California hotels and motels abound, but which one offers the best accommodations for your particular business trip? If you plan to be there a day or a weekend, the accommodations you need will be different than those needed for a longer stay. If you are entertaining your clients or meeting with them for business, this can also be a factor in where you stay, especially if you are providing the meeting room.
Choose the best facilities to make your business trip a success. You may need wireless Internet, unlimited free local calls, a business center to send faxes or meeting room capabilities. On longer stays, you may prefer a suite to just a room. Look for the following when you book hotels in California:
1. Find a CA motel offering overnight accommodations.
2. Choose hotels in California with kitchens and separate bedroom when you need to stay longer.
3. Select California hotels and motels near resorts, and mix business with pleasure.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Look for a California motel for short term stays
If you are going to California for a one day business meeting, you just need a place to park yourself overnight. Then you can catch your flight home in the morning. As long as the room is clean, comfortable and offers basics such as Internet, it should do the job for you.
I recommend: Hotel Healdsburg offers free parking, coffee makers in the room and a free newspaper. They have modem lines in every room for Internet access.
Cypress Hotel by Kimpton offers high-speed Internet access in every room, both wireless and wired. They provide fully stocked refrigerators and bars in every room.
Pick an extended stay CA hotel for longer stays
When you will be staying for a week or longer, your best bet for a successful business trip is an extended stay hotel. California long stay hotels offer more than one room suites; they provide full kitchens, business centers, high-speed wireless Internet and meeting centers.
I recommend: Desert Palms Hotel and Suites offers kitchenette suites with full kitchenette, full size living room and separate private bedroom. They provide high-speed Internet access and in-room safes.
Shell Vacation Hospitality offers The Peacock Suites, which provides separate living rooms and bedrooms, dining room with table, refrigerators, microwaves and complimentary newspaper.
Make your California luxury hotels reservation near the resorts for business and pleasure
Enjoy all California has to offer when you work and play in that state. From the vineyards of Napa Valley to Disneyland in Anaheim to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, find California bed and breakfast and other lodging offering the amenities you choose.
I recommend: Best Western Blue Sea Lodge by Pacifica offers partial ocean view rooms and high-speed Internet access in their rooms. Visit the San Diego Zoo or relax on the beach after you complete your work.
Wharf Master's Inn features Jacuzzis in the rooms and continental breakfast. Tour lighthouses, watch whales or just relax in your room and take in the view.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Make your California beach hotels reservations online or by calling the hotel directly. Do not forget to ask for a corporate discount and other specials the San Francisco hotel may offer.
The official source of California Hotels and Motels is
the California Hotels and Motels page at Business.com
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