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576212467049883202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Best_Western_Fireside_Inn_Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria Fireside"&gt;Best Western Fireside Inn&lt;/a&gt;, an oceanfront Cambria beach hotel has great reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d76301-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-BEST_WESTERN_PLUS_Fireside_Inn_on_Moonstone_Beach-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; The only terrible review I saw was dated 2003. Since then this oceanfront lodging overlooking Moonstone Beach has been renovated. The reviews in 2011 rave about the Fireside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3331283301645702942?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3331283301645702942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-fireside-inn.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3331283301645702942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3331283301645702942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-fireside-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Fireside Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRToYbPAPKQ/TWKvsdqc5kI/AAAAAAAAAQc/UgyZcx3tSQU/s72-c/Fireside%2BInn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8873753372550986835</id><published>2011-02-09T11:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T12:05:42.339-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Windrush</title><content type='html'>Here's an oddity for you. The Windrush has no web page that we could find, no reviews in Trip Advisor. I called to see if they were still operating. I got a recording that indicated  they were open. If you can reach them and get them to call you back, you might get a cheap price for Moonstone Beach. The phone number is (805) 927-8844.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8873753372550986835?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8873753372550986835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-windrush.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8873753372550986835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8873753372550986835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-windrush.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Windrush'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-701656391472373383</id><published>2011-02-09T11:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:11:23.693-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearst Castle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels (near Hearst Castle)- Cavalier Best Western</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLuoNqR7nI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eu4LJ7Tk6Rg/s1600/best-western-plus-cavalier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLuoNqR7nI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eu4LJ7Tk6Rg/s200/best-western-plus-cavalier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571778063639899762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Wow! Wow! Over 400 reviews on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g33039-d80074-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-BEST_WESTERN_PLUS_Cavalier_Oceanfront_Resort-San_Simeon_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; and not a single "poor" or "terrible" review!!! Do you want to be on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean? Do you want to be close to Hearst Castle? Do you want to bring your dog? This is the place. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. If price is an issue, shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-701656391472373383?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/701656391472373383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-near-hearst-castle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/701656391472373383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/701656391472373383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-near-hearst-castle.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels (near Hearst Castle)- Cavalier Best Western'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLuoNqR7nI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eu4LJ7Tk6Rg/s72-c/best-western-plus-cavalier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1369225953087089140</id><published>2011-02-09T11:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:12:49.252-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - San Simeon Pines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLpMXKr8BI/AAAAAAAAAQE/HNMNNlpvt2w/s1600/sansimeon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLpMXKr8BI/AAAAAAAAAQE/HNMNNlpvt2w/s200/sansimeon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571772087597264914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/San_Simeon_Pines_Seaside_Hotel_Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria SanSimeonPines"&gt;San Simeon Pines&lt;/a&gt; has very mixed reviews.  Overall,&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g33039-d80074-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-BEST_WESTERN_PLUS_Cavalier_Oceanfront_Resort-San_Simeon_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt;   rates this Cambria oceanfront inn as #24 of 34 hotels in Cambria.  So far the beach hotels I've been reviewing in Cambria have had pretty consistent ratings of "very good" to "excellent." This inn has some very contrasting reviews. Two reviewers posting in August 2010, each having posted at least 5 times on Trip Advisor, had different experiences at the San Simeon Pines. One reviewer described the room as open and airy. Another described their room as shabby, 1950's era. Out of 119 reviews, more people liked this beach hotel than didn't like it. Still, 26 people found the San Simeon to be "poor" or "terrible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1369225953087089140?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1369225953087089140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-san-simeon-pines.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1369225953087089140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1369225953087089140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-san-simeon-pines.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - San Simeon Pines'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLpMXKr8BI/AAAAAAAAAQE/HNMNNlpvt2w/s72-c/sansimeon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6979177741068078645</id><published>2011-02-09T10:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:14:39.420-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Blue Whale Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLlBfGvUTI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Wg0x7Pa3fQ8/s1600/blue-whale-inn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLlBfGvUTI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Wg0x7Pa3fQ8/s200/blue-whale-inn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571767502703120690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I only found a few reviews of the Blue Whale Inn on&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d73411-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Blue_Whale_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; Most of the reviews raved about this Cambria oceanfront beach lodging. A couple of the "disappointed" reviews dealt with misunderstandings about which rooms had been reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6979177741068078645?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6979177741068078645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6979177741068078645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6979177741068078645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Blue Whale Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TVLlBfGvUTI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Wg0x7Pa3fQ8/s72-c/blue-whale-inn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8424118863900347127</id><published>2011-02-08T11:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:17:28.572-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Moonstone Inn (closed 2009)</title><content type='html'>The Moonstone Inn closed in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always check out &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotels-g32148-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Cambria_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank""&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; for reviews of Cambria hotels and resorts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8424118863900347127?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8424118863900347127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-moonstone-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8424118863900347127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8424118863900347127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-moonstone-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Moonstone Inn (closed 2009)'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4690793031441719777</id><published>2011-02-03T07:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:18:57.099-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Moonstone Landing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrFEjLX9II/AAAAAAAAAPw/K2IojCisLTY/s1600/moonjpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrFEjLX9II/AAAAAAAAAPw/K2IojCisLTY/s200/moonjpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569480571150136450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There are so many wonderful oceanfront places to stay in Cambria that &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d562116-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Moonstone_Landing-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; only ranks the Moonstone Landing as #10 of 34. Nevertheless, 87% of the reviewers recommend the Moonstone. There are a couple of "terrible" reviews. They were about reservation screw ups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4690793031441719777?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4690793031441719777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-moonstone-landing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4690793031441719777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4690793031441719777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-moonstone-landing.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Moonstone Landing'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrFEjLX9II/AAAAAAAAAPw/K2IojCisLTY/s72-c/moonjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-852668472797016635</id><published>2011-02-03T06:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:20:18.897-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Blue Dolphin  Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrCAGXyQSI/AAAAAAAAAPo/fjsTiTMHgxQ/s1600/blue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 66px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrCAGXyQSI/AAAAAAAAAPo/fjsTiTMHgxQ/s200/blue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569477196163203362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Rated the #1 Cambria oceanfront beach hotel in Cambria by &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d113953-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Blue_Dolphin_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt;  95% of the reviewers on Trip Advisor recommend the Blue Dolphin. This is one of the highest ratings I've seen. Not a single "terrible" review. There are a couple of "poor" reviews, but they were posted years ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-852668472797016635?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/852668472797016635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-blue-dolphin-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/852668472797016635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/852668472797016635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cambria-beach-hotels-blue-dolphin-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Blue Dolphin  Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUrCAGXyQSI/AAAAAAAAAPo/fjsTiTMHgxQ/s72-c/blue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-986385706878874940</id><published>2011-01-31T11:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:29:19.831-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Sand Pebbles Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUcHo7XnSWI/AAAAAAAAAPc/F9DuYbnH2KE/s1600/sand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 99px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUcHo7XnSWI/AAAAAAAAAPc/F9DuYbnH2KE/s200/sand.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568427863979805026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d254402-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Sand_Pebbles_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; rates the Sand Pebbles Inn, an oceanfront hotel in Cambria, CA, as the #2 hotel in Cambria. 91% of the reviewers recommend the Sand Pebbles. Only a couple of "terrible" reviews. They were years old. One recommended not being in a room next to the ice maker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-986385706878874940?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/986385706878874940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-sand-pebbles-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/986385706878874940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/986385706878874940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-sand-pebbles-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Sand Pebbles Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TUcHo7XnSWI/AAAAAAAAAPc/F9DuYbnH2KE/s72-c/sand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-759050550161592666</id><published>2011-01-24T11:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:30:36.596-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Castle Inn By the Sea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TT3SCfcsh5I/AAAAAAAAAO0/jf_q9yfpq5g/s1600/castle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TT3SCfcsh5I/AAAAAAAAAO0/jf_q9yfpq5g/s200/castle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565835654743230354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; There are only a few reviews &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d671550-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Castle_Inn_By_the_Sea-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; of this oceanfront Cambria beach hotel, &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Castle_Inn_By_The_Sea_Cambria.htm?label=Cambria_Castle&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Castle Inn By the Sea.&lt;/a&gt; I'm guessing that's because few of the people who posted reviews found this beach hotel to be fabulous. Some people liked it a lot. Others, it's just okay. Still, no "terrible" reviews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I keep saying, there are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Why not shop around to find the lowest rates for one of the best beach hotels. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-759050550161592666?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/759050550161592666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-castle-inn-by-sea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/759050550161592666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/759050550161592666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-castle-inn-by-sea.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Castle Inn By the Sea'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TT3SCfcsh5I/AAAAAAAAAO0/jf_q9yfpq5g/s72-c/castle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4878537650710204388</id><published>2011-01-20T09:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:32:11.495-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Mariner's Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TThwyYbTlKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ac7Z6xDwdNY/s1600/mariner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TThwyYbTlKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ac7Z6xDwdNY/s200/mariner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564321350468998306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Have I finally found a "bad" oceanfront beach hotel in Cambria? After looking at reviews for many inns on the Cambria coast, all of them with mostly glowing reviews, I come to the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Mariners_Inn_Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria Mariners"&gt;Mariners Inn&lt;/a&gt;.  On &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d281842-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-The_Mariner_s_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; this oceanfront lodging is rated #29 of 34 places to stay in Cambria. Usually a hotel will have just a few "terrible" reviews on Trip Advisor. In this case I saw 24 "terrible" reviews vs just 3 that rated the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Mariners_Inn_Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria Mariners"&gt;Mariner's Inn&lt;/a&gt; as excellent.  I generally discount "terrible" reviews because they're often the result of a guest being miffed by a staff member. Then the guest sets out to complain about everything. I don't think that's the case with the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Mariners_Inn_Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria Mariners"&gt;Mariner's Inn.&lt;/a&gt; One person described it as "yucky." Another,"the worst hotel experience."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4878537650710204388?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4878537650710204388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-mariners-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4878537650710204388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4878537650710204388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-mariners-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Mariner&apos;s Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TThwyYbTlKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ac7Z6xDwdNY/s72-c/mariner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4683078426751719598</id><published>2011-01-19T11:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:33:36.028-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Cypress Cove Inn (Pelican Cove Inn)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTc3RVbIDRI/AAAAAAAAAOk/syiARDN4HTY/s1600/sunset.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 72px; height: 57px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTc3RVbIDRI/AAAAAAAAAOk/syiARDN4HTY/s200/sunset.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563976635587759378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Cypress Cove Inn was purchased by Moonstone Hotels in 2005. The inn is now merged with and booked under &lt;a href="http://moonstonehotels.com/pelican_suites.htm"&gt;Pelican Cove Inn&lt;/a&gt;. The older reviews  on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d113958-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Cypress_Cove_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; were glowing. 100% of the reviewers recommended the Cypress Cove. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4683078426751719598?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4683078426751719598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-cypress-cove-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4683078426751719598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4683078426751719598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-cypress-cove-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Cypress Cove Inn (Pelican Cove Inn)'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTc3RVbIDRI/AAAAAAAAAOk/syiARDN4HTY/s72-c/sunset.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7833469496709724938</id><published>2011-01-18T14:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:34:56.293-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Fog Catcher Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTYXPACqgaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EM0yRAevP_w/s1600/fogcatcher.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 115px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTYXPACqgaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EM0yRAevP_w/s200/fogcatcher.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563659936139477410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wow!! I found over 344 reviews on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FShowUserReviews-g32148-d113954-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-r594884-FogCatcher_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; of the Fog Catcher Inn. 88% of the reviewers recommend the Fog Catcher. Yeah, there are a couple of disgruntled people. Those reviews are several years old. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7833469496709724938?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7833469496709724938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-fog-catcher-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7833469496709724938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7833469496709724938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-fog-catcher-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Fog Catcher Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TTYXPACqgaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EM0yRAevP_w/s72-c/fogcatcher.