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Hitching Post Studios Inn

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Motel in Santa Cruz, CA

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About this motel

This Newly renovated Santa Cruz, California Inn features free Wi-Fi. It is 5.3 mi from the University of California Santa Cruz and guest rooms provide a flat-screen HD TV with HBO channels.

Amenities at Hitching Post Studios Inn

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

TV

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Free parking

Map of Santa Cruz, CA

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lovers Point Park

Santa Cruz Wharf

Municipal Rose Garden

Available Rooms

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Top rated by guests

8.4Excellent

(357 Ratings)

"That the poor google reviews are so inaccurate imo. Loved our stay, would recommend it to anyone I like."

Verified guest

Don't miss out! Price and availability may change

$$$$

8.4 / 10.0

Excellent(357 Ratings)

Motel in Santa Cruz, CA

Reasons to book

Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating

High-end valueWell priced for this area

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Map of Santa Cruz, CA

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lovers Point Park

Santa Cruz Wharf

Municipal Rose Garden

Available Rooms

About this motel

This Newly renovated Santa Cruz, California Inn features free Wi-Fi. It is 5.3 mi from the University of California Santa Cruz and guest rooms provide a flat-screen HD TV with HBO channels.

Amenities

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

TV

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Free parking

Things to know

Additional fees to expect

Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Booking.com properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.

Booking feeNo booking fees, easy credit card payments.

Service feeThis helps Booking.com provide a safer and more secure booking experience.

TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.

Customer support

Customer support is handled by our partner Booking.com

Ratings and reviews

8.4 / 10.0

Excellent(357 Ratings)

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7.0 / 10.0

Good value for the price.

The room was like a small office, perfect for our work trip. It was far from fancy and wouldn't be a place I'd bring my wife, but it did the job for myself and my coworker. Good value for the money. The manager on site was exceptionally friendly.

Nothing. It was fine.

8.0 / 10.0

Spacious rooms and great location

Great location, spacious rooms and kitchen

Needing to ask for kitchen utensils and pots, which weren’t clean

10.0 / 10.0

Beautiful palm tree

That the poor google reviews are so inaccurate imo. Loved our stay, would recommend it to anyone I like.

nuttin

7.0 / 10.0

No frills, clean, good staff; good if all you need is a safe, clean place to stay overnight.

We needed a place to stay for one night and this was in a location that suited our needs (note it is not close to beach & boardwalk but we were not looking for that). It is a "no frills" place but all we needed was a bed and bathroom for one night. Bed was comfortable. Quality TV, microwave & refrigerator were included. I appreciate roomy closet & luggage racks. Room also had three chairs and an ottoman which was nice. Check in and check out were a breeze.

They use too much Febreze air freshener (or something like it) which I did not like since I have a sensitivity to heavy smells like that.

9.0 / 10.0

Perfect place to stay for a reasonable price.

The room was sparsely appointed but very spacious, clean and very comfortable. Although there were no bedside lights, they were graciously provided when my husband inquired about them. There was a large separate kitchen where one may cook a full meal after borrowing cooking and eating supplies from the front desk (for a $5.00 fee), and there was a large refrigerator. Safeway and Grocery Outlet were nearby as well as Walgreens to purchase food and supplies. The facilities were clean and very quiet, with free parking right outside the door. Great Mexican Food within walking distance. Public transportation is convenient to get around. We will definitely stay again when we are in the Santa Cruz Area.

Can't think of anything. The furniture is nothing fancy but to be expected for the low price point. It was a bit odd having to ask for bedside lights (but the management graciously obliged).

10.0 / 10.0

Highly recommend staying at this location.

I loved everything. Staff,room,and location are great!

Nothing

5.0 / 10.0

Highly overrated, and unfortunately recommended for our group by booking.com

we didn't get mugged

this is an older,run down hotel, poorly refurbished.Pieces of tile missing in the bathroom,The base for the towel hook was on the back of the bathroom door, but no hook.The heat is provided by a funky portable heater, with an old a.c. unit in the window.very narrow access for vehicles,If you have a large pickup be careful.Thin cheesy blankets.

8.0 / 10.0

Nice spot away from the tourists

Staff was very welcoming & liked that you got a gift bag with snacks. Housekeeping was very intuitive, noticing that I untucked the bedding so that it wasn't so tight. So they kept it that way during my stay while making the bed. Always plenty of parking & liked being next to the laundry room so I knew hot water would not be an issue. Enjoyed being a little more out of the touristy part of town.

Felt some other guests could be quieter- talking on the phone loudly right outside my door late at night. Also, my bathroom was accessible when I did not request or book accessible, so would've preferred a regular shower.

10.0 / 10.0

So grateful for this place and the staff. Definitely will stay again !!!

Friendly staff, great price, comfortable bed, free parking !!! What more can you ask for :)

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8.0 / 10.0

Good location, reasonable prices, large rooms, parking available, would stay again.

Great location - near to supermarkets for shopping. Not far from the beaches and hiking areas nearby. Quiet though - despite the main road near to the property, there weren't any noise issues while we were staying. Washing machine and dryer available (at extra cost). Friendly staff. Parking available right outside the apartment. Good size rooms. Air con in the room.

