Side Trips from LA
 

My husband and I are travelling for four nights outside of LA. We plan to spend two in Ojai and two somewhere else North of LA. I'm having trouble deciding whether to go to the Santa Ynez wine region or the beach and where would be good to stay if we wanted to do both. I'm thinking of Santa Barbara as a possibility. Any suggestions? Has anyone stayed at the Los Alamos - Union Hotel? or the Original Motel 6 in Santa Barbara?

What about Cambria...maybe too far north?
it's beautiful, here's a link
http://cambriachamber.org/

It looks beautiful, but yes I don't think we want to travel that far north on this trip.

Hotel Oceana from $90 good for me in Santa Barbara

Other good options on betterbidding.com

Motel 6 holds little appeal

Personally a would drive a little further

to Cambria www.nepenthebigsur.com Hearst Castle area

it is awesome far prettier than Santa Barbara for me.

I'd suggest you re-post this on the United States forum tagged for California. You'll get a lot more response. (This board is more for general travel discussions, not destination-specific questions and has a tiny fraction of the participation on the main boards)