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2321818978386471215</id><published>2011-01-11T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T10:17:03.089-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Captain's Cove</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyd7eG4TGI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Z79K9HCZg1A/s1600/captain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyd7eG4TGI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Z79K9HCZg1A/s200/captain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560993284915481698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Captain's Cove Inn???? I only found one review of this Cambria oceanfront inn. The review was on Yelp and was posted in 2009. Here's what the reviewer wrote:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There isn't particularly anything great or poor about this motel. The owner is friendly enough and you can't beat the location. The room just felt old and in need of a makeover. They don't have WiFi but you can jump on the neighboring motel's connection ( not a very strong signal though). This place is a bit cheaper than most on Moonstone beach so you give and take as far as luxury. I would stay here again if the rooms were remodeled."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2321818978386471215?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2321818978386471215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-captains-cove.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2321818978386471215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2321818978386471215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-captains-cove.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Captain&apos;s Cove'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyd7eG4TGI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Z79K9HCZg1A/s72-c/captain.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6395069508518023276</id><published>2011-01-11T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:37:36.799-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='C'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Cambria Shores Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyXpt5EPNI/AAAAAAAAAOE/f0GCMAGduTA/s1600/cambria%2Bshores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyXpt5EPNI/AAAAAAAAAOE/f0GCMAGduTA/s200/cambria%2Bshores.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560986382845099218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d498893-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Cambria_Shores_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; rates the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Cambria_Shores_Inn.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria Shores"&gt;Cambria Shores Inn&lt;/a&gt; as the #3 lodging in Cambria out of a total of 34 Cambria Inns. I only found one reviewer who gave the Cambria Shores a terrible rating. That review was posted in 2007 and the reviewer had only posted one review on Trip Advisor. One of the comments the reviewer made was that the room had unpeaceful paintings. ????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many inns to choose from in Cambria. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cambria.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cambria"&gt;Cambria Inns&lt;/a&gt; to get the lowest prices for a Cambria hotel or inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6395069508518023276?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6395069508518023276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-cambria-shores-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6395069508518023276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6395069508518023276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-cambria-shores-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Cambria Shores Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSyXpt5EPNI/AAAAAAAAAOE/f0GCMAGduTA/s72-c/cambria%2Bshores.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6053614405254209671</id><published>2011-01-08T09:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:38:55.790-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Sea Otter Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSieXSWsRfI/AAAAAAAAAN8/zdKH-Splicc/s1600/Sea-Otter-Bluff.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 21px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSieXSWsRfI/AAAAAAAAAN8/zdKH-Splicc/s200/Sea-Otter-Bluff.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559867862890071538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;89% of the reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d254403-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Sea_Otter_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; recommend the &lt;a href="http://moonstonehotels.com/sea_otter_inn.htm"&gt;Sea Otter Inn.&lt;/a&gt; This is a "pet friendly" inn. But, call first to make sure they pet friendly rooms available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the reviewers loved this Cambria oceanfront lodging because they could watch the elephant seals on the beach. Another loved it because there is a dog friendly beach nearby. Others find it a "romantic getaway." There are the usual couple of grumps. "The fireplace fan was too loud." "There's not much to do here when the sun goes down." When looking for a hotel anywhere, always read the reviews. I give the greatest validity to the reviewers who have posted many reviews. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6053614405254209671?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6053614405254209671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-sea-otter-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6053614405254209671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6053614405254209671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-sea-otter-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Sea Otter Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSieXSWsRfI/AAAAAAAAAN8/zdKH-Splicc/s72-c/Sea-Otter-Bluff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8763514168520030614</id><published>2011-01-06T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:40:19.703-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - Pelican Cove</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSX9yo3InRI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CJLZ5_Umf6U/s1600/walkway-along-beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSX9yo3InRI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CJLZ5_Umf6U/s200/walkway-along-beach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559128361462701330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d259664-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-Pelican_Cove_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviewers give a Wow to the &lt;a href="http://moonstonehotels.com/pelican_suites.htm"&gt;Pelican Cove&lt;/a&gt; oceanfront beach inn. Cambria is a mystical village located along Hwy 1. The village is not on the ocean, but just a short distance away is Moonstone Beach. It's here that you find a wide array of places to stay that are on a bluff overlooking the ocean. The Pelican Cove is one of these places. Based on the reviews from Trip Advisor, chances are that you'll love this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8763514168520030614?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8763514168520030614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-pelican-cove.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8763514168520030614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8763514168520030614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/cambria-beach-hotels-pelican-cove.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - Pelican Cove'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TSX9yo3InRI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CJLZ5_Umf6U/s72-c/walkway-along-beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8475915227868744456</id><published>2010-12-26T09:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T19:41:48.506-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cambria oceanfront beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cambria Beach Hotels - White Water Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TRd_x4ZtC9I/AAAAAAAAANs/aYCbn-Dj08E/s1600/WhiteWater.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TRd_x4ZtC9I/AAAAAAAAANs/aYCbn-Dj08E/s200/WhiteWater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555049160315309010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A couple of miles north of Cayucos Hwy 1 passes through the mystical village of Cambria. Just past the village the highway begins to parallel the Pacific Ocean. This is where we find Cambria's oceanfront hotels. All of these inns sit across the street from the bluff that overlooks Moonstone Beach and the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my favorites is the &lt;a href="http://whitewaterinn.com"&gt;White Water Inn.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-5080137-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FHotel_Review-g32148-d119680-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.5080137-m13092-White_Water_Inn-Cambria_California.html" target="_blank"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviewers love the White Water Inn. 94% of the people reviewing the White Water Inn recommend it to other travelers. I didn't see a single "terrible" review on Trip Advisor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l622c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cambria/l622" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cambria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8475915227868744456?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8475915227868744456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cambria-beach-hotels-white-water-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8475915227868744456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8475915227868744456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cambria-beach-hotels-white-water-inn.html' title='Cambria Beach Hotels - White Water Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TRd_x4ZtC9I/AAAAAAAAANs/aYCbn-Dj08E/s72-c/WhiteWater.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5444909050228926271</id><published>2010-12-20T12:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T12:32:28.454-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cayucos beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cayucos Beach Hotels - Shoreline Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQ-6hm3bXuI/AAAAAAAAANg/c2qlbQwAu4I/s1600/shoreline.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQ-6hm3bXuI/AAAAAAAAANg/c2qlbQwAu4I/s200/shoreline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552861952102588130" /&gt;The &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Shoreline_Inn_Cayucos.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cayucos ShorelineInn"&gt;Shoreline Inn&lt;/a&gt; oceanfront beach hotel in Cayucos is on the beach. So, it's a little puzzling that with many rave reviews &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32188-d271239-r88377125-Shoreline_Inn-Cayucos_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; rates it as #5 of 8 places to stay in Cayucos. I looked at the "Terrible" reviews. They dealt with problems with staff and, in most cases, the reviewer had made only 1 or 2 reviews on Trip Advisor. This is always suspect to me. Could it be a competitor trying to disparage the hotel? Looking at the "Excellent" reviews, many were recent and the reviewers had made many reviews on Trip Advisor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the thing about Cayucos. It's a very small town. All of the lodging there is pretty close to the beach. No matter where you stay, it's an easy and pleasant walk to the beach. That being the case, &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cayucos.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cayucos All Hotels"&gt;Compare Rates at all the Cayucos Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l450c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cayucos/l450" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cayucos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5444909050228926271?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5444909050228926271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cayucos-beach-hotels-shoreline-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5444909050228926271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5444909050228926271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cayucos-beach-hotels-shoreline-inn.html' title='Cayucos Beach Hotels - Shoreline Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQ-6hm3bXuI/AAAAAAAAANg/c2qlbQwAu4I/s72-c/shoreline.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-58197315324227722</id><published>2010-12-16T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T12:23:08.859-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cayucos beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central California coast beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Cayucos Beach Hotels - On the Beach Bed and Breakfast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQpu9BxQfOI/AAAAAAAAANY/lvReJwfWpGA/s1600/onthebeachjpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQpu9BxQfOI/AAAAAAAAANY/lvReJwfWpGA/s200/onthebeachjpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551371485413670114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Before I begin my review, a little about Cayucos. Along with Avila Beach, it is one of the most "undiscovered" beach towns on the California central coast. That's because Hwy 1 doesn't go through the town or by the beach. The town isn't far off the highway. You can see it. But the town doesn't look interesting from the highway. At this point on Hwy 1 people are headed north to Cambria, Hearst Castle, and the Big Sur. They're not getting off to investigate this town that is still looks like it did in the 50's. This is to your advantage. You can have a quiet relaxing stay on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the people who stay at the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/On_the_Beach_Bed_Breakfast_Cayucos.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cayucos OntheBeach B&amp;B"&gt;On the Beach B&amp;B&lt;/a&gt; love it. My gosh, it is on the beach. There are a couple of negative reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32188-d670698-r10593481-On_the_Beach_Bed_Breakfast-Cayucos_California.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; It appears that not all rooms are "ocean view" and several people thought the service was poor. One thing for sure, it's not a cottage where you rent a room and have a great breakfast served in the morning. On the Beach is really a hotel on the beach where you can have breakfast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the thing about Cayucos. It's a very small town. All of the lodging there is pretty close to the beach. No matter where you stay, it's an easy and pleasant walk to the beach. That being the case, &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Cayucos.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Cayucos All Hotels"&gt;Compare Rates at all the Cayucos Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l450c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/cayucos/l450" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Cayucos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-58197315324227722?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/58197315324227722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cayucos-beach-hotels-on-beach-bed-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/58197315324227722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/58197315324227722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/cayucos-beach-hotels-on-beach-bed-and.html' title='Cayucos Beach Hotels - On the Beach Bed and Breakfast'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TQpu9BxQfOI/AAAAAAAAANY/lvReJwfWpGA/s72-c/onthebeachjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2043743629582829850</id><published>2010-12-04T15:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T15:56:06.147-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avila Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Joe Momma's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrTIhmoBrI/AAAAAAAAANQ/rgfFmuaYksY/s1600/joe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 98px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrTIhmoBrI/AAAAAAAAANQ/rgfFmuaYksY/s200/joe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546978034472978098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.joemommasbeachstay.com/"&gt;Joe Momma's Beach Stay&lt;/a&gt; is where I'd choose to stay in Avila Beach. There were only 8 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g29124-d785061-r23299501-Joe_Momma_s_Beach_Stay-Avila_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; when I looked. 2 of the reviews were negative. You can't choose based on the ratio of positive to negative. You have to read the reviews. I liked what the positive people had to say about Joe Momma's. It's across the street from the beach. The units are condo style. Right over a espresso shop. I love cappuccinos. No daily maid service. I like that. For some of you, that may be a deal killer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind that you can find the best rates for all hotels in Avila Beach by simply clicking on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Beach"&gt;Avila Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;Joe Momma's isn't listed in the above link. You can go, though, directly to &lt;a href="http://www.joemommasbeachstay.com/about_joe_mommas_beachstay.php"&gt;Joe Momma's web page.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered a unique, novel, and imaginative service available to beach lovers in the Avila Beach-Pismo Beach area. They are the &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz.&lt;/a&gt; The beach is all about fun. The  &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; take the hassle out of going to the beach. Arrange in advance. Your &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will be at your beach when you arrive. Beach chairs, umbrellas, food, snacks, drinks, beach toys, even light up beach balls for volleyball after dark. Want to have a catered beach party for friends, staff, business associates? The &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will keep the fun in the event by doing all the work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l912c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/avila-beach/l912" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Avila Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2043743629582829850?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2043743629582829850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-joe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2043743629582829850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2043743629582829850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-joe.html' title='Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Joe Momma&apos;s'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrTIhmoBrI/AAAAAAAAANQ/rgfFmuaYksY/s72-c/joe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3600694348033533052</id><published>2010-12-04T15:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T15:44:02.410-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avila Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- San Luis Bay Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrOhVFYAoI/AAAAAAAAANI/r5gGRyh84yw/s1600/sanluis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 90px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrOhVFYAoI/AAAAAAAAANI/r5gGRyh84yw/s200/sanluis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546972963050881666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I'm hard pressed to call the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/San_Luis_Bay_Inn_Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila San"&gt;San Luis Bay Inn&lt;/a&gt; a beach hotel. This is one of those time share places where they rent out rooms that aren't taken by owners of the time share. On the plus side, you have a better chance of getting a room that is larger than the rooms in the couple of other beach hotels in Avila Beach. You might get a room with kitchen and living area. But are you on the beach? The bay is in front of the hotel. No beach there, but it's not far to the beach. Will you have an ocean view? If you do a Google satellite view you'll there are many more rooms without an ocean view. &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g29124-d235383-Reviews-San_Luis_Bay_Inn-Avila_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; ranks the San Luis as #5 of 5 Avila Beach hotels. Only two of those hotels are on the beach. Then there is Joe Mommas Beach Stay. I'll cover it in another blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind that you can find the best rates for all hotels in Avila Beach by simply clicking on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Beach"&gt;Avila Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered a unique, novel, and imaginative service available to beach lovers in the Avila Beach-Pismo Beach area. They are the &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz.&lt;/a&gt; The beach is all about fun. The  &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; take the hassle out of going to the beach. Arrange in advance. Your &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will be at your beach when you arrive. Beach chairs, umbrellas, food, snacks, drinks, beach toys, even light up beach balls for volleyball after dark. Want to have a catered beach party for friends, staff, business associates? The &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will keep the fun in the event by doing all the work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l912c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/avila-beach/l912" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Avila Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3600694348033533052?