staci1

5alive, thanks for the info. I will check the betterbidding website! How about the Glendale area? I found an embassy suites in Glendale for less than 200 per night.

jamie99

West Hollywood is a bit nicer than Hollywood, but like I mentioned, short term rentals in that city are illegal. AirBnB, VRBO, Homeaway, etc. do NOT verify the legality of any rentals, it is up to the traveler to do their own due diligence. Sorry I don't know Glendale very well, would be fairly close to Warner Bros and probably hot in July so look for a place with AC and a pool if you decide on that city.
The Culver City suggestion is a good one if you are not set on a house or condo.
I just checked Sea View Inn in Manhattan Beach and their Deluxe room (2 Queen beds, free parking) is $212 plus tax, not too bad for a midweek in summer.
Good luck, hope you find something soon.

5alive

Staci, it has been a long time since I lived in the Southland so I am a little hesitant to tell you about quality of neighborhoods.

But geography has not changed . So the San Fernando Valley (remember Valley Girls?) basically runs east-west just north of Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Westwood and Santa Monica. In the Valley: Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, all the way over to Sherman Oaks etc.

Most of the tourist sites a first-timer will want to see are not in the Valley. Exceptions: Pasadena has 2 amazing museums and the Rose Bowl. Burbank has Universal Studios and Gene Autry Museum. 6 Flags is waaay up north in Valencia.

To g to the tourist sites from the Valley there are only limited routes-- freeways like the 405 over by the coast and the 101/110 as well as a very few curvy, curvy streets to get through those hills and canyons. So you could have quite a commute from Glendale before/after seeing sites.

staci1

jamie99, thanks for checking the Sea View Inn. 5alive, I love that betterbidding.com site. We ended up booking a hotwire hotel right in Hollywood and got Loews Hollywood for $200 per night! Now on to the next cities..