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Old Jan 24, 2024 | 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by josephstern
Worst case, you can use your $30/day to get things like soda and beer at the coffee counter in the lobby. The food did not look good to me at all.

Also: the guy at the front desk was intent on not believing that there were two of us in the room, so he wanted to only give me a $15/night credit. I almost had to go get my wife. Like it was any skin off his back either way?

But for a free Aspire night, perfectly fine, if not maximized. Hot tub was nice.
Yeah, I have an Aspire cert expiring in April...don't have any other good uses planned for it. Santa Barbara hotels always feel overpriced for what you get...even this hotel is over $400/nt for our dates. So it seems like a decent enough place to use it.

Do you recall if the pool was heated? I see both a pool and hot tub, and the website says they are open year round, but it's a little bit chilly if the pool isn't heated...
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