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3600694348033533052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-san.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3600694348033533052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3600694348033533052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-san.html' title='Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- San Luis Bay Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrOhVFYAoI/AAAAAAAAANI/r5gGRyh84yw/s72-c/sanluis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2535144309828462962</id><published>2010-12-04T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T15:07:35.192-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avila Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Lighthouse Suites.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrHTuNgxRI/AAAAAAAAANA/IOIRnvPEO6w/s1600/lighthouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 111px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrHTuNgxRI/AAAAAAAAANA/IOIRnvPEO6w/s200/lighthouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546965032696333586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Avila_Lighthouse_Suites_Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Lighthouse"&gt;Lighthouse Suites&lt;/a&gt; at Avila Beach have an 85% approval rating in &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g29124-d607833-Reviews-Avila_Lighthouse_Suites-Avila_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; That's a little higher than the rating for the Inn at Avila Beach. Certainly the grounds are more attractive at the Lighthouse. It is a newer property. And you'll probably pay more. Again, there was a complaint about no air conditioning. This poor soul happened to be staying on the beach on one of those rare days when the temperature pushes into the 90's. According to him, "over 100 degrees." Other unhappy people complained about rude, uncaring staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind that you can find the best rates for all hotels in Avila Beach by simply clicking on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Beach"&gt;Avila Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered a unique, novel, and imaginative service available to beach lovers in the Avila Beach-Pismo Beach area. They are the &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz.&lt;/a&gt; The beach is all about fun. The  &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; take the hassle out of going to the beach. Arrange in advance. Your &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will be at your beach when you arrive. Beach chairs, umbrellas, food, snacks, drinks, beach toys, even light up beach balls for volleyball after dark. Want to have a catered beach party for friends, staff, business associates? The &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will keep the fun in the event by doing all the work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l912c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/avila-beach/l912" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Avila Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2535144309828462962?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2535144309828462962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_04.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2535144309828462962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2535144309828462962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_04.html' title='Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Lighthouse Suites.'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrHTuNgxRI/AAAAAAAAANA/IOIRnvPEO6w/s72-c/lighthouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2114741066900440738</id><published>2010-12-04T14:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T14:53:21.413-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avila Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Inn at Avila Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrB_KsbH6I/AAAAAAAAAM4/rF_xRS_6-Zc/s1600/avila%2Binn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 111px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrB_KsbH6I/AAAAAAAAAM4/rF_xRS_6-Zc/s200/avila%2Binn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546959182006788002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Inn_at_Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Inn"&gt;Inn at Avila Beach&lt;/a&gt; had 127 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g29124-d244434-Reviews-Inn_at_Avila_Beach-Avila_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; when I looked. 75% of the reviewers recommend the Inn at Avila Beach. The people who love the Inn, love it because of it's location. The people who didn't like it, only a small number, said: old, rude staff person, no air conditioning. The "no air conditioning" comment always amazes me. Very few beach hotels have air conditioning. You don't need it. Open the windows. Let the sea breeze cool you. And old? Most beach hotels are old. The few newer ones will charge you a lot more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find the best rates for all hotels in Avila Beach by simply clicking on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Beach"&gt;Avila Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered a unique, novel, and imaginative service available to beach lovers in the Avila Beach-Pismo Beach area. They are the &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz.&lt;/a&gt; The beach is all about fun. The  &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; take the hassle out of going to the beach. Arrange in advance. Your &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will be at your beach when you arrive. Beach chairs, umbrellas, food, snacks, drinks, beach toys, even light up beach balls for volleyball after dark. Want to have a catered beach party for friends, staff, business associates? The &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will keep the fun in the event by doing all the work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l912c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/avila-beach/l912" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Avila Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2114741066900440738?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2114741066900440738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2114741066900440738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2114741066900440738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-inn.html' title='Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Inn at Avila Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPrB_KsbH6I/AAAAAAAAAM4/rF_xRS_6-Zc/s72-c/avila%2Binn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1425013159123457446</id><published>2010-12-04T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T14:26:01.492-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avila Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Beach Butlerz Service</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPq9aSdowFI/AAAAAAAAAMo/dIMwW7TFF0g/s1600/beachbutlerz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPq9aSdowFI/AAAAAAAAAMo/dIMwW7TFF0g/s200/beachbutlerz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546954150390579282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avila Beach is one of just two quiet little beach towns on the Central California coast. It's only about 3 miles off of Hwy 101. But, You can't see the beach town from Hwy 101. Most people traveling this highway are headed to San Luis Obispo or further up the coast to drive Hwy 1 and on to Monterey. The people who visit Avila Beach are locals, people from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, and a handful of people who have discovered this gem of a beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered a unique, novel, and imaginative service available to beach lovers in the Avila Beach-Pismo Beach area. They are the &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz.&lt;/a&gt; The beach is all about fun. The  &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; take the hassle out of going to the beach. Arrange in advance. Your &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will be at your beach when you arrive. Beach chairs, umbrellas, food, snacks, drinks, beach toys, even light up beach balls for volleyball after dark. Want to have a catered beach party for friends, staff, business associates? The &lt;a href="http://www.beachbutlerz.com/content/what-we-do"&gt;Beach Butlerz&lt;/a&gt; will keep the fun in the event by doing all the work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find the best rates for all hotels in Avila Beach by simply clicking on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Avila_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Avila Beach"&gt;Avila Beach Hotels.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l912c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/avila-beach/l912" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Avila Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1425013159123457446?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1425013159123457446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1425013159123457446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1425013159123457446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/avila-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels.html' title='Avila Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels- Beach Butlerz Service'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPq9aSdowFI/AAAAAAAAAMo/dIMwW7TFF0g/s72-c/beachbutlerz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7147015061685046008</id><published>2010-11-26T11:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-26T11:57:25.537-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPAOlr7HpAI/AAAAAAAAAMY/GILTe0DCiZo/s1600/View-from-Ocean.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 72px; height: 42px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPAOlr7HpAI/AAAAAAAAAMY/GILTe0DCiZo/s200/View-from-Ocean.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543947181901718530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've finished reviewing all of the oceanfront beach hotels that I found in Pismo Beach. My favorite is the Sea Gypsy. It's image is to the left. You can't be any more on the beach than the Sea Gypsy. Yes, they are an advertiser on our &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com"&gt;Beach Hotel&lt;/a&gt; website. But it's location on the beach and closeness  to the fun stuff that Pismo Beach offers are ample reasons for choosing the &lt;a href="http://seagypsymotel.com"&gt;Sea Gypsy&lt;/a&gt; as your place to stay in Pismo Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're not able to book the &lt;a href="http://seagypsymotel.com"&gt;Sea Gypsy&lt;/a&gt;, click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7147015061685046008?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7147015061685046008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_26.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7147015061685046008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7147015061685046008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_26.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TPAOlr7HpAI/AAAAAAAAAMY/GILTe0DCiZo/s72-c/View-from-Ocean.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2725964538370059920</id><published>2010-11-22T12:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T12:57:46.265-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - The Cliffs at Shell Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrSQi5tVzI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/ole9oSZJjAg/s1600/The%2BCliffs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 104px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrSQi5tVzI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/ole9oSZJjAg/s200/The%2BCliffs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542473473121408818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/The_Cliffs_Resort_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Cliffs"&gt;The Cliffs&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d79286-r19635389-The_Cliffs_Resort-Pismo_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; present an interesting contrast to the reviews for the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Lighthouse_Suites_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Lighthouse"&gt;Lighthouse Suites.&lt;/a&gt; Both of these oceanfront beach hotels have over 200 reviews posted on Trip Advisor. However, only  69% of the reviewers of The Cliffs recommend it to other travelers while 92% of the reviewers of the Lighthouse Suites recommend it to other travelers. I found no "Terrible" reviews of the Lighthouse. For The Cliffs, I saw 22 "Terrible" reviews. The good reviews do outnumber the bad reviews. By the way, there is a Shore Cliffs hotel just down the road from The Cliffs. Some reviewers may have posted their reviews for the wrong hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a "dog friendly" hotel. Keep that in mind if you don't want to be around people with their dogs. The management responds to reviews on Trip Advisor. This is impressive as very few hotel managers take the time to respond to reviews posted on Trip Advisor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since there are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2725964538370059920?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2725964538370059920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_5004.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2725964538370059920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2725964538370059920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_5004.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - The Cliffs at Shell Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrSQi5tVzI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/ole9oSZJjAg/s72-c/The%2BCliffs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5385024036683669477</id><published>2010-11-22T12:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T12:23:26.485-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Lighthouse Suites</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrPimExO0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Qqmb8fKQsLk/s1600/lighthouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrPimExO0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Qqmb8fKQsLk/s200/lighthouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542470484675869506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Wow!! The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Lighthouse_Suites_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Lighthouse"&gt;Lighthouse Suites&lt;/a&gt; in Pismo Beach has over 200 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d266282-Reviews-Pismo_Lighthouse_Suites-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; and not a single "Terrible" review. 92% of the reviewers recommend the Lighthouse Suites to other travelers. On a July weekend you could pay up to $245 a night to stay here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since there are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5385024036683669477?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5385024036683669477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_22.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5385024036683669477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5385024036683669477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_22.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Lighthouse Suites'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrPimExO0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Qqmb8fKQsLk/s72-c/lighthouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-375621834245301369</id><published>2010-11-16T14:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T12:10:47.587-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Edgewater Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrIE6oXg9I/AAAAAAAAAMA/TSiMcNCb0jE/s1600/edgewater.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrIE6oXg9I/AAAAAAAAAMA/TSiMcNCb0jE/s200/edgewater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542462278216418258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just when I thought that all beach hotels are pretty well liked I come across the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Edgewater_Inn_Suites_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Edgewater"&gt;Edgewater Inn&lt;/a&gt; reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d79289-r85485744-Edgewater_Motel-Pismo_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; There are more negative reviews than positive reviews. However, the more recent reviews tend to be on the more positive side. This is one of those hotels where the reviews are all over the map. One reviewer describes it as "beach paradise," while the next one describes the hotel as "rundown and crappy." Whenever I'm faced with dramatically conflicting reviews on a beach hotel, I look for reviews from people who have made many contributions on Trip Advisor. In this case, probably the most accurate review of the Edgewater Inn comes from a reviewer who has posted 22 times on Trip Advisor. He describes it as "Nice place for one night."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since there are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-375621834245301369?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/375621834245301369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_2296.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/375621834245301369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/375621834245301369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_2296.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Edgewater Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOrIE6oXg9I/AAAAAAAAAMA/TSiMcNCb0jE/s72-c/edgewater.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-554351534595591062</id><published>2010-11-16T13:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T14:17:15.351-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Tides Motel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOMBnQvO7LI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Tt5mkX17OlM/s1600/tides.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOMBnQvO7LI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Tt5mkX17OlM/s200/tides.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540273740615445682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the Pismo Beach oceanfront hotels have dozens, sometimes a hundred or more, reviews. The Tides Motel had only &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d735883-Reviews-The_Tides_Motel-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;15 reviews&lt;/a&gt; when I checked. And, the reviews were much less favorable than for many of the other beach hotels. Probably the most helpful description is "Cheap, clean, overlooks small beach and ocean." If you're cost conscious, still want the ocean, you may like the Tides. The web site for the Tides is terrible, but maybe the owners have enough repeat business that they don't need an attractive site to attract new guests. I'm always amazed to find oceanfront beach properties that call themselves "motels." To me that word has a cheap connotation. I look for a "motel" when I'm driving a long distance and need a cheap place to spend the night. When I go to the beach for a holiday I want an "Inn," "Resort," "Hotel," not a "Motel."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-554351534595591062?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/554351534595591062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_6317.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/554351534595591062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/554351534595591062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_6317.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Tides Motel'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOMBnQvO7LI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Tt5mkX17OlM/s72-c/tides.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5885730321631943366</id><published>2010-11-16T13:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T13:56:05.439-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Shelter Cove Lodge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL8ctUsnII/AAAAAAAAALw/K3ZPDUvfFZQ/s1600/Shelter%2BCove.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL8ctUsnII/AAAAAAAAALw/K3ZPDUvfFZQ/s200/Shelter%2BCove.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540268061752073346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Best_Western_Shelter_Cove_Lodge_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Shelter"&gt;Shelter Cove Lodge,&lt;/a&gt; like other oceanfront hotels in the Shell Beach area, sits on a cliff above the ocean. 81% of the  &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d79276-Reviews-Best_Western_Shelter_Cove_Lodge-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviews recommend this hotel. As usual, there are a couple of bad reviews, mostly the reviews are several years old and deal with a conflict with hotel management. As I mentioned in other reviews about Shell Beach hotels, there isn't much of a beach. There may be none at all at high tide. So, if it's a beach you want, go to a beach hotel further south, near the pier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5885730321631943366?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5885730321631943366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_5630.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5885730321631943366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5885730321631943366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_5630.