Accommodation Recommendations for LA & Van
Jeanie
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Just wondering if anyone can recommend a few good hotels or hostels in Los Angeles and Vancouver please?
I don't really need to be with the "hip and happening" crowd, but I would prefer something central, that is clean, with aircon and a fridge in the room would be good.
There are hoards to choose from on the internet but I'd really like to hear if anyone has any positive feedback or absolute rat holes I need to stay away from.
Oh and I don't want to break the bank!
I don't really need to be with the "hip and happening" crowd, but I would prefer something central, that is clean, with aircon and a fridge in the room would be good.
There are hoards to choose from on the internet but I'd really like to hear if anyone has any positive feedback or absolute rat holes I need to stay away from.
Oh and I don't want to break the bank!
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I have no idea where I want to stay. I figure walking distance to a lot of things but I really don't know the city very well at all and all this trawling the internet is just confusing me!
I would like to see the Walk of Fame, a movie studio, The Kodak Theatre, the Theatre district and maybe Disneyland depending on how I'm feeling. Mostly I have to fly into LA to get to anywhere so I figured I should take a look around but mostly I just wanna catch up with you guys if I can. Do I sound vague?
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No car.
I found a few hostels/hotels/motels in the Hollywood area that sound ok although it sounds really busy.
And another hotel that sounds ok in Downtown?
Figure I'll get the shuttle from LAX to the hotel and back and a cab to wherever I'm catching up with you guys and hoof it or get buses for everything else. I'm only gonna be there a couple of days so no point getting a car really.
Not that I can even find a bloody map at this point! :eek:
If I'm looking at Orange County what towns am I looking for?
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On Hostelworld the one that seems to most correspond to your needs seems to be Orange Drive Manor Hostel. http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/OrangeDriveManorHostel-LosAngeles-838
Well a kind bloke has offered to drive me about but I want to make sure if it's not convenient for him at the time that I can still be somewhere where I can get about myself. I don't need to see everything but I don't wanna be stuck staring at the hotel room walls for 3 days either.
What have you folk got against walking anyway?
I found this place called The Vibe Hotel that seems ok and The Hollywood Hostel which is right near the Walk which looks alright but the private rooms look about the size of a shoebox. I've stayed in some pretty dodgy hostels over the years, how bad can they be in LA?
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Thanks Hinny.
It looks ok, I'm just not committed to it yet.
I also found The Cecil Hotel in Dowtown that looks like it might be ok, I'm just not sure if that's the area I want to set up camp in or not.
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Yeah, it's been a while since I was with YHA and hostelling international and the last time I was booking hostel accommodation the internet wasn't as big as it is now, so I did a lot from the accommodation guides. It's good to be able to check them out on the web, but I do know that things can get ugly sometimes, so I was hoping people had stayed in some of the places. I'm not much fussed if it's a hostel or a hotel, I just don't want to spend a fortune on that part of the trip. I feel better for knowing you have had positive things to say about hostelworld. Thanks.
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If I'm back in Canada by then I'd love to meet up. However, I'm on the Island, in Victoria, but I could come over to the mainland for a day. I'll bring the truck and we could drive around and maybe meet some other Jammers.
Cheers!
Sounds great! Thank you.
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The Cecil is on top of a well known strip club, with a cool little live blues club right next door. They call this area the entertainment district, its ok during the day but at night thier are a lot of clubs on this strip and they are open late so if you are planning on getting a long nights rest don't bank on it. As it can be quite noisy. My recommendation would be to stay a couple of blocks away, that way your still close to the action, but you don't have to listen to the drunken brawling at 3:00AM.
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The Cecil?? :eek: jaysus why not just sleep in a park
Are you referring to Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles?
If so, it gets real dodgy there at night....imagine a Charles Bukowski novel...that kind of place!
No I'm pretty sure she is talking about the one in Vancouver and as I said in my previous post its not the greast spot to either.
Yep the one in Vancouver. Although I would stay at the Vancouver Cecil before the one here in Calgary :eek: Someone told me they are owned by the same guy...
Hmmm maybe she did mean the one in LA and I clearly shouldn't be commenting on a hotel I have never seen
My advice would be to get a hotel/motel in the Santa Monica area. There's tons of touristy shit to do in Santa Monica (promenade, pier, beach) and it's walking distance to Venice Beach which is another big tourist attraction. Then you can take a cab into Hollywood and see all that shit and come back to beautiful Santa Monica without having to stay in some seedy Hollywood motel.
As far as downtown.. not much to do there, I wouldn't go there... and definitely stay away from the eastern side of downtown because it's full of homeless guys and herion addicts looking to mug you or worse:eek:
I'll look into it and see if I can find you some good motel deals that are safe, but still in a good spot. Believe me and SEN when we say that dangerous out here is a LOT more dangerous than probably anything you'll encounter in Australia!
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We're talking The Cecil in LA right?
Blues club sounds good but I could do with out the strip clubs and drunken brawling.
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Thanks Lukin66, I actually did a little online availability search on the Radisson and they did have great rates, but I don't think they have fridges in their rooms and I really need a fridge.
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Remain calm!
Nothing is set in concrete with me as you know girlie!
I'm just sussing things out.
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No I was talking about the one in Vancouver ......but judging by JOE's post above the one in LA doesn’t sound much better.
Yes, The Cecil in LA, starting to sound like a no go.
If I have to live in a novel for 3 nights Bukowski aint what I had in mind!
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No, no, I was looking at The Hotel Sylvia in Van. The room is about the size of a broom closet but it looks like a nice spot though.
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what, you don't want to come to the states and stay on skid row?
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