Hyatt Gold Passport - End of summer family California trip.Which Hyatts?

Looking to book a family trip to California, End of august is the plan. Checking out the Hyatt hotels a lot of them aren't on the beach. Would love to hear from you which hotels and area's are best for our family.My kids are 15,16 and while we could go to one of the parks I think were looking for more of a beach & site seeing vacation.
So far these seem very nice but very expensive can use points but can't use suite upgrades then.
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
Park Hyatt Aviara Resort

Looking to book a family trip to California, End of august is the plan. Checking out the Hyatt hotels a lot of them aren't on the beach. Would love to hear from you which hotels and area's are best for our family.My kids are 15,16 and while we could go to one of the parks I think were looking for more of a beach & site seeing vacation.
So far these seem very nice but very expensive can use points but can't use suite upgrades then.
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
Park Hyatt Aviara Resort

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The Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach is a very nice hotel with pretty ocean views.

Between the two you listed, the Hyatt Huntington Beach would probably be better for a family vacation. It is right next to the beach and has a walking bridge over the road that seperates it from the beach. When we stayed there it was very much geared towards families and had plenty of activities. It is also much closer to the usual SoCal activities people do, like disneyland. There's also a pier nearby to the hotel that has shops and restauarants.

Have not been through the Park Hyatt Aviara yet, but its a fair bet its not as family oriented.

Also, you can get a nor1 upgrade to a suite at the Hyatt Huntington Beach pretty easily. We are 4 out of 5 for our stays.

Hyatt Santa Barbara is across the road from the beach. (I haven't stayed there so have no personal experience to offer.)

Highlands Hyatt is high on hill overlooking Big Sur. I love this property and enjoy the Carmel/Monterey area.

As in a move every night or so and see California or go to the beach and stay at one hotel for five or seven days? Avoid the crowds or take the kids to the mandatory tourist stops? Round trip drive or fly in and out of different airports?

If you want to go along the coast and are willing to change hotels every night or two or three, here is a possible itinerary:


Hyatt Mission Beach (for San Diego sightseeing)
Hyatt Huntington Beach (for Los Angeles sightseeing)
Hyatt Santa Barbara
Highlands Hyatt (Monterey/Carmel)


You would fly into San Diego and from San Francisco with this itinerary. There are Hyatts in San Francisco should you want some city time.

If you want to go along the coast and are willing to change hotels every night or two or three, here is a possible itinerary:


Hyatt Mission Beach (for San Diego sightseeing)
Hyatt Huntington Beach (for Los Angeles sightseeing)
Hyatt Santa Barbara
Highlands Hyatt (Monterey/Carmel)


You would fly into San Diego and from San Francisco with this itinerary. There are Hyatts in San Francisco should you want some city time.

The highlands Hyatt is simply an incredible location. The view of the Carmel coast is one of the best in ANY Hyatt in the U.S. No beach though.

The highlands Hyatt is simply an incredible location. The view of the Carmel coast is one of the best in ANY Hyatt in the U.S. No beach though.
Yes, but I don't think of it as family oriented. It seems to be populated with upper middle class couples.

If you want to go along the coast and are willing to change hotels every night or two or three, here is a possible itinerary:


Hyatt Huntington Beach (for Los Angeles sightseeing)
Hyatt Santa Barbara




I would say changing every night or so would not rally be relaxing...Hyatt SB is very nice, close to the beach, and not to far down the road is a good mix of shopping and dining. You can also do an afternoon in wine country.

The coastal drive is stunning if you've never done it. A week is a leisurely amount of time for the trip but doesn't allow much "lay on beach" time.

I'd like to piggy-back off this inquiry if I may. My wife and I, along with our 2 year old daughter, are heading to CA on vacation later this year.

We're a bit new to Hyatt's program - do any of these properties (particularly Huntington Beach and Mission Beach) have suites with a separate bedroom and living area, and that are available to book using Hyatt points? (And how to I go about finding out how many points we need?)

Sorry if these are silly questions - we're new at this...

We enjoy all of the coastal hotels. Irvine is is good for a night because it is so close to Newport beach where you can take the little 3 car ferry across from Balboa Island. Then up to Huntington Beach. New slides for kids last year, then up coast to Santa Barbara with beach across the street, harbor neaby lots for kids. Lovely Zoo across the street from hotel.
Long ride to Carmel Highlands not so kid friendly. I always take grandsons on trips so I know kid friendly. None of these hotels will upgrade to suites with points. Only Orange County Disneyland has chance to pay for upgrade to suite. We are having very cool weather in SO CAL right now, hope it warms up. We are off to Grand Cypress in a few weeks to warm up!

Mission Bay is fun, sea world across the street and the new Avia is next to Legoland, Just stayed at both in last year.

I'd like to piggy-back off this inquiry if I may. My wife and I, along with our 2 year old daughter, are heading to CA on vacation later this year.