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Shelter Cove Lodge'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL8ctUsnII/AAAAAAAAALw/K3ZPDUvfFZQ/s72-c/Shelter%2BCove.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2809557389376184048</id><published>2010-11-16T13:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T13:43:30.401-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Shore Cliff Lodge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL37TPVTOI/AAAAAAAAALo/MfvYlQlYfFE/s1600/Shore%2BCliff.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL37TPVTOI/AAAAAAAAALo/MfvYlQlYfFE/s200/Shore%2BCliff.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540263089768058082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As the name implies, the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Best_Western_Shore_Cliff_Lodge_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Shore Cliff"&gt;Best Western Shore Cliff Lodge&lt;/a&gt; sits on a cliff overlooking the ocean. If you're really looking for a broad sandy beach, you're better off being further south, near the pier. On the other hand, if the ocean views from the cliffs is appealing, 80% of the reviewers on&lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d79283-Reviews-Best_Western_Shore_Cliff_Lodge-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; recommend the Shore Cliff. There are a few bad reviews. Several of them dealt with the pesky pelicans who hang out around the cliffs. If you want to see pelicans, this may be the place for you. If you're turned off by flocks of pelicans and smelly pelican poop, look elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2809557389376184048?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2809557389376184048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_16.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2809557389376184048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2809557389376184048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_16.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Shore Cliff Lodge'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOL37TPVTOI/AAAAAAAAALo/MfvYlQlYfFE/s72-c/Shore%2BCliff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3266068274552069796</id><published>2010-11-15T15:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T15:46:19.500-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Spy Glass Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOHCCLb1v4I/AAAAAAAAALg/zRa1V8UI4-4/s1600/SpyGlass.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOHCCLb1v4I/AAAAAAAAALg/zRa1V8UI4-4/s200/SpyGlass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539922359327506306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Spyglass_Inn_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo SpyGlass"&gt;Spy Glass Inn&lt;/a&gt; is located in Shell Beach, just north of Pismo Beach. Rather than a broad sandy beach, here you have bluffs that overlook the ocean. The view from the restaurant is magnificent. Though most people posting reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d79768-r86441792-Spyglass_Inn-Pismo_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; love the hotel, there is a theme running through the negative reviews. That theme is that the hotel can be noisy if there is a young crowd. Also, keep in mind that the beach environment at Shell Beach is very different from the broad beach of Pismo Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3266068274552069796?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3266068274552069796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-spy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3266068274552069796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3266068274552069796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-spy.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Spy Glass Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOHCCLb1v4I/AAAAAAAAALg/zRa1V8UI4-4/s72-c/SpyGlass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3973648556979924463</id><published>2010-11-15T14:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T15:16:26.760-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Venture Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG8avqVx9I/AAAAAAAAALY/ksnW2gIzBCY/s1600/SeaVenture.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG8avqVx9I/AAAAAAAAALY/ksnW2gIzBCY/s200/SeaVenture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539916184299096018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/SeaVenture_Resort_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo SeaVenture"&gt;SeaVenture&lt;/a&gt;is another beach hotel that most everyone who has stayed there likes.  76% of the people writing reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d79301-Reviews-SeaVenture_Hotel-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; for the Sea Venture recommend it. Yes, there are some bad reviews. Check them out. See if the issues they raise would be an issue for you. One reviewer had his surfboard stolen. The surfboard should have been in the room, not left on the car over night. Be sure to read the positive reviews. They just glow about the Sea Venture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3973648556979924463?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3973648556979924463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea_15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3973648556979924463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3973648556979924463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea_15.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Venture Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG8avqVx9I/AAAAAAAAALY/ksnW2gIzBCY/s72-c/SeaVenture.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3445885360285304594</id><published>2010-11-15T14:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T14:59:17.467-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Dolphin Cove</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG3fMZX_lI/AAAAAAAAALQ/z4wzqtGM4jU/s1600/Dolphin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG3fMZX_lI/AAAAAAAAALQ/z4wzqtGM4jU/s200/Dolphin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539910763173903954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a Pismo Beach oceanfront hotel that doesn't have rave reviews.  &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d626406-Reviews-Dolphin_Cove_Motel-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; ranks the Dolphin Cove as #25 of 26 Pismo Beach hotels. Out of 16 reviews, eight people rated this beach hotel as "poor" to "terrible." Only five people thought that this hotel was "good" to "excellent." This information might cause you to not choose the Dolphin Cove. But, let's look at the reviews a little closer. Most of the bad reviews were written by people who had never posted any other reviews on Trip Advisor. And, the bad reviews, for the most part, are about conflicts with the hotel management. I give more credibility to the good reviews even though they are few. That's because most of the favorable reviews were written by people who had posted many reviews on Trip Advisor. The reviewers who liked the Dolphin Cove commented on the value and the beach. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-3445885360285304594?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/3445885360285304594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3445885360285304594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/3445885360285304594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_15.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Dolphin Cove'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TOG3fMZX_lI/AAAAAAAAALQ/z4wzqtGM4jU/s72-c/Dolphin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2777967947296550678</id><published>2010-11-10T11:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T11:52:37.757-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels on the beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sand Castle Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNr0z0_4yAI/AAAAAAAAALI/uEP-DElSkCs/s1600/san%2Bcastle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 103px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNr0z0_4yAI/AAAAAAAAALI/uEP-DElSkCs/s200/san%2Bcastle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538007863042557954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Sandcastle_Inn_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo SandCastle"&gt;Sand Castle Inn&lt;/a&gt; is another highly rated Pismo Beach hotel on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d80349-r59631175-Sandcastle_Inn-Pismo_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt;The Sand Castle is "dog friendly" as evidenced by this review," We stayed at SandCastle with our dog. Although we had a dog room(116) you would never know it was a dog friendly room. There were no smells and nothing to indicate a dog stayed there before us!" The very few poor reviews had to do with personality clashes with staff, or that there is no air conditioning. Folks, very few beach hotels on the Pacific Coast have AC. They're on the beach. You open the window, patio door, the ocean breeze is the AC. Several times a year the California Coast will get a weather condition where it is warmer on the coast than inland. This doesn't happen often enough to warrant AC. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2777967947296550678?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2777967947296550678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2777967947296550678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2777967947296550678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels_10.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sand Castle Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNr0z0_4yAI/AAAAAAAAALI/uEP-DElSkCs/s72-c/san%2Bcastle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6886301165861497032</id><published>2010-11-10T11:19:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T11:34:26.834-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Crest Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrxzjAdebI/AAAAAAAAALA/AzG4W6m8Uy0/s1600/sea%2Bcrestjpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrxzjAdebI/AAAAAAAAALA/AzG4W6m8Uy0/s200/sea%2Bcrestjpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538004559678241202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pismo Beach is a very popular place to vacation on the beach. It's a frequently searched for term on Google. The beach hotels in Pismo Beach have more reviews on Trip Advisor than just about any other beach town in California. The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/SeaCrest_Resort_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo SeaCrest"&gt;Sea Crest&lt;/a&gt; on the beach in Pismo Beach is an example. Over 200 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d79297-r85588261-SeaCrest_Resort-Pismo_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; 84% of the reviewers recommend the Sea Crest to other travelers. One of the grumps calls it "just a motel on the beach." This is countered with many comments like this, "The resort is located directly on the beach and our morning walk was extremely scenic - a delight. The price was also very reasonable for the location. If you stay there you will not be disappointed."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6886301165861497032?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6886301165861497032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea_10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6886301165861497032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6886301165861497032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea_10.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Crest Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrxzjAdebI/AAAAAAAAALA/AzG4W6m8Uy0/s72-c/sea%2Bcrestjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7603222497314517539</id><published>2010-11-10T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T11:19:03.916-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Kon Tiki</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrsTTDxJ1I/AAAAAAAAAK4/S0oEp7Tj_04/s1600/kon-tiki-inn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrsTTDxJ1I/AAAAAAAAAK4/S0oEp7Tj_04/s200/kon-tiki-inn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537998508083193682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Kon Tiki Inn, on the beach in Pismo Beach has over 190 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d252347-r85642022-Kon_Tiki_Inn-Pismo_Beach_California.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; 95% of the reviewers recommend the Kon Tiki to other travelers. That's one of the highest percentages I've seen on Trip Advisor. As always, I'm especially curious to see why anyone wouldn't like a beach hotel with such a high approval rating. In the case of the Kon Tiki, there is a four to a room rule. The couple of disgruntled reviewers showed up with five or more people when they had indicated on their reservation form that there were four people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many good hotels on the beach and a few blocks from the beach in Pismo Beach it's a good idea to compare rates. Click on &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Compare"&gt;"Compare Pismo Beach Hotel Rates," &lt;/a&gt;to find the best hotel deal on or near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7603222497314517539?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7603222497314517539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-kon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7603222497314517539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7603222497314517539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-kon.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Kon Tiki'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrsTTDxJ1I/AAAAAAAAAK4/S0oEp7Tj_04/s72-c/kon-tiki-inn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5960095631029810616</id><published>2010-11-10T10:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T10:45:46.563-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels on the beach'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Cottage Inn by the Sea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrlaBJOjII/AAAAAAAAAKw/On8MsOBgWQw/s1600/cottage%2Binn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrlaBJOjII/AAAAAAAAAKw/On8MsOBgWQw/s200/cottage%2Binn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537990926951943298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Cottage_Inn_By_The_Sea_Pismo_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Pismo Cottage Inn"&gt;Cottage Inn by the Sea&lt;/a&gt; sits on a bluff above the  beach. There are 171 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32894-d80358-Reviews-Cottage_Inn_by_the_Sea-Pismo_Beach_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; That's a lot of reviews. 84% of the reviewers recommend the Cottage Inn by the Sea to other travelers. The few bad reviews are old and new management took over in 2008. Many of the great reviews come from people who have stayed at the Cottage Inn many times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5960095631029810616?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5960095631029810616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5960095631029810616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5960095631029810616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Cottage Inn by the Sea'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrlaBJOjII/AAAAAAAAAKw/On8MsOBgWQw/s72-c/cottage%2Binn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-9169014713428366227</id><published>2010-11-10T09:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T10:29:06.430-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pismo Beach oceanfront beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Gypsy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrdL3vsuLI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WktmPVYqkcg/s1600/from_ocean.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrdL3vsuLI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WktmPVYqkcg/s200/from_ocean.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537981887817758898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Leaving the coast just north of Goleta, we head north about an hour's drive to Pismo Beach. Here we find our first oceanfront beach hotels above Goleta/Santa Barbara. With the exception of two county beaches, there is over 90 miles of beautiful coastline with no public access. Vandenburg AFB, the site of many missile  launches, occupies most of this coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pismo Beach is a great family town with a long broad beach. Just south of the town is Pismo Beach State Beach and Recreation Area. Our favorite place in Pismo to stay on the beach, and I mean on the beach, is the &lt;a href="http://seagypsymotel.com"&gt;Sea Gypsy.&lt;/a&gt; The Sea Gypsy is an advertiser on our &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com"&gt;Beach Hotel&lt;/a&gt; site. There are many reasons  why we love this hotel on the beach. Those reasons are best summed up by these comments taken from &lt;a href="http://http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32894-d504603-r32577199-Sea_Gypsy_Motel-Pismo_Beach_California.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"Stayed here for weekend on our way back from San Diego to break up the trip back to Sacramento. We stayed 2 nights in the studio that had ocean view. It was one of the cheaper places with an ocean view in Pismo. The room is fantastic. It has a murphy queen bed that pulls out of the wall. There is a couch bed that pulls out and they have a foam cushion on that and it was very comfortable. Even with both beds out the room is spacious and also has We could see the beach and the pier from our room. They have balconies with chairs and you can sit and watch the beach and ocean. There is a full kitchen - full fridge, stove with oven, microwave- we were impressed. It is only a few blocks to their great restaurants- casual, not stuffy and great food. There is a cinnamon roll place nearby which has fantastic cinnamon rolls. On the first day I told my husband - "we should have booked our whole vacation here instead of going to San Diego." Our son loved it and I thought the beach was very kid friendly and there are life guards and surf is o.k. We are definitely coming back - maybe every year now. We all hated to leave."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reviewer who made the above post has posted 37 reviews on Trip Advisor. I did find some people on Trip Advisor who didn't like the Sea Gypsy. One person found it too noisy on the Fourth of July. That's right, noisy on the fourth. When I'm looking at reviews for a hotel on Trip Advisor I look to see how many posts the reviewer has made. The more posts, the more credibility. Also, when was the post made. Recent. Years ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l705c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/pismo-beach/l705" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Pismo Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-9169014713428366227?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/9169014713428366227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9169014713428366227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9169014713428366227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/pismo-beach-oceanfront-beach-hotels-sea.html' title='Pismo Beach Oceanfront Beach Hotels - Sea Gypsy'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TNrdL3vsuLI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WktmPVYqkcg/s72-c/from_ocean.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2885786337041480081</id><published>2010-09-20T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T09:52:54.780-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laguna Beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Southern California Beach Hotels</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJfaohkz_aI/AAAAAAAAAKg/i9pQAXQBU4Y/s1600/TextforWeb_Woman-on-Beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJfaohkz_aI/AAAAAAAAAKg/i9pQAXQBU4Y/s200/TextforWeb_Woman-on-Beach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519120258108226978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Time for a little breather. I've now finished reviewing all the beach hotels I could find on the Southern California coast. That's from the border with Mexico to Santa Barbara. Over 200 miles of coastline. How many beach hotels do you think I found? Seventy five! Since most beach hotels are in clusters that means there are miles and miles of coastline without a beach hotel. Though I've relied on Trip Advisor for many of my reviews, I'm going to give you my recommendations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Diego&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Hotel_Del_Coronado.htm?label=Hotel+Del&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Hotel del Coronado&lt;/a&gt; - If you can afford it, stay in their Beach Cottages. The beach is magnificent. The hotel is a treat to explore. Rent a bike and ride the paved beach trail for miles down the beach and explore the town of Coronado. You can even take your bike on the ferry over to downtown San Diego.