Originally Posted by
buggy51
Hey, sorry for the late reply, pretty busy throughout the weekend.
I'm arriving domestic from SFO (so I'm pretty sure I know when my date of arrival will be) with just both my parents and myself in the Spring. We really don't expect luxury items and for us its more of a walk around places and plan to mainly use the hotel as a place to sleep--nothing else.
I'll take into considerations for splitting up the Getty/Villas (but I was initially attracted to just seeing the two at the same time due to the parking pass). But I'm mainly unfamiliar with the geography and major traffic corridors (I presume its just like bay area rush hour but worse).
You can easily do the Getty Villa and the museum in one day. I'd start with the Getty Villa only because you need to make a reservation time there.
Traffic can be bad anywhere in Los Angeles but the Westside and Downtown are the worst...not only the freeways but also surface streets.
The best value for hotels close in to the city sites (and coast) would be around the LAX area.