Santa Cruz has loads of hotels for vacationers. Prices run a bit high, but are lower in the off-season.
Here is a partial list: the hotels are sorted by approximate/lowest costs for a "one-person bedroom for one night during the winter months (off-season)".
Budget Priced (up to $90)
- Americas Best Value Inn Watsonville
- Aqua Breeze Inn (Boardwalk)
- Bay Front Inn (Boardwalk)
- Beachview Inn (Boardwalk)
- Best Western Inn Santa Cruz (Midtown)
- Brookdale Inn & Spa
- Budgetel Valley Inn (Watsonville)
- Budget Inn Motel (Boardwalk)
- Capri Motel (Boardwalk)
- Carousel Motel (Boardwalk)
- Coastview Inn (Boardwalk)
- Comfort Inn Beach Boardwalk
- Comfort Inn Santa Cruz (Ocean Street)
- Comfort Inn Watsonville (Freedom)
- Continental Inn (Ocean Street)
- Economy Inn (Watsonville)
- Edgewater Beach Motel (Boardwalk)
- El Rancho Motel (Watsonville)
- El View Lodge Motel (Boardwalk)
- Fern River Resort Motel (Felton)
- Fireside Inn (Boardwalk)
- Harbor Inn (Eastside)
- Hitching Post Studios Inn (Eastside)
- Hotel Pure Pacific Inn (Ocean Street)
- Howard Johnson Inn (Boardwalk)
- The Islander Motel (Ocean Street)
- Knight's Inn (Boardwalk)
- Lanai Lodge (Boardwalk)
- Merrybrook Lodge (Boulder Creek)
- Mission Inn (Westside)
- Motel Santa Cruz (Ocean Street)
- Motel 6 (Watsonville)
- National 9 Motel (Ocean Street; Watsonville)
- Oceana Inn (Ocean Street)
- Ocean Gate Inn (Ocean Street)
- Ocean Lodge (Ocean Street)
- Ocean Pacific Lodge (Downtown)
- Quality Inn Santa Cruz (Ocean Street)
- Quality Inn & Suites Santa Cruz Mountains (Ben Lomond)
- Ramada Limited Santa Cruz (Midtown)
- Rio Sands Motel (Aptos)
- Riverside Inn & Suites Santa Cruz (Boardwalk)
- St. Charles Court (Boardwalk)
- Santa Cruz Inn (Eastside)
- Seaway Inn (Boardwalk)
- Sea & Sand Inn (Boardwalk)
- Silver Sands Motel (Midtown)
- Sequoia Villa Cabins & Mobile Home Park (Boulder Creek)
- Sunny Cove Motel (Eastside)
- Surf City Inn & Suites (Boardwalk)
- Super 8 Motel (Boardwalk)
- Torch-Lite Inn (Boardwalk)
Mid-priced ($90-$150)
- Beach Street Inn and Suites (Boardwalk)
- Bella Notte Inn (Eastside)
- Best Western Plus Capitola By-The-Sea Inn & Suites
- Best Western Rose Garden Inn (Watsonville)
- Best Western Seacliff Inn in Aptos
- Best Western Plus Inn Scotts Valley
- Capitola Beach Suites (Capitola Village)
- Capitola Hotel (Capitola Village)
- Fairfield Inn & Suites Capitola
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites (Santa Cruz; Watsonville)
- Hotel Solares (Boardwalk)
- Inn at Pasatiempo (Santa Cruz)
- Jaye's Timberlane Resort (Ben Lomond)
- Ocean Echo Inn & Beach Cottages (Eastside)
- Pelican Point Inn (Eastside)
- Quality Inn & Suites Capitola By the Sea
- Rio Sands Motel (Aptos)
- Rio Vista Hotel (Boardwalk)
- River View Villa (Boardwalk)
- Rodeway Inn (Watsonville)
- Sunset Inn (Westside) Under construction.
High Priced ($150-$250)
- Best Western Plus All Suites Inn (Ocean Street)
- Capitola Venetian Hotel (Capitola Village)
- Casablanca Inn (Boardwalk)
- Courtyard Santa Cruz (Boardwalk) Opening in early 2020.
- Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Cruz (Westside).
- Four Points Santa Cruz Scotts Valley
- Hampton Inn (Ocean Street)
- Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley (Scotts Valley)
- Hotel Paradox (Ocean Street)
- Hyatt Place Santa Cruz (Downtown)
You've Gotta Be Kidding Me (Over $250)
- Chaminade Resort & Spa "4-Diamond" hotel resort and spa in the Eastside.
- Santa Cruz Dream Inn Beachfront hotel, near the Boardwalk.
- Seascape Resort (Aptos)
Related Links
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- Gay-Friendly Hotels
- Vacation Rentals
- Camping
- Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council
- UNITE HERE Local 483 Hotel and Restaurant workers union
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