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Inn_at_Sunset_Cliffs_San_Diego.htm?label=Sunset+Cliffs&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Inn at Sunset Cliffs&lt;/a&gt; - This is a very romantic place. You'd never find it driving the coast line because it's out on the cliffs of Point Loma. Depending on the height of the tide there may or may not be beach below the cliff, but the view is awesome. What a great place to watch the sun set into the Pacific Ocean. And, a great place for a wedding. By the way, even if you did happen to drive by the Inn, it doesn't look like much from the outside. It's the view from the rooms that makes this a great place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crystalpier.com"&gt;Crystal Pier&lt;/a&gt;- Not just on the beach, but over the beach. The units are built on a pier that stretches out into the Pacific Ocean. If the sound of the surf crashing on the beach doesn't bother you, this is an amazing place to stay. Keep in mind that some "beach hotels" have units that face away from the beach, sometimes looking out over a parking lot. You won't have this problem at the Crystal Pier. Every unit has an ocean and beach view. If you're looking for something different on the beach, this is your place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Jolla&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/La_Jolla_Beach_And_Tennis_Club_San_Diego.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=LaJollaB&amp;T"&gt;La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club&lt;/a&gt;- A classic California beach resort. If you want to a unit that faces out on the fabulous beach and view, you'll pay big bucks. You'll even pay a lot for a unit that faces away from the beach and is a short walk. But, if you can afford it, this is  a great place for a beach vacation. If you want to go to downtown La Jolla, you'll have to drive. Though there are some nice hotels in La Jolla, none fit my definition of a great beach hotel. A great place to eat is the &lt;a href="http://marineroom.com"&gt;Marine Room&lt;/a&gt; in La Jolla. It sits right on the sand. At high tide dying waves may come right up to the dining room window. Years ago the window was knocked out by high surf. So, yes, you do get a surf view from this restaurant. I dined there several times while I was in the Marine Corps. It was a great place for impressing a date. The name, though, comes from its proximity to the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carlsbad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Beach_Terrace_Inn_Carlsbad_California.htm?label=Carlsbad+Beach&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Beach Terrace&lt;/a&gt;- It's really on the beach in Carlsbad. Located about 30 minutes north of downtown San Diego, but very close to LegoLand. Out of 47 reviews on Trip Advisor, 33 LOVED this beach hotel. Sure, a couple of grumps didn't like one of the staff, or the T.V. didn't work right. The beach is beautiful and not as crowded as the beach at Pacific Beach in San Diego. Of course all of California's beaches are beautiful. The beach at Carlsbad is lovely because of the bluff at the back of the beach and the long expanse of beach. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Clemente&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey, you may say, what about the other beach towns on the San Diego Coast? Well, in another section of this blog, I've reviewed all of the beach hotels that I could find. This section is "My Recommendations." These are beach hotels that I would choose to stay at. So, I've skipped those places where I wouldn't personally stay.  Now, for San Clemente.  For a town with a famously long and beautiful beach, miles of it, there is only one small block where you will find real beach lodging. It's a very quaint area. You can stay here and not get in your car the whole time you're visiting. There are five restaurants. Two out on the pier. Three across the street from the beach. You can get a pizza, cappuccino, breakfast, lunch dinner, drinks. In crab season you can rent crab pots to try your luck at catching crabs off the pier. A small market meets your small grocery needs and a beach shop has all your stuff for the beach that you forgot to bring, including surf boards.  Downtown San Clemente is a couple of walkable blocks away. There's even AmTrak train service. You can hop a train and be in San Diego in about an hour. Some people do complain about the train noise at night. I love the sound of trains and I think they stop around 10 PM. Though once in awhile there may a freight train later at night. Out of the five beach inns here, I recommend two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seahorsesanclemente.com/indexSea.html"&gt;Sea Horse &lt;/a&gt;- We love this place. We've been staying there for over ten years. We'll be there for eight days in October 2010. The unit we get is 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, with a large living dining area with a kitchen. There are two decks and a huge expanse of windows that lets us just sit and marvel and the beach and ocean in front of us. The owners are great people. If you don't need a 2 bedroom condo style unit, they have 1 bedrooms and studios. They are advertisers with us, but we wouldn't be staying there for eight nights if we didn't love the Sea Horse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.casatropicana.com/"&gt;Casa Tropicana&lt;/a&gt;- Trip advisor rates the Casa Tropicana as San Clemente's #1 hotel. I found 62 reviews on Trip Advisor. Fifty of the reviews rated this San Clemente Beach hotel as "Very Good" to Excellent. The couple of bad reviews were several years old. Several people didn't like the complimentary breakfast. One reviewer didn't like the shared decks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several more complained about the train. I've mentioned this in my other San Clemente posts. There's a train that goes by regularly throughout the day. Generally there are no trains after 10PM. But, there can be a freight train after that. We love to watch the trains go by, to see them stop right in front of the beach and let off happy beach goers. None of the beach hotels in San Clemente have air conditioning. That includes the Casa Tropicana. There was a complaint about the lack of air conditioning. 99% of the time you don't need air conditioning on the beach. However, a weather condition develops several times a year in Southern California where the beaches can be warmer than the interior. Most people love this kind of weather at the beach. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What sets the Casa Tropicana apart from the other beach hotels in San Clemente is the beautifully decorated rooms and a focus on service. The owner of the Casa Tropicana responded to every complaint posted on Trip Advisor. That in itself is admirable. Very few lodging operators take the time to thoughtfully respond to negative comments on Trip Advisor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laguna Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of places to stay at in Laguna Beach. If you love the art gallery scene and some fun night life, this is the town for you. I'm going to make three recommendations for you. One beach resort is very expensive, one is mid-range in rates and very European, and the other is a one of a kind classic California beach lodging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lagunariviera.com/"&gt;Laguna Riviiera&lt;/a&gt;- On the bluffs overlooking the beach and the ocean, I love the European feel of the Laguna Riviera. Some might tell you that it feels like you're on the Riviera. The exception I'll take with that is that the beach here is much better that any Riviera beach, cleaner too. If you just want to relax and soak in the salt air, this is your place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Montage_Resort_Laguna_Beach.htm?label=LBchMont&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Monage&lt;/a&gt;- So money is no object for you. You love luxury. Don't need a beach feel but want to be on the beach. Do the Montage then. You'll be so happy there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crystalcovebeachcottages.org/html/reserving_a_cottage.php"&gt;Crystal Cove&lt;/a&gt; - Just up the coast from Laguna Beach, headed towards Newport Beach. Such a unique beach place. It's a step back in time. On Trip Advisor there are only 16 reviews, but 14 of the reviews rate these beach cottages as "very good" to "excellent." But,know this, these beach cottages are so popular they are all booked months in advance. You book through Reserve America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Crystal Cove Beach Cottages are part of the Crystal Cove Historical District of Crystal Cove State Park. Had it not been for citizen outrage,  if the California Department of Parks and Recreation had its way, these beach cottages would have been replaced with a ultra-luxury beach resort. Fortunately for all of us who love the beach, the Crystal Cove Alliance fought for the preservation and restoration of these rustic beach cottages. So, you won't find a fancy resort here with spas, pools, swim up bars. What you find is 3 1/2 miles of unspoiled coastline and beach cottages that make you feel like you've stepped back into the California of the 30's and 40's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rules for making a &lt;a href="http://www.crystalcovebeachcottages.org/html/reserving_a_cottage.php"&gt;reservation&lt;/a&gt; are thus: On the first of each month, at 8 AM PST, you can book a cottage up to seven months out. Realistically, you are hoping to find a cottage in the seventh month out. On rare occasions you may find a cancellation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Newport Beach - Huntington Beach - Long Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miles and miles of coastline and I wouldn't choose to stay at any "beach hotel" along this part of the coast. Why? There are only a couple of hotels on the beach. Most are separated from the beach by the very busy Pacific Coast Highway. Also, I don't find this section of beach as attractive as the beaches further south. I like the bluffs that back up the beach in Laguna and San Clemente. And, finally, the towns on this stretch of coastline are just too busy for my liking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palos Verdes Peninsula&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Terranea_Resort_Rancho_Palos_Verdes.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=LA Terra"&gt;Terranea&lt;/a&gt;- this new resort has experienced severe financial problems. It may not even be open when you read this. But, if it is open, the Terranea is in a spectacular setting. The beach, if not covered by a high tide, is small but secluded. If you were taken here blindfolded, once the blindfold was off you would find it hard to believe that you're only minutes away from the metropolitan L.A. area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hermosa Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, we have miles of coastline and only two real beach hotels between the Terranea area and Playa del Rey. Each beach hotel offers a unique beach experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://seaspritemotel.com"&gt;Sea Sprite&lt;/a&gt;- This is a classic California beach hotel. The Sea Sprite sits right on the sand and has a swimming pool. From here you can enjoy the beach during the day and the lively beach town of Hermosa Beach at night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beach House is also on the beach. It differs from the Sea Sprite by billing itself as a "luxury boutique" hotel. You'll find it more expensive than the Sea Sprite and no swimming pool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venice - Santa Monica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are four hotels on the beach in this area. I only recommend one. That's the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Casa_del_Mar_Hotel_Santa_Monica.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Monica - Casa"&gt;Casa del Mar.&lt;/a&gt; The other hotels are luxury hotels that happen to be on the beach but lack the "beach feel" that I look for in a beach hotel. Many of the reviews on Trip Advisor for these other hotels note the high prices and poor service. Whereas, the reviews for the Casa del Mar are mostly glowing. The room rates are also lower at the Casa del Mar. You must keep in mind that this is an urban beach area. There's lots to see an do, the famous Venice Boardwalk, but there is a higher level of crime here than you find in San Clemente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malibu -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malibu is everything, and more, than you would expect. The beach varies from broad to narrow. The surf break is beautiful. The movie stars live here for a reason. There are just two beach hotels. I could take either one. Both are right on the sand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Beach_Inn_Malibu.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Malibu Beach Inn"&gt;Malibu Beach Inn.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/malibu-beach-hotels-casa-malibu.html"&gt;Casa Malibu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oxnard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You've probably never heard of Oxnard. It's a drab little town on the Ventura Coast. But Oxnard has a beach resort, not just a beach hotel, but a beach resort, that is the closest you can get to feeling like you're in Hawaii while still being in California. The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Embassy_Suites_Mandalay_Beach_Oxnard.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Mandalay"&gt;Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; is on the beach, has a swimming pool, beautifully landscaped grounds,  and a great setting for a wedding. I rank this beach resort as one of my top three.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Santa Barbara Coast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The drive along the ocean from Ventura to Santa Barbara is beautiful. I once drove it just after sunrise. A low fog was sitting over the ocean. The fog captured the long rays of the early morning sun and radiated a soft pink glow. Santa Barbara is a fun and wonderful town. A great place to walk around, to explore. But the beach hotels, including the Bacara, leave a lot to be desired and the beach is just so so.  I wouldn't choose to stay in any of the beach hotels. If I'm in Santa Barbara, I'll look for something steeped in history and close to "old town."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That does it for Southern California. Next I'll take you up the coast to Pismo Beach. About an hours drive on an inland route, probably 90+ miles of coastline. There is no coastal route because most of this part of the coast is occupied by Vandenberg Air Force Base. You can only access the beach along this part of the coast at &lt;a href="http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/parks06.aspx?id=9186"&gt;Jalama Beach,&lt;/a&gt;about 45 minutes on a winding road from Lompoc. No beach resort here, but fabulous beach camping, if you're lucky enough to get a camp spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2885786337041480081?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2885786337041480081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/southern-california-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2885786337041480081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2885786337041480081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/southern-california-beach-hotels.html' title='Southern California Beach Hotels'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJfaohkz_aI/AAAAAAAAAKg/i9pQAXQBU4Y/s72-c/TextforWeb_Woman-on-Beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1758887755839565337</id><published>2010-09-15T14:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T15:05:07.626-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Bacara</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJFA0RPKXUI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Uyt_ezsYLgY/s1600/bacara.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJFA0RPKXUI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Uyt_ezsYLgY/s200/bacara.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517262285229940034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There are over 270 reviews of the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Bacara_Resort_Spa_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara Baccara"&gt;Bacara&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g33045-d169676-r76247621-Bacara_Resort_and_Spa-Santa_Barbara_California.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt;. That's a surprising number of reviews. More surprising is that only 59% of the reviewers would recommend this luxury beach resort to fellow travelers. Before you book this resort, read the reviews on Trip Advisor. Also, though listed as a Santa Barbara property, the Bacara is about 20 minutes north of Santa Barbara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1758887755839565337?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1758887755839565337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-bacara.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1758887755839565337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1758887755839565337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-bacara.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Bacara'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJFA0RPKXUI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Uyt_ezsYLgY/s72-c/bacara.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-578476645245110306</id><published>2010-09-15T14:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T14:50:38.581-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - West Beach Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJE7qPZW3hI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/BFr6wrU3Hgg/s1600/view-from-the-room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJE7qPZW3hI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/BFr6wrU3Hgg/s200/view-from-the-room.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517256615379000850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/West_Beach_Inn_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara WestBeach"&gt;West Beach Inn&lt;/a&gt; gets pretty good reviews. As I've noted before, no hotel in Santa Barbara is right on the sand. As you can see from the image, there's a very busy four lane highway between the beach and this "beach hotel."  This is typical in Santa Barbara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d81952-Reviews-West_Beach_Inn-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I found that 82% of the reviewers would stay at the West Beach Inn again.  Most found it to be a good value. One of the complainers said, "the only thing going for it is the location." Duh. That's right, dude, it's across the street from the beach. I'm always amazed at the people who think you can get a great hotel that's on the beach at a discount hotel price. When you stay at the beach, that's what you are paying for, the beach. And, you can always use one of those booking tools that allows you to look for the lowest price of a property or location.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-578476645245110306?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/578476645245110306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-west-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/578476645245110306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/578476645245110306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-west-beach.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - West Beach Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TJE7qPZW3hI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/BFr6wrU3Hgg/s72-c/view-from-the-room.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7924843376572580513</id><published>2010-08-20T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T17:09:56.602-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Beachside Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8YNE5I0bI/AAAAAAAAAKA/QKY4Nr0WlxM/s1600/beachside.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 87px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8YNE5I0bI/AAAAAAAAAKA/QKY4Nr0WlxM/s200/beachside.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507647482228167090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This image to the left gives us a clue as to why &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d501980-Reviews-Best_Western_Beachside_Inn-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviewers were not kind to the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Best_Western_Beachside_Inn_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara Beachside"&gt;Beachside Inn.&lt;/a&gt; For a hotel with the name of "Beachside" and this is the best photo you can present on Trip Advisor? I only found 60 reviews of this hotel. 22 reviewers found it "very good" to "excellent." But, 23 reviewers found the Beachside to be "poor" to "terrible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7924843376572580513?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7924843376572580513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-beachside.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7924843376572580513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7924843376572580513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-beachside.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Beachside Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8YNE5I0bI/AAAAAAAAAKA/QKY4Nr0WlxM/s72-c/beachside.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-930377067941008597</id><published>2010-08-20T16:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T17:00:09.047-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Harbor View Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8V3bo5D0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_dwfJ30M6fY/s1600/harbor+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 110px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8V3bo5D0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_dwfJ30M6fY/s200/harbor+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507644911353663298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d81905-Reviews-Harbor_View_Inn-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; generally like the&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Harbor_View_Inn_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara Harbor"&gt;Harbor View Inn.