If you're planning to take a vacation in Santa Monica, California, forget about renting beach houses, you need to stay in a Santa Monica Beach Hotel. One of the known Santa Monica Beach accomodations are beach rentals but they're pretty expensive especially in that part of California. Besides, with hotels, you get your own housekeeping so you don't have to look after yourselves.

Staying in Santa Monica Beach would afford you a great view plus it's also nearer the popular tourist destinations such as Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Bayside hotel is one of the many hotels in Santa Monica. They're currently doing a promotion called "bay it forward" wherein if you know someone who's a do-gooder, you can email your story to them and Bayside will send them a certificate which entitles the user $50 off the standard room rates. So if you're in the area, better start being nice, someone might just hand you a $50 certificate.