FAQs & policies

Choose your dates and guests in the reservation box and select Reserve your stay. You will see availability and the total price for your dates before anything is confirmed, at the best available rate with no booking fees.

Yes — dogs are welcome at Hotel Californian; there is a one-time pet fee of $250 per stay, there is a 25 lb weight limit and up to 2 pets per room.

Yes — parking is available at Hotel Californian for $3.

Yes — free Wi-Fi is available at Hotel Californian.

At Hotel Californian, a breakfast_type_continental breakfast is included with your stay, there is a restaurant on the property and there is a bar with a happy hour.

Rooms at Hotel Californian include pool, sauna, fitness center, elevator, heating and pool rooftop.

Yes — Hotel Californian offers a pool, spa, spa treatments, spa steam room and fitness classes.

Yes — Hotel Californian is family friendly, with babysitting service and kids welcome.

Accessible features at Hotel Californian include wheelchair accessible, braille signage, grab bars and ADA compliant.

Hotel Californian is in Santa Barbara, California. The Map page shows the exact spot.

Guests at Hotel Californian can enjoy fishing, surfing, snorkeling, hiking and beach chairs.

Yes — Hotel Californian offers business center, meeting room, meeting ballroom and event venue.

It depends on the rate you choose: discounted rates may be non-refundable. The exact terms for your dates are shown before you confirm.

Yes — Hotel Californian is a smoke-free property.

At Hotel Californian: front desk: open 24 hours; Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm; pool hours: 7 am-10 pm daily; breakfast hours (Goat Tree): 7-11 am daily; restaurant hours (The Knock): Tue-Sat from 5 pm; 5-8 pm daily; 11 am-9 pm daily; bar hours (The Society: State & Mason): Mon-Wed 2-7 pm; Thu-Sun noon-8 pm; room service hours: 7 am-8 pm daily; fitness center hours: open 24 hours; housekeeping hours: 8:30 am-4 pm daily.

Hotel Californian lists these charges: parking fee: $3 (hourly); valet parking fee: $35 (daytime/event); valet parking fee: $65 per night (overnight); rollaway bed fee: $75 per night; smoking fine: $250; incidental hold: $250 per night.

At Hotel Californian: Free Wi-Fi; breakfast included; free cancellation until: 3 days before arrival; late cancellation charge: 1 night; minimum check-in age: 18; smoking allowed: no; housekeeping: daily.

From Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is about 8.6 miles away and the nearest major airport, Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport, is about 77 miles away.

Yes — the nearest grocery store is about 0.3 miles from Hotel Californian.

Yes — the nearest public transit stop is about 160 yards from Hotel Californian.

Yes — Hotel Californian is within 1.9 miles of the coast.

Hotel Californian is on Pacific time.

Yes — the Gallery page has 276 photographs of Hotel Californian, and the Rooms, Dining and Amenities pages show the photos that belong to each.

Once you complete your reservation, we send your confirmation to the email address you entered — keep it as your record. If you choose to connect the inbox that email arrives in, the confirmation is recognised automatically; that connection is read-only and can be removed at any time.

Yes. Reserving directly gives you our best available rate for your dates with no booking fees, and the total price is shown before you confirm.