&lt;/a&gt; I found 271 reviews and 83% of the reviewers would recommend the hotel, or stay there again. The few unfavorable reviews were related to staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-930377067941008597?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/930377067941008597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-harbor-view.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/930377067941008597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/930377067941008597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-harbor-view.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Harbor View Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8V3bo5D0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_dwfJ30M6fY/s72-c/harbor+view.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8943025455686734917</id><published>2010-08-20T16:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T16:51:36.455-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Santa Barbara Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8TBpIe7hI/AAAAAAAAAJw/X8fIxMQHpOU/s1600/Santa+Barbara+Inn.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 60px; height: 60px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8TBpIe7hI/AAAAAAAAAJw/X8fIxMQHpOU/s200/Santa+Barbara+Inn.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507641788239638034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Fifty-eight reviewers on&lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d81936-Reviews-Santa_Barbara_Inn-Santa_Barbara_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; found the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Santa_Barbara_Inn.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa B Inn"&gt;Santa Barbara Inn&lt;/a&gt; to be "very good" to "excellent." That's out of 107 reviews. Most of the bad reviews are old reviews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8943025455686734917?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8943025455686734917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-santa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8943025455686734917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8943025455686734917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-santa.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Santa Barbara Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8TBpIe7hI/AAAAAAAAAJw/X8fIxMQHpOU/s72-c/Santa+Barbara+Inn.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-143209012832001453</id><published>2010-08-20T16:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T16:37:10.814-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Mar Monte</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8PS0Pne_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/frLcL42Y-1E/s1600/mar+monte.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8PS0Pne_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/frLcL42Y-1E/s200/mar+monte.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507637685233613810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I understand that the&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Hotel_Mar_M"&gt;Mar Monte&lt;/a&gt; is now under Hyatt management. Expect,then, for a good hotel to get even better. There's a lot of reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d119697-Reviews-Hotel_Mar_Monte-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor,&lt;/a&gt; 292 when I looked. 129 reviewers found the Mar Monte to be "very good" to "excellent." Yes, there are some reviewers who didn't like the hotel. Several said that all the hotel had going for it was the location. Duh. Yeah, that's why you're there, the location. It's by the beach. That's what you're paying for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-143209012832001453?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/143209012832001453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-marmonte.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/143209012832001453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/143209012832001453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-marmonte.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Mar Monte'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8PS0Pne_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/frLcL42Y-1E/s72-c/mar+monte.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2399646577411947889</id><published>2010-08-20T16:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T16:22:27.428-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Oceana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8KebEsl1I/AAAAAAAAAJg/H5tMSATE5Z4/s1600/oceana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8KebEsl1I/AAAAAAAAAJg/H5tMSATE5Z4/s200/oceana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507632387077216082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Hotel_Oceana_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara Oceana"&gt;Hotel Oceana&lt;/a&gt; has 392 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d273259-Reviews-Hotel_Oceana_Santa_Barbara-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; That's a lot of reviews. But, 179 reviewers found the Oceana to be "bad" to "terrible."&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, 153 reviewers really liked the Oceana. While some reviewers found the rooms old and in need of repair, other reviewers liked the "retro" feel of the rooms. Sometimes it helps to evaluate the reviewers by seeing how many reviews they have made. Give little, or no, credit to someone who has only made one review.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2399646577411947889?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2399646577411947889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-oceana.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2399646577411947889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2399646577411947889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-oceana.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Oceana'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8KebEsl1I/AAAAAAAAAJg/H5tMSATE5Z4/s72-c/oceana.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8424692216770423953</id><published>2010-08-20T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T16:07:58.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Barbara beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Four Seasons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8G50BSVuI/AAAAAAAAAJY/-f6514OxvlM/s1600/Four+Seasons.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8G50BSVuI/AAAAAAAAAJY/-f6514OxvlM/s200/Four+Seasons.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507628459583756002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You would think that Santa Barbara would have lot's of hotels on the beach. In fact, most of the beach oriented hotels are across a busy 4 lane highway from the beach. The &lt;a href="http://http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Four_Seasons_Resort_Biltmore_Santa_Barbara.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Barbara FourSeasons"&gt;Four Seasons&lt;/a&gt; (Biltmore) is a bit closer to the ocean than the others. Yet, it doesn't have a beach feel to it. Look at the image. The hotel is in the elegant Santa Barbara style, but I wouldn't call it a beach hotel. Still, the Pacific Ocean is a stones throw away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found 166 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33045-d147443-Reviews-Four_Seasons_Resort_The_Biltmore_Santa_Barbara-Santa_Barbara_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; 135 reviews found the Four Seasons to be "very good" to "excellent. The few reviewers who didn't like the hotel felt that the service was poor. Several felt that they were being discriminated against. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of California Beach Hotels  lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l871c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-barbara/l871" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Barbara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8424692216770423953?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8424692216770423953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-four-seasons.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8424692216770423953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8424692216770423953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/santa-barbara-beach-hotels-four-seasons.html' title='Santa Barbara Beach Hotels - Four Seasons'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TG8G50BSVuI/AAAAAAAAAJY/-f6514OxvlM/s72-c/Four+Seasons.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-8405849336830480612</id><published>2010-06-19T10:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:08:28.163-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventura beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Ventura Beach Hotels - Cliff House</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TB0EyDSNWiI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nchAlSVbkuk/s1600/cliffhouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TB0EyDSNWiI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nchAlSVbkuk/s200/cliffhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484545179128781346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Cliff House is the last Ventura beach hotel to review before we head up the coast to Santa Barbara. The Cliff House sits right at the ocean's edge. You won't find much of a beach here except at the lowest of tides. What you do find is the wild Pacific Ocean and some pretty low room rates for a oceanfront property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow! Talk about mixed reviews. On &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60769-d119411-Reviews-The_Cliff_House_Inn_and_Shoals_Restaurant-Ventura_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I found 27 reviews that loved the Cliff House and 27 that found the Cliff House "poor" to "terrible." As always, read the reviews to see what people liked and didn't like. If very reasonable rates and being at the ocean's edge is important to you, you'll probably like the Cliff House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1038c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/ventura/l1038" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ventura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-8405849336830480612?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/8405849336830480612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/06/ventura-beach-hotels-cliff-house.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8405849336830480612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/8405849336830480612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/06/ventura-beach-hotels-cliff-house.html' title='Ventura Beach Hotels - Cliff House'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TB0EyDSNWiI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nchAlSVbkuk/s72-c/cliffhouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4519520607882134064</id><published>2010-05-28T14:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-28T15:26:33.055-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventura beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Ventura Beach Hotels - Inn On the Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TABB4cP_ynI/AAAAAAAAAJI/46eyJnMHK7c/s1600/InnOntheBeach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 80px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TABB4cP_ynI/AAAAAAAAAJI/46eyJnMHK7c/s200/InnOntheBeach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476449584794290802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60769-d287713-Reviews-Inn_on_the_Beach-Ventura_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; I found 54 reviews. Like the other two Ventura beach hotels, the reviews were mixed. Some reviewers, 31, love the Inn On the Beach. But, 19 found it "poor" to "terrible." I've seen this beach hotel. Haven't stayed there. Most reviewers would agree with me that the Inn On the Beach doesn't have "curb appeal." One reviewer calls it shabby, but goes on to say how much he loved his stay there. Another reviewer notes that it was his third stay there and "wouldn't stay there again." Hmmm! Had to stay there 3 times before he decided he didn't like it. Reviewers who love the Inn On the Beach feel that they have discovered this jewel on the beach. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1038c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/ventura/l1038" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ventura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4519520607882134064?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4519520607882134064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-inn-on-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4519520607882134064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4519520607882134064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-inn-on-beach.html' title='Ventura Beach Hotels - Inn On the Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TABB4cP_ynI/AAAAAAAAAJI/46eyJnMHK7c/s72-c/InnOntheBeach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-451262775479028903</id><published>2010-05-28T10:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-28T11:18:52.065-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventura beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Ventura Beach Hotels - Crowne Plaza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TAAC6crcDEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/5zPVzj5XnSM/s1600/CrownPlaza.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 88px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TAAC6crcDEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/5zPVzj5XnSM/s200/CrownPlaza.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476380350036577346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Crowne_Plaza_Hotel_Ventura.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Ventura Crowne"&gt;Crowne Plaza Ventura&lt;/a&gt; offers a different beach experience than the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach. The Crowne Plaza is on the beach and it is at the base of the main street for old town Ventura. So, besides being able to hang out at the beach, you can walk up California Street and enjoy the shops and restaurants. We have stayed here and loved the views from the rooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was surprised to see on&lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60769-d82506-Reviews-Crowne_Plaza_Ventura_Beach-Ventura_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; that only 51% of the reviewers would recommend the Crowne Plaza to friends. Out of 151 reviews, just 64 rated the Crowne as "very good" to "excellent." There were 64 reviews that rated the Crowne as "poor" to "terrible." Quite frankly, I don't understand some of these people. One ranter complained about getting coupons for drinks at the bar when he doesn't drink. Another, "the bill was shoved under the door." "They charged me for parking." "I was charged for Internet access." C'mon folks, where have you been staying that the bill isn't shoved under the door, Internet is free, you're not charged for parking? Oh, I know, Motel 6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1038c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/ventura/l1038" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ventura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's some great surfing in Venturra:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WgkkgW5FAYw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WgkkgW5FAYw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-451262775479028903?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/451262775479028903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-crowne-plaza.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/451262775479028903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/451262775479028903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-crowne-plaza.html' title='Ventura Beach Hotels - Crowne Plaza'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/TAAC6crcDEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/5zPVzj5XnSM/s72-c/CrownPlaza.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4921299351420365337</id><published>2010-05-28T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-28T14:34:44.365-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventura beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Ventura Beach Hotels - Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S__w7T9H-RI/AAAAAAAAAI4/vYCoN9IvqJ8/s1600/aerial+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S__w7T9H-RI/AAAAAAAAAI4/vYCoN9IvqJ8/s200/aerial+small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476360573665409298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Want to go to Hawaii, but can't afford the airfare? The &lt;a href="http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/OXNCAES-Embassy-Suites-Mandalay-Beach-Hotel-Resort-California/index.do"&gt;Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; is as closest you can get to Hawaii without leaving California. I do have to tell you that this beach resort is an advertiser on this blog and on our web sites, &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us"&gt;California Beach Towns&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com"&gt;Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt;. Having said that, my wife and I have stayed at the &lt;a href="http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/OXNCAES-Embassy-Suites-Mandalay-Beach-Hotel-Resort-California/index.do"&gt;Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; and loved it. Once you set foot into this beach resort you are transported to a tropical beach setting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're looking for a place for a beach wedding in Southern California, the Mandalay is the perfect place. The beach is right at your doorstep. Your guests will love the spacious suites, fine dining, and tropical atmosphere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/OXNCAES-Embassy-Suites-Mandalay-Beach-Hotel-Resort-California/index.do"&gt;Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort&lt;/a&gt; is about 70 miles from downtown L.A., 30 miles north of Malibu. We prefer to drive the Pacific Coast Highway from Malibu to get to this beach resort. Driving north from Malibu you have miles and miles of beautiful coastline uninterrupted by development other than state beaches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know that my wife and I love this beach resort. Let's see what &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32837-d78181-Reviews-Embassy_Suites_Hotel_Mandalay_Beach_Resort_Oxnard-Oxnard_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; has to say. I found 154 reviews. Rating from "very good" to "excellent" were 102 reviews. Yes, as always, there are a few who find something to complain about. One person thought the beer was stale at the manager's reception. Most of the negative reviews are several years old and posted by people who have only posted one review on Trip Advisor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l1038c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/ventura/l1038" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ventura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4921299351420365337?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4921299351420365337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-embassy-suites.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4921299351420365337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4921299351420365337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/ventura-beach-hotels-embassy-suites.html' title='Ventura Beach Hotels - Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S__w7T9H-RI/AAAAAAAAAI4/vYCoN9IvqJ8/s72-c/aerial+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5580927862582446203</id><published>2010-05-22T10:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T11:25:58.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malibu beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Malibu Beach Hotels - Casa Malibu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gbv11HDUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/cWPWgN-Z18A/s1600/casa+malibu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gbv11HDUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/cWPWgN-Z18A/s200/casa+malibu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474155855786478914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the Malibu coast you have two beach hotels to choose from, the Malibu Beach Inn and Casa Malibu. The reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32676-d78107-Reviews-Casa_Malibu_Inn_on_the_Beach-Malibu_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; for Casa Malibu are much more favorable than those for the Malibu Beach Inn. Out of 139 reviews, 112 rated the Casa Malibu as "very good" to "excellent." One of my daughters stayed at the Casa Malibu. She loved it. There were 8 "terrible" reviews out of the 139 I saw on Trip Advisor. Most of these complained about rude service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, if you want to stay on the beach on the Malibu coastline, you have two choices. Since both hotels really sit on the sand, compare prices. You're coming here for the "on the beach" experience, not to be pampered at a luxurious spa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l831c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/malibu/l831" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Malibu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a short YouTube video that captures the beach feel of Malibu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qC6ZTgX1FNs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qC6ZTgX1FNs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5580927862582446203?