Northern Coast of CA in August
 

I am having trouble locating a place along the Northern Coast of California for a Saturday night stay in August (one night only). Most places require a two night minimum. We would like to be as near to the coast as possible. Somewhere like the Sea Ranch Lodge would be ideal (location, etc..), but the 2 night min. is a deal killer. We plan to visit Sonoma the rest of the week - hence the short stay and desire to not go too far up the coast. Thank you!

Since the north coast is a looooong drive for most folks, few want to stay only one night - and August is the busiest time of the year. So few decent places are willing to split up a weekend. By letting you book a Saturday-only they would probably lose a very lucrative Fri/sat booking.

So you have a few of options: add friday night; change your stay to sunday night; or change your plans and go inland into the wine country. You'll run into the same problems in Napa/Sonoma - but there are more hotels so you'd probably have better luck finding one willing.

But a nice place on/near the coast for a Sat. nite only - REALLY hard to find.

If you're willing to take your chances, you're likely to find a cancellation. Mendocino has a service for locating rooms: http://www.mendocino.com/mendocino_c...rvations.lasso
They may be able to help you out.

Try one of the larger places like Inn at the Tides in Bodega Bay or Heritage House in Little River.

Our favorite weekend escape is in Gualala:
http://www.seacliffmotel.com
Right on the beach-it's not a "motel", for sure ! go for an upstairs unit and be sure to have lunch or dinner at Pangea.
R5