Los Angeles Best Boutique Hotels: We Tested 14 to Find 10 Best

I stayed at 14 Los Angeles Hotels over two weeks to find the 10 best Los Angeles hotels. In our list of LA's best hotels, we’ve included hotels for every budget range from stylish lower cost options to some high-end wow-ers. In this video, we’ll show you 10 great LA design hotels spanning 9 of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The Swank Guide has complete tours and reviews of each hotel we are recommending - listed here:
The Palihotel Westwood Village: • Inside The Palihotel H...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/pali...
The Short Stories Hotel: • Inside The Short Stori...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/farm...
The Plaihotel Culver City: • Inside LA's Pali Hotel...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/pali...
The Charlie Hotel: • Inside The Charlie Hot...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/west...
The Downton L.A. Proper Hotel: • Inside The Downtown LA...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/down...
The Viceroy Santa Monica: • Inside The Viceroy San...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/vice...
The Surfrider Malibu: • Inside The Surfrider M...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/the-...
The Avalon Beverly Hills Hotel: • Inside The Avalon Beve...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/aval...
The Soho Warehouse: • Inside Soho Warehouse ...
The Santa Monica Proper Hotel: • Santa Monica Proper Ho...
Booking link: www.booking.com/hotel/us/sant...
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0:00 Intro
01:24 The Pali Hotel Westwood Village
02:04 The Short Stories Hotel
02:52 The Pali Hotel Culver City
03:52 The Charlie
04:56 Viceroy Santa Monica
06:28 Downtown LA Proper
07:41 The Surfrider Malibu
08:21 The Avalon Beverly Hills
09:23 Soho Warehouse
10:13 The Santa Monica Proper Hotel

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If this was helpful to you, please help us out by using our booking links below. Best price guaranteed. Swank you! The Palihotel Westwood Village: www.booking.com/hotel/us/palihotel-westwood-village.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Short Stories Hotel: www.booking.com/hotel/us/farmers-daughter.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Plaihotel Culver City: www.booking.com/hotel/us/palihotel-culver-city.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Charlie Hotel: www.booking.com/hotel/us/west-hollywood-819-north-sweetzer-avenue.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Downton L.A. Proper Hotel: www.booking.com/hotel/us/downtown-los-angeles-proper.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Viceroy Santa Monica: www.booking.com/hotel/us/viceroy-santa-monica.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Surfrider Malibu: www.booking.com/hotel/us/the-surfrider-malibu.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Avalon Beverly Hills Hotel: www.booking.com/hotel/us/avalon-beverly-hills.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube The Santa Monica Proper Hotel: www.booking.com/hotel/us/santa-monica-proper-hotel-a-member-of-design-hotels.en.html?aid=7978712&label=youtube

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Please let us know what you think, and… in our community tab, we’ve posted a short video about where we are headed next, check it out!

[@DuanToOthers]

Thanks for the great content!

[@SwankGuide]

Thanks for watching - I have a good team helping me!

[@davidbunny6362]

this is a great summary 😎

[@SwankGuide]

Thnanks really appreciate that

[@theultimateexplorerza]

Great video!

[@SwankGuide]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@bethanybunnell8735]

Thanks for the insights! Love seeing Charlie Chaplin's canes'! Great info.

[@SwankGuide]

You bet!

[@trentchaffee5185]

I really enjoyed this video and thanks for the great work. I found your content because I am very interested in visiting Soho Warehouse LA. My girlfriend and I stayed at Soho House Amsterdam before the pandemic, and unfortunately we were jetlagged and asleep when the drinks cart came by our room! Now I need to research the Santa Monica Proper.

[@SwankGuide]

The SM Proper and Soho warehouse were probably my 2 favorite LA hotels. So you can’t go wrong. But if I had to pick I’d go w the SM Proper - I thought it was great. Enjoy LA!

[@msbarnes1281]

The Santa Monica Proper is now on my list. Thanks for sharing❤

[@SwankGuide]

It's so good!

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

We're fomenting a late winter escape from the San Francisco area to Southern California (and, ultimately, the Grand Canyon). We'll be going down 101, hanging out in Solvang / Santa Barbara then making our way down to LA. Was following along with your hotel reviews, pausing to research each. What seems to come up often for even the "budget" hotels is $50 a night parking 🤔 as well as pretty high fees and taxes. The two prime contenders for the LA portion of our trip are: Hotel Figueroa, Downtown. Friend highly recommends. Hotel Normandie, Koreatown. Stayed there 10 years ago when it was freshly refurbished and LOVED IT. I also stayed at Maison 140, a boutique hotel in Beverly Hills, on business once. Might have to look at recent reviews for that.

[@SwankGuide]

Thanks for the comments and additional idea. re parking - agree it's expensive and Cali is notorious for taxes and fees. As you may have seen in our review of the Downtown LA proper we paid $20 for parking at the lot next door instead of $50 to the hotel - so there are hacks. Also - some hotels in LA have free parking - the Charlie, Surfrider are ones that come to mind but I'm sure there are others. have a fun trip HW 101 is magical.

[@pistonburner6448]

If you're from San Francisco you'll probably be most at home in a cardboard box on the street?

[@hayrapetyan_susik]

i'm gonna visit all of them, one day :D

[@SwankGuide]

Hope so

[@christina6352]

Have you stayed at La Peer in LA? If so what are your thoughts? I’m debating La Peer or Proper Santa Monica 🤔

[@SwankGuide]

Hi Christina... I'm sorry I have not... I'm checking w a friend in LA - who has great taste - to see if they know about it. I will let you know if I get any info back. La Peer is a Kimpton hotel - which I think are good - but the SM Proper is super unique. Good luck

[@chanelbell]

What did u pick & did u like it?

[@belindaslomp1253]

These are all way beyond our budget. Maybe do some cheaper options

[@SwankGuide]

I will cover a few $100ish per night resorts in this series.. it's coming. I always try to look for affordable stylish places... but they are harder to find.

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[@SwankGuide]

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