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5580927862582446203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/malibu-beach-hotels-casa-malibu.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5580927862582446203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5580927862582446203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/malibu-beach-hotels-casa-malibu.html' title='Malibu Beach Hotels - Casa Malibu'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gbv11HDUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/cWPWgN-Z18A/s72-c/casa+malibu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5113193117541951367</id><published>2010-05-22T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T10:47:57.579-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malibu beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Malibu Beach Hotels - Malibu Beach Inn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gKoMg01SI/AAAAAAAAAIo/JzTqT2SvM-k/s1600/Malibu+Beach+Inn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gKoMg01SI/AAAAAAAAAIo/JzTqT2SvM-k/s200/Malibu+Beach+Inn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474137032738788642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The town center of Malibu is about 13 miles up the coast from Santa Monica. Though the Pacific Coast Hwy runs near the ocean, your beach views are generally blocked by the houses that are built along the beach for most of the drive. Still, this is a lovely drive, and Malibu is a great destination. You can read about our 3 day visit to this area by clicking on &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com/beachtown_malibu.html"&gt;Malibu - Myth and Reality&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this whole stretch of road there are only two beach hotels, hotels that actually sit on the sand. They are the Casa Malibu and the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Beach_Inn_Malibu.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Malibu Beach Inn"&gt;Malibu Beach Inn.&lt;/a&gt;  I'll review the Casa Malibu later today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, here's the lovely looking hotel, the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Beach_Inn_Malibu.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Malibu Beach Inn"&gt;Malibu Beach Inn,&lt;/a&gt; sitting right on the beach. But the reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32676-d113240-Reviews-Malibu_Beach_Inn-Malibu_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; are very mixed. I found 75 reviews. Thirty seven reviewers rated the Beach Inn as "very good" to "excellent" and 30 rated it as "poor" to "terrible." That's quite a range. As I keep saying, read the reviews for yourself. Give more credibility to the reviewers who posted a number of times on Trip Advisor.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l831c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/malibu/l831" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Malibu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5113193117541951367?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5113193117541951367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/malibu-beach-hotels-malibu-beach-inn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5113193117541951367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5113193117541951367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/malibu-beach-hotels-malibu-beach-inn.html' title='Malibu Beach Hotels - Malibu Beach Inn'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S_gKoMg01SI/AAAAAAAAAIo/JzTqT2SvM-k/s72-c/Malibu+Beach+Inn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7480813162653187384</id><published>2010-05-10T14:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T14:18:21.153-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Venice On the Beach Hotel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-h4QhIBRXI/AAAAAAAAAIg/CqwE1jZ9YvA/s1600/venice+on+the+beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-h4QhIBRXI/AAAAAAAAAIg/CqwE1jZ9YvA/s200/venice+on+the+beach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469753972606715250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Venice On the Beach Hotel - (310) 429-0234, is the gem you're looking for on the beach in Venice Beach/Santa Monica. 81% of the reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32655-d507339-Reviews-Venice_On_The_Beach_Hotel-Los_Angeles_California.html#REVIEWS"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; That's a better approval rating than the "swank" hotels on the beach in the area. Oh, there are a few gripes. But, they're so petty that I won't mention them here. The posted summer rates for the summer of 2010 range from $140 to $200! The "swank" beach hotels are charging $500 a night and up, up, up. If you want a real Venice Beach experience, stay at Venice Beach On the Beach. Keep in mind, you're right on the boardwalk. So are the other beach hotels in the area. Being on the boardwalk means that you'll experience a wide range of people. Please don't write and complain that you got sand in your shorts when you were on the beach here.If you're that kind of a person, please stay away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7480813162653187384?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7480813162653187384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_8301.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7480813162653187384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7480813162653187384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_8301.html' title='Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Venice On the Beach Hotel'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-h4QhIBRXI/AAAAAAAAAIg/CqwE1jZ9YvA/s72-c/venice+on+the+beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-1050066001678229368</id><published>2010-05-10T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T14:08:48.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Loew's Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hyugF8xGI/AAAAAAAAAIY/pmLGWTokqGo/s1600/loews.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 119px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hyugF8xGI/AAAAAAAAAIY/pmLGWTokqGo/s200/loews.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469747890655904866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Loews_Beach_Hotel_Santa_Monica.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Monica - Leows"&gt;Loew's&lt;/a&gt; on the beach in Santa Monica would probably be my first pick for a beach hotel in Santa Monica. I'd compare room rates with Shutters before making my choice. There are 339 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33052-d219486-Reviews-Loews_Santa_Monica_Beach_Hotel-Santa_Monica_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; when I'm writing this. However, only 69% of those reviewers would recommend the hotel. What didn't people like about it? "It's not really on the beach." C'mon, it's about as close to the beach as you can get in Santa Monica. Yes, there's a narrow road between the hotel and the boardwalk, and then you have the boardwalk to cross. Most of the other complaints are about service, but I also noticed that many of the gripes were by people who had only posted once on Trip Advisor. Be wary of any review on Trip Advisor, be it good or bad, where the reviewer has posted only once or twice. Why? Because competitors will sometimes post bad reviews, or the hotel management may encourage people to post good reviews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-1050066001678229368?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/1050066001678229368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_6942.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1050066001678229368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/1050066001678229368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_6942.html' title='Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Loew&apos;s Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hyugF8xGI/AAAAAAAAAIY/pmLGWTokqGo/s72-c/loews.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-2301518178882546347</id><published>2010-05-10T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T13:47:50.429-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Shutters Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-huanc5laI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kmUyoWWJUDM/s1600/shutters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-huanc5laI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kmUyoWWJUDM/s200/shutters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469743150987318690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Shutters_Beach_Hotel_Santa_Monica.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Monica - Shutters"&gt;Shutters On the Beach&lt;/a&gt; is swank on the beach. Out of 193 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33052-d113252-Reviews-Shutters_on_the_Beach-Santa_Monica_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor,&lt;/a&gt; 131 reviewers rated Shutters as "very good" to "excellent." Still, 38 rated the beach hotel as "poor" to "terrible." My gosh, what could be terrible about Shutters, other than the price you pay for a room there? Most of the complaints were about service. One reviewer gave Shutters a terrible rating because the telephone operator was rude!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-2301518178882546347?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/2301518178882546347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2301518178882546347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/2301518178882546347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels_10.html' title='Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Shutters Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-huanc5laI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kmUyoWWJUDM/s72-c/shutters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5315023764060064550</id><published>2010-05-10T11:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T13:32:44.520-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Venice Beach Suites</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hrPDGQatI/AAAAAAAAAII/_BQYc1Pznf4/s1600/Venice+Suites.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hrPDGQatI/AAAAAAAAAII/_BQYc1Pznf4/s200/Venice+Suites.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469739653715225298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.ihsadvantage.com/h/hotelInfo/Venice/CA/United_States/59943/?pfs=839"&gt;Venice Beach Suites&lt;/a&gt; face the famous boardwalk that you've seen in many movies. This is a fabulous place for people watching. According to &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32655-d82501-Reviews-Venice_Beach_Suites_Hotel-Los_Angeles_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; reviews the majority of people who have stayed at the Venice Beach Suites enjoyed their stays. Out of 92 reviews 66 reviewers found this beach hotel to be "very good" to "excellent." As always, you need to see what people didn't like about a certain beach property. The building was constructed in 1912. There are a lot of "homeless" types in the area. This is true regardless of which beach property you stay at in this area. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5315023764060064550?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5315023764060064550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5315023764060064550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5315023764060064550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels.html' title='Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels - Venice Beach Suites'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S-hrPDGQatI/AAAAAAAAAII/_BQYc1Pznf4/s72-c/Venice+Suites.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6879651963126425913</id><published>2010-04-28T12:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T13:02:11.111-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Monica beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Venice Beach Hotels - Casa del Mar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9iQwt_rk7I/AAAAAAAAAH4/Tbb1snTqEXY/s1600/casa+del+mar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9iQwt_rk7I/AAAAAAAAAH4/Tbb1snTqEXY/s200/casa+del+mar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465277314468910002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; You can see that the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Casa_del_Mar_Hotel_Santa_Monica.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Santa Monica - Casa"&gt;Casa del Mar&lt;/a&gt; is on the beach. And, most of the people writing reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33052-d84331-Reviews-Casa_del_Mar-Santa_Monica_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; love this beach hotel. Sixty-four people rated the Casa del Mar as "very good" to "excellent." Still, 15 reviewers rated this beach hotel as "terrible." Most of the comments were about service, several about crime. Keep in mind that you're now in the urban influence area of Los Angeles. You need to more vigilant here than in a beach town like San Clemente. Better read the reviews yourself to see if this is the beach hotel for yourself. In the Santa Monica-Venice Beach area you have several choices for a beach hotel and several more if you don't mind being a block away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6879651963126425913?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6879651963126425913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/venice-beach-hotels-casa-del-mar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6879651963126425913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6879651963126425913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/venice-beach-hotels-casa-del-mar.html' title='Venice Beach Hotels - Casa del Mar'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9iQwt_rk7I/AAAAAAAAAH4/Tbb1snTqEXY/s72-c/casa+del+mar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6341657384033276719</id><published>2010-04-27T13:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T21:03:25.735-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venice Beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa Monica beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9deO2IrV1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/1qDjSDNa5rY/s1600/bike+path.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 84px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9deO2IrV1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/1qDjSDNa5rY/s200/bike+path.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464940281980475218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Back in March I told you that from Sunset Beach, just past Huntington Beach, to Hermosa Beach, some 32 miles of coastline, there were just two real beach hotels. Then, in Hermosa Beach, you find two more beach hotels, the Sea Sprite and the Beach House. From Hermosa Beach you go up the coast about another ten miles before you find more beach hotels in Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Remember? These are hotels really on the beach - not blocks away. When I write next, I'll begin reviewing these beach hotels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes this stretch of coastline different from the 32 miles we've just covered  is that there is a designated pedestrian/bike path that stretches 22 miles up the coast. It begins in  Redondo Beach, passes under the flight path of LAX, goes around Marina del Rey, and extends a bit past Santa Monica. Here's a link to bike paths in the Los Angeles area: &lt;a href="http://www.labikepaths.com/SoBay.html"&gt;Bike Paths.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most people who use this path will only bike or walk on a portion of it. But, you can use this path for a wonderful four day walking adventure. That's right, you can have a European style walking adventure right here along the beach. Jamie &amp; Louisa took this journey and tell you all about it in their article: Hermosa to Malibu. Download the .pdf file by clicking on &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com/Walk/beach walk south bay.pdf"&gt;Beach Walk.&lt;/a&gt; Jamie publishes a great web site about great walks. For a breath of fresh air check out &lt;a href="http://weekendwalk.com"&gt;WeekEndWalk.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l723c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/santa-monica/l723" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Santa Monica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This YouTube video captures the spirit of playing along the strand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/DU9lUtT1X38&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/DU9lUtT1X38&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6341657384033276719?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6341657384033276719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6341657384033276719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6341657384033276719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/venice-beach-santa-monica-beach-hotels.html' title='Venice Beach &amp; Santa Monica Beach Hotels'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S9deO2IrV1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/1qDjSDNa5rY/s72-c/bike+path.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6081782948004742926</id><published>2010-04-19T17:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T18:40:01.278-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hermosa Beach beach hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Los Angeles Area Beach Hotels - Hermosa Beach - The Beach House</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8z_IO-iiOI/AAAAAAAAAHo/iZgnualxi0M/s1600/beach+house.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8z_IO-iiOI/AAAAAAAAAHo/iZgnualxi0M/s200/beach+house.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462020965018011874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the south of LAX you have two real beach hotels to choose from.&lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Hermosa_Beach.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=Hermosa - Beach House"&gt;The Beach House - Hermosa Beach&lt;/a&gt; is very, very nice. And, you pay for that "nice." A room on a weekend in July, according to Travelocity, is going to run you from $350 to $490 per night, depending on the view and size of the room. The &lt;a href="http://seaspritemotel.com"&gt;Sea Sprite&lt;/a&gt;, the other beach hotel in Hermosa beach, will run you from $159 to $229, according to the Sea Sprite web site. The Sea Sprite even has a beach house with 2 bedrooms and a fireplace, all on the beach, for $459 a night. The difference between the two is that the Sea Sprite is an older property, a classic type beach hotel. The Beach House, on the other hand, is very upscale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seventy-nine people have posted reviews of The Beach House on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32490-d83980-Reviews-Beach_House_at_Hermosa_Beach-Hermosa_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; Sixty-seven of those reviews rate the Beach House as "Very Good" to "Excellent." This is very rare on Trip Advisor to find 90% of the people recommending a hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l962c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/hermosa-beach/l962" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Hermosa Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6081782948004742926?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6081782948004742926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-area-beach-hotels-hermosa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6081782948004742926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6081782948004742926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-area-beach-hotels-hermosa.html' title='Los Angeles Area Beach Hotels - Hermosa Beach - The Beach House'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8z_IO-iiOI/AAAAAAAAAHo/iZgnualxi0M/s72-c/beach+house.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6561858583574611283</id><published>2010-04-10T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T15:31:10.244-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Los Angeles beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Los Angeles Area Beach Hotels - Sea Sprite - Hermosa Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8D3XoR-knI/AAAAAAAAAHg/4TWbjuVR4_M/s1600/Sea+Sprite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8D3XoR-knI/AAAAAAAAAHg/4TWbjuVR4_M/s200/Sea+Sprite.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458634733694915186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Check out the image to the left. This picture was taken from one of the rooms. You can see that the &lt;a href="http://seaspritemotel.com"&gt;Sea Sprite&lt;/a&gt; is a real beach hotel. First off, I have to tell you that the Sea Sprite is one of our advertisers. They've been advertising with us, &lt;a href="http://beachesbeaches.com"&gt;Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; for over ten years. The Sea Sprite is a classic California beach hotel. That means it's an older property. In the case of the Sea Sprite, it's historic. This is a no frills beach hotel, just a swimming pool, the beach, and a great location. Oh, and probably the lowest room rates for a real beach hotel on the coast from Hermosa Beach to Malibu. