I'm looking to stay in either Santa Monica or Beverly hills. I'll be taking my g/f with me and I think she'll want to do a lot of shopping and things of that nature. Anyway what would you recommend? I'm looking for a nice hotel nothing like the holiday inn. so far I've come up with the Crescent in Beverly hills and the total package price is around 1300 for 4 nights and air. I'm looking to spend no more then $1400 for the rooms and air.

Thanks,
Dan

 

why not just get a motel 8 or something cheap.

 

or hotwire.com

1300 for 4 nights and air for LA is pretty expensive. unless that's pocket change for you i'd stay at some nice but not ritzy places, rent a car and drive everywhere. pasadena is nice, as are the suburbs near there and it's about 30~45 minutes to everywhere

 

MGM Garand!

 

stupid canadian, mgm is for vegas

 

According to a song I heard on the radio, there's plenty of room at the Hotel California.

 

yeah but there are delays when you get to the leaving part.

 

hahaha where is he going?? ooo LA, my bad hahaha im so stupid

 

Who cares? They have mirrors on the ceiling and pink champagne on ice!

 

Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

 

Livin it up at the hotel California, such a lovely place

It's not pocket change for me, but I'd like to stay at a decent place... I don't know if I can even rent a car, I'm 22 I thought you had to be like 25 to rent a car. 1300 is a decent chunk of change but I'd like to stay close to the city center. Anyone know if Jennifer Aniston has an opening at her house

 

There is no city center in LA. As a (half) joke, people like to move the LA city limit signs to just outside of Las Vegas.

Rent a car. Getting around will SUCK if you don't have one. Southern California is not a pedestrian friendly zone...

 

you can rent a car if you're under 25, it's just more expensive

if you don't rent a car you can forget about coming to la. an average bus ride will take about 2 hours if you really want to go to fun places. and like previously said, there is no city center in la, everything is spreaaaaaaaaaaaaaad out. just hotwire it. i rent cars using hotwire when i travel and it's so cheap, like 50 bucks for a whole weekend

 

Yeah, it's such a lovely place.

 

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Motel six and take a black light to check the sheets and blankets.might look clean but bet they are not.

 

If you're gonna take a blacklight, might as well pack a lava lamp, too.

 

Congratulations dumbass!! Make the rest if us look dumb

 

try the Westin Bonaventure in downtown. It's about $120 a night for a suite.

 

Westin Bonaventure is very nice, if you do search for 4 star on hotwire for $60, you'll get a room at westin bonaventure. (at least it did for me.) It's in LA downtown.

There's also W Hotel in Westwood. - $200 a night
Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. - $250-300 a night
Holiday Inn on Sunset Strip(where all the clubs are.) - no clue
Standard Hotel in downtown and sunset. - no clue

Those are some choices that comes to mind for nice hotels.

Edit: Or if you know anyone at UCLA, UCLA Guest House is also very nice. Pretty darn good prices for suites w/ kitchenette and everything.

 

I will give you a tour of LA in my SRT-4.

 

haha, so is that like taking one of those star tours except in a crazy taxi kind of way?

I didn't mean city center, it makes me sound like more of a dumbass then I am. Thanks for the advise. I guess I'll be renting a car then. Dont' you have to pay for parking like everywhere?

 

Try the Bel Air Holiday Inn. You're 5 minutes from Beverly Hills, 15 minutes from the beach in Santa Monica, walking distance to OJ's old pad, and you won't get lost getting there from LAX. Don't get a room on the freeway side, it's loud. If your GF a howler, ignore the part about the noise, you won't hear a thing. It was $100 a night the last time I stayed there.

 

You're a liar and you know it. Maybe at 3-4 am..... I think you forgot about the 405 traffic he'll have to deal with to get anywhere if he chooses to stay at that hotel.

From my apt in Santa Monica to UCLA, 7 miles away, took me 45 min each way on highway 10 and 405.

 

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