We're a bit new to Hyatt's program - do any of these properties (particularly Huntington Beach and Mission Beach) have suites with a separate bedroom and living area, and that are available to book using Hyatt points? (And how to I go about finding out how many points we need?)

Sorry if these are silly questions - we're new at this...

http://goldpassport.hyatt.com/gp/en/awards/hyatt_free_night.jsp shows the cost in points for award nights at every property in the Hyatt chain.

Mission Bay (San Diego) is a category 4 - 15,000 points per night for base room - 23,000 points per night with a 3 night minimum for the entry suite.

Huntington Beach is a category 6 - 22,000 points per night for base room - 33,000 points per night with 3 night minimum for the entry suite.

Award redemptions for suites require a stay of at least 3 nights.

This looks like a great list of hotels. Going to check them out. Thanks

If you want to go along the coast and are willing to change hotels every night or two or three, here is a possible itinerary:


Hyatt Mission Beach (for San Diego sightseeing)
Hyatt Huntington Beach (for Los Angeles sightseeing)
Hyatt Santa Barbara
Highlands Hyatt (Monterey/Carmel)


You would fly into San Diego and from San Francisco with this itinerary. There are Hyatts in San Francisco should you want some city time.

The highlands Hyatt is simply an incredible location. The view of the Carmel coast is one of the best in ANY Hyatt in the U.S. No beach though.

My first post! I'm excited to read this, because we just booked two nights a thte Highlands Hyatt for the fall, using our two free nights from a Chase credit card. I'm new to the game, and loving it so far.

I would suggest Hyatt Huntington Beach.

Having stayed at Park Hyatt Aviara, Mission bay and Huntington Beach. I would suggest Hyatt Huntington Beach, we really enjoyed HB. It's across the street from a great beach and super easy to access.

Mission Bay is a good choice and nice property for San Diego area, Aviara would be my last choice, as it is not really close to the water and HB has it beat imho.

http://goldpassport.hyatt.com/gp/en/awards/hyatt_free_night.jsp shows the cost in points for award nights at every property in the Hyatt chain.

Mission Bay (San Diego) is a category 4 - 15,000 points per night for base room - 23,000 points per night with a 3 night minimum for the entry suite.

Huntington Beach is a category 6 - 22,000 points per night for base room - 33,000 points per night with 3 night minimum for the entry suite.

Award redemptions for suites require a stay of at least 3 nights.

Thanks! Do you know how I find out if these 'entry' suites have a separate bedroom and living area? (i.e. two 'rooms'). Is it just a case of calling each hotel to find out?

Also, are redemptions for this kind of suite considered to represent a reasonable value per point?

Thanks! Do you know how I find out if these 'entry' suites have a separate bedroom and living area? (i.e. two 'rooms'). Is it just a case of calling each hotel to find out?

Also, are redemptions for this kind of suite considered to represent a reasonable value per point?

Go to the property's webpage on hyatt.com (linked to in the Property Index & Review sticky at the top of the forum) - click on Rooms - the page that pulls up should have a bunch of room categories (normally from lowest to highest) - base rooms are the first 2 (probably) - base suite is the first one on the list that has the word "suite" in it. Some properties do give a higher suite as a routine - but that is a good place to start. Confirm with CS when you call to book (suite awards are not bookable online).

Well if you really need (want) a suite, the cost in points is reasonable - especially since suites generally do cost more than 1.5x the base entry room (which is what you're paying in premium using points).

We enjoy all of the coastal hotels. Irvine is is good for a night because it is so close to Newport beach where you can take the little 3 car ferry across from Balboa Island. Then up to Huntington Beach. New slides for kids last year, then up coast to Santa Barbara with beach across the street, harbor neaby lots for kids. Lovely Zoo across the street from hotel.
Long ride to Carmel Highlands not so kid friendly. I always take grandsons on trips so I know kid friendly. None of these hotels will upgrade to suites with points. Only Orange County Disneyland has chance to pay for upgrade to suite. We are having very cool weather in SO CAL right now, hope it warms up. We are off to Grand Cypress in a few weeks to warm up!

How far is irvine from new port beach ferry?

How did they redo the slides from huntington beach?

We too are planning last min trip

Would be a backtrack if you flew into SFO and were leaving from LAX, but the Hyatt Vinyard Creek is not far from Muir Woods (coastal redwoods--compact place you can walk through in an hour or two, not that far north, parking goes fast on weekends). The kids could see the redwoods and cross the Golden Gate.

Have stayed many times at HB with family , its a wonderful resort girls are older now 20 and 16 so they can take the bridge over to the beach etc by themselves. Just stayed for my 50th birthday. If a Diamond they will often upgrade to suitue for free, often director suite which is 2 room , Regency Club is great and personally think the main restauruant in hotel is one of the best Hyatt has.
Also Indian Wells near Palm Springs is great too for families not on beach but great pools and facilities the villas there are amazing we upgraded to a 1 bedroom on check in for an extra $100 a night well worth it