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32490-d119452-Reviews-Sea_Sprite_Ocean_Front_Motel_and_Apartments-Hermosa_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; are mixed. I found 48 reviews. Twenty-one people thought the Sea Sprite was "very good" to "excellent." But twenty-one people found the Sea Sprite to be "poor" to "terrible." The people who like the Sea Sprite, love it. The people who don't like the Sea Sprite, hate it. As I've said many times before, you've got to read the reviews to decide if you'd like a certain beach hotel. My take on the reviews is that the people who didn't like the Sea Sprite were looking for a 4 Star resort at budget prices. What the Sea Sprite gives you is a comparatively low room rate and THE BEACH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l962c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/hermosa-beach/l962" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Hermosa Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6561858583574611283?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6561858583574611283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-area-beach-hotels-sea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6561858583574611283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6561858583574611283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-area-beach-hotels-sea.html' title='Los Angeles Area Beach Hotels - Sea Sprite - Hermosa Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S8D3XoR-knI/AAAAAAAAAHg/4TWbjuVR4_M/s72-c/Sea+Sprite.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-7577150778914082480</id><published>2010-04-03T18:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T14:17:44.755-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Los Angeles beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Los Angeles Beach Hotels - Terranea Beach Resort</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7f33o5joKI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jGKzwu9TWlQ/s1600/terranea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7f33o5joKI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jGKzwu9TWlQ/s200/terranea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456102008826339490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wow! Wow! Wow! Not just for the resort but also for the circumstances surrounding it. From Long Beach, San Pedro, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, to Hermosa Beach - over 25 miles of coastline - there is just one real beach hotel. That's the just opened, June 2009, &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Terranea_Resort_Rancho_Palos_Verdes.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=L.A. Terranea"&gt;Terranea Resort&lt;/a&gt;. The reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32944-d1057964-Reviews-Terranea_Resort-Rancho_Palos_Verdes_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; are Wow! Out of 156 reviews, 111 rate the resort as "very good" to "excellent." The resort is located on the site of the old Marineland, long since torn down. My parents used to take our family there when we were growing up in the 50's. You can see from the image that the location overlooking the Pacific is breathtaking. Most of the gripes are about service and the food. You certainly couldn't gripe about the location and the layout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why is service and food quality and issue, at least with some people? Shortly after the Terranea opened, after ten years of planning, and over $400 million spent, the property went into foreclosure. As I write this on April 4, 2010, the resort is still open. This explains why some people are getting amazing deals here. We hope management can find a way to save the property. It would be awful if it was to be shuttered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps one reason for the high vacancy rate is the location. Yes, it's spectacular. But, you may find this hard to believe if you're not familiar with the area, it's remote. Remote, here in the greater Los Angeles area. The Terranea is only 31 miles from downtown L.A., 17 miles from LAX. Driving time from L.A. is 45 min to 1 hour 10 minutes.From LAX 23 minutes, if you know how to get there. The route is on surface streets. The Terranea is not the kind of place that you spot driving on a major highway like the Pacific Coast Highway. The drive around the peninsula is a wonderful drive, but not the kind that the casual tourist is going to discover. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you find the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Terranea_Resort_Rancho_Palos_Verdes.htm?a_aid=17640&amp;label=L.A. Terranea"&gt;Terranea&lt;/a&gt;, if it's open, stay there for the location, not because you expect great service or food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l519c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/los-angeles/l519" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video of walk down to the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oVwKntHaSM4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oVwKntHaSM4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-7577150778914082480?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7577150778914082480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-beach-hotels-terranea-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7577150778914082480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/7577150778914082480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/los-angeles-beach-hotels-terranea-beach.html' title='Los Angeles Beach Hotels - Terranea Beach Resort'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7f33o5joKI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jGKzwu9TWlQ/s72-c/terranea.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-4271340298176712355</id><published>2010-03-29T18:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T19:09:00.966-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Long Beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Long Beach Hotels - Beach Plaza Hotel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7FaAtalpcI/AAAAAAAAAHI/MkSJfQT59-M/s1600/Beach+Plaza.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7FaAtalpcI/AAAAAAAAAHI/MkSJfQT59-M/s200/Beach+Plaza.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454239591959995842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's the odd thing about Long Beach. You'd think that with a name like that there would be lot's of beach hotels. Nope. There's just one hotel that we would consider a beach hotel in Long Beach. That's the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Beach_Plaza_Hotel_Long_Beach.htm?label=Beach+Plaza&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Beach Plaza beach hotel&lt;/a&gt;. The reviewers on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32648-d119493-Reviews-Beach_Plaza_Hotel-Long_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; aren't very kind. One reviewer posted on Jan 22, 2010 "sleazy,filthy,infested." Oh, that doesn't sound good at all. I found 29 reviews on Trip Advisor. Seventeen of those reviews rated the Beach Plaza as "poor" to "terrible." Seven people did like it though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's several other items of interest about the beach at Long Beach. The ocean is very calm  here because of the breakwater about two miles offshore. This makes it great for young children because it would be rare to have big crashing waves. On the other hand, if you like crashing waves, the beach at Long Beach is boring. The beach is also very broad. So, if you are staying at the Beach Plaza, it's not like having the surf at your door. Hey, you might really like this beach, but I've never liked it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l517c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/long-beach/l517" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Long Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-4271340298176712355?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/4271340298176712355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/long-beach-hotels-beach-plaza-hotel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4271340298176712355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/4271340298176712355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/long-beach-hotels-beach-plaza-hotel.html' title='Long Beach Hotels - Beach Plaza Hotel'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S7FaAtalpcI/AAAAAAAAAHI/MkSJfQT59-M/s72-c/Beach+Plaza.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5797790097785885506</id><published>2010-03-18T09:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T14:30:23.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where are the beach hotels??  32 miles &amp; just 2 beach hotels.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JSpPlSyII/AAAAAAAAAHA/bV2J1_I79Wo/s1600-h/Bolsa.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JSpPlSyII/AAAAAAAAAHA/bV2J1_I79Wo/s200/Bolsa.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450009367582787714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you really want to be on the beach in Southern California, consider camping at &lt;a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=642"&gt;Bolsa Chica State Beach&lt;/a&gt;. You'll have to have an RV, no tent camping.&lt;br /&gt;Unlike Florida where almost all of the beaches are backed by high rise condos, California has preserved a lot of it's coastline from development. Bolsa Chica is about seven miles northwest of Huntington Beach. Back in the 50's it was called Tin Can Beach. Then people could camp on the beach in their tents, have bonfires, and catch grunion when they were running in the ocean. The nickname, Tin Can, was because there was lots of trash left behind by the campers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Bolsa Chica, heading up the coast, you have Seal Beach, Long Beach, San Pedro, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. In over 32 miles of coastline there are only two properties that can be considered beach hotels. That's right. Even in a place named Long Beach, there is just one beach hotel. Rounding the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where we find the fabulous Terranea Beach resort,the coast heads north. You come to Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhanttan Beach. Here there are just two more beach hotels. You have to go about another ten miles up the coast to Venice Beach to find a few more beach hotels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l517c0b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/long-beach/l517" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Long Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5797790097785885506?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5797790097785885506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/where-are-beach-hotels-32-miles-just-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5797790097785885506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5797790097785885506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/where-are-beach-hotels-32-miles-just-2.html' title='Where are the beach hotels??  32 miles &amp; just 2 beach hotels.'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JSpPlSyII/AAAAAAAAAHA/bV2J1_I79Wo/s72-c/Bolsa.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-5359629589740236688</id><published>2010-03-18T08:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T09:01:13.070-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Huntington Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Huntington Beach Hotel - Ramada Sunset Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JJrBflT-I/AAAAAAAAAG4/sJKlIaJkjLo/s1600-h/Ramada.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JJrBflT-I/AAAAAAAAAG4/sJKlIaJkjLo/s200/Ramada.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449999502555828194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The only thing this &lt;a href="http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Ramada_Limited_Hotel_Ocean_Front_Sunset_Beach_California.htm?label=Sunset+Ramada&amp;a_aid=17640"&gt;Ramada Inn&lt;/a&gt; is close to is the beach. I've listed it as Huntington Beach but I just as well could have listed it as Seal Beach. You're not going to walk to anything but the beach. Isn't that what you're looking for, though? Here's a beach hotel with very reasonable prices. The Ramada isn't right on the beach, but it is on the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of 27 reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33148-d142005-Reviews-Ramada_Limited_Ocean_Front-Sunset_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor&lt;/a&gt; 11 reviewers found this beach hotel "very good" to "excellent." But, 14 found the Ramada to be "poor" to "terrible." Most of the reviews are old, however, the most recent one is quite favorable. It was made by a traveler who has made a number of posts to Trip Advisor. That adds credibility to the review. Keep in mind, as the reviewer states, this is a Ramada, not an Embassy Suites, and it as close to the beach as you can get on this long stretch of Pacific Coast Highway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l965c1b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/huntington-beach/best-hotels-in-huntington-beach/l965c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Huntington Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-5359629589740236688?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/5359629589740236688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotel-ramada-sunset.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5359629589740236688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/5359629589740236688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotel-ramada-sunset.html' title='Huntington Beach Hotel - Ramada Sunset Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S6JJrBflT-I/AAAAAAAAAG4/sJKlIaJkjLo/s72-c/Ramada.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-9196132884909944616</id><published>2010-03-13T09:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T09:47:54.819-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Huntington Beach Hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California beach hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach hotels'/><title type='text'>Huntington Beach Hotels - Are they really on the beach?</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe width="300" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=s_q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=pacific+view+motel+huntington+beach+ca&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=32.748002,56.513672&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=pacific+view+motel&amp;amp;hnear=Huntington+Beach,+CA&amp;amp;t=k&amp;amp;ll=33.726356,-118.081591&amp;amp;spn=0.002677,0.003219&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;output=embed"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=pacific+view+motel+huntington+beach+ca&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=32.748002,56.513672&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=pacific+view+motel&amp;amp;hnear=Huntington+Beach,+CA&amp;amp;t=k&amp;amp;ll=33.726356,-118.081591&amp;amp;spn=0.002677,0.003219&amp;amp;z=17" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"&gt;View Larger Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt; I'm taking a step back here from reviewing real beach hotels and providing a step that you can take to verify for yourself if a hotel is really on the beach. I'm using a real example here with the Google satellite view shown above. The hotel I've chosen is one with a name that could lead you to thinking that it was a "beach hotel." It's the Pacific View Inn and Suites on Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach runs along the beach in this area. I also know that the so called beach hotels in Huntington Beach have the Pacific Coast Highway between them and the beach. For some of the beach hotels this isn't a big deal because there's nothing blocking their view of the beach or access to the beach. However, as you head up the coast, I know that there is some development on the beach that blocks both access and the view of the beach. So, I use Google Maps to find the Pacific View Inn and Suites. There it is. Switch to satellite view. Zoom in. Now you see that between the Pacific View and the beach there is the very busy Pacific Coast Highway, a residential street, two rows of houses, another street, and another row of houses. If you used Google Earth Street View, you'd even be able to see just what the view would be from street level at the Pacific View.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The web site for this hotel gives the impression that this is a lovely beach location, if not right on the beach, very close. But look at some of the review postings on Google: "The location of the hotel is excellent!!" - priceline.com ... "The room was completely unsanitary and smelled foul" - tripadvisor.com ... "Check the BBB (Better Business Bureau) They have complaints as well"  - tripadvisor.com ... "Please do not waste your time or money on this "motel."" - tripadvisor.com ... "Unpleasant odor in room" - priceline.com" Once again, you're faced with the decision of how much you're willing to pay for a beach location. There's no question that you'll pay a lot less for a room here than at the Hyatt or Hilton. And, if you're only going to sleep in your room and spend your day and evening at the beach, a place like this may be okay with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l965c1b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/huntington-beach/best-hotels-in-huntington-beach/l965c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Huntington Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-9196132884909944616?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/9196132884909944616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotels-are-they-really.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9196132884909944616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/9196132884909944616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotels-are-they-really.html' title='Huntington Beach Hotels - Are they really on the beach?'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-6969342348813791111</id><published>2010-03-10T15:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T15:24:19.814-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Huntington Beach Hotels - Best Western Huntington Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S5gnuBV7FbI/AAAAAAAAAGw/lXyXY2o65uU/s1600-h/BW+HB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S5gnuBV7FbI/AAAAAAAAAGw/lXyXY2o65uU/s200/BW+HB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447147420892468658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The reviews on this Best Western hotel are surprisingly mixed. There are thirty-three reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32513-d558850-Reviews-Best_Western_Huntington_Beach_Inn-Huntington_Beach_California.html"&gt;Trip Advisor.&lt;/a&gt; Only eleven of those reviews rate the hotel above average and fourteen rate this Best Western as "poor" to "terrible." Read all of the reviews before deciding to book this hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The largest database of &lt;a href="http://californiabeachtowns.us/"&gt;California Beach Hotels&lt;/a&gt; lists 99.9% of all the real beach hotels on the California Coast. The number of hotels on the beach is surprisingly less than you would guess. If a hotel isn't listed in this database, it probably isn't really on the beach. Don't be fooled by beach sounding names. A place named Inn at Sunny Beach may be blocks away from the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width:119px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com"&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://www.raveable.com/badges/l965c1b1s3);background-repeat:no-repeat;height:26px;width:119px;float:left;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_bkg.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;width:119px;float:left;line-height:12px;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:10px;font-size:9px;text-align:center;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raveable.com/ca/huntington-beach/best-hotels-in-huntington-beach/l965c1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:13px;color:#0071bb;"&gt;Hotel Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Huntington Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height:2px;width:119px;background-image:url(http://assets1.raveable.com/badges/blgbdg_btm.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;float:left;margin:0"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/811606387636630823-6969342348813791111?l=beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6969342348813791111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotels-best-western.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6969342348813791111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/811606387636630823/posts/default/6969342348813791111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beachhotelreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/huntington-beach-hotels-best-western.html' title='Huntington Beach Hotels - Best Western Huntington Beach'/><author><name>BeachHotelAdvisor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01698818754012554834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/Shx5g2ZxPXI/AAAAAAAAAAY/W_zVPeq6lhg/S220/Logo+Woman+on+Beach.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S5gnuBV7FbI/AAAAAAAAAGw/lXyXY2o65uU/s72-c/BW+HB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811606387636630823.post-3919386822105209857</id><published>2010-03-10T14:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T15:02:07.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Huntington Beach Hotels - Sun "n" Sand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RutaMvejoWc/S5gjMipiNUI/AAAAAAAAAGo/GtzaMnXN7SI/s1600-h/sun-n-sands-motel-taken.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; 