No cutlery/pots/pans/plates etc in the kitchen was a bit odd - you could get this from reception, but we managed without as we had our camping gear anyway.

10.0 / 10.0

Clean, welcoming, safe...

The Staff were friendly and very helpful. The whole facility was clean and welcoming. The room was dated but clean and working great. We were here for one night to visit our daughter in the area and it fit our purposes perfect. We would stay again if need be.

Can't think of a thing!

2.0 / 10.0

Never coming back

The location.

When we got to our room, the ac didnt work, there was a pizza box leftover in the fridge which made us feel like it wasnt cleaned at all. Also had the people across from us at their car yelling til about 3am. Not fun. $250 was not well spent. Oh well

10.0 / 10.0

Comfortable

Clean and modern. Bed was comfortable. Would stay again.

10.0 / 10.0

worked very well

Nice big clean bathroom and walk-in modern shower with good water power; fridge and microwave. good wifi; ice machine. Nice check-in, friendly/easy

-no complaints!

10.0 / 10.0

Best location and value with great rooms.

Incredibly welcoming and helpful manager/owner, great well-maintained immaculate room with refrigerator and microwave. Spacious shower. Quiet. Easy parking right in front of our room. Nice BBQ area. Patio with table and chairs right outside the room. Ice machine is easy to access.

Nothing to not like here.

8.0 / 10.0

Good motel

Recently remodeled

Pillows were not comfortable

9.0 / 10.0

Friendly staff and good value

Great room for the value. Check in was easy and staff friendly. Room had everything needed and plenty of space.

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7.0 / 10.0

Clean motel great for a short getaway

Room had a clean/renovated bathroom with a small coffee maker and a fridge for your snacks. It was quiet even though it was by a relatively busy road. Check in/ check out process was quick and the manager was very friendly!

Like pretty much all of Santa Cruz, property is dated - a/c is a loud window unit which helped cool the room before going bed but you can’t sleep if it’s running all the time. WiFi was spotty.

8.0 / 10.0

Short, sweet, very pleasant experience

Nice and clean. Smelled clean and fresh.

Small and lacked enough parking. Wished the gas fire pit worked outside on the patio area. That little place could really be a vibe to kick back and stay a week at

9.0 / 10.0

Great motel experience

After a long day of driving, this was a great idea to book a room in Hitching Post Studios Inn. We have never stayed in a motel before, and this was a very positive expirience. The check in was fast and straightforward. The room was spacious, bathroom newly renovated, bed large and super comfortable. It's only a 10 min drive to the boardwalk.

The only downside is that you have to ask for the kitchenware (even for cups and cutlery). We only wanted to make coffee, and while there are paper cups provided, there are no teaspoons. We managed because we were packing in the morning and didn't want to go to the front desk just for a teaspoon.

10.0 / 10.0

Hidden gem among many overpriced hotels in Santa Cruz!

Very reasonable rates for this time of year! Comfortable and clean. It is our go to place when we need a little beach time!

7.0 / 10.0

Would definitely go back .

I loved the room . Very spacious

The whole floor got wet during a shower very slippery for kids. And my self.

7.0 / 10.0

Reasonably priced, no-frills option that has everything you need

The front desk staff was very friendly and welcoming, even giving us a bag full of snacks and bottled water upon check in. The room was very clean, the bed was comfortable, and the shower had good water pressure. We only stayed for one night so we didn’t get to use it, but the room had a fridge, microwave, and coffee maker. The hotel was more reasonably priced than other options in Santa Cruz, probably because it was more removed from the tourist destinations (but was convenient for our purposes).

The cleaning product they used to clean the room had a VERY strong and unpleasant scent, so much so that I kept waking up because of it in the middle of the night. The a/c unit was fairly noisy so we turned it off in order to sleep at night.

5.0 / 10.0

I'll give is a C.

It was a decent upgraded room

The internet is definitely not "high speed" It constantly dropped out. There was piss on the floor and toilet which stunk. I told the guy at the front and after acting like I was lying, reluctantly apologized. The next morning I went out to my car and when I went back to my room, the key didn't work I called the number on the window, and he was out on his morning walk. I had to wait while he had his walk to get into my room that I paid $110 for.

8.0 / 10.0

Very basic for just a place to sleep.

Location near Moes Alley.

On busy road. Outdated. Smelled like ammonia. But the front desk guy was nice and brought us a fan to air it out.

8.0 / 10.0

Fine for a short getaway

It was well managed and clean.

The street it’s on is a main busy street so it felt a bit cramped, and the building was very old.

10.0 / 10.0

If you don’t mind not having a beach view, this place is a nice stay. It’s a short car ride away, and a lot of money sav

The room was spacious, newly remodeled, clean, and comfortable. Most hotels in Santa Cruz charge double or triple this amount during the summer months.

10.0 / 10.0

Great place to stay.

It is clean and has a kitchen . It is close to where I needed to be.

10.0 / 10.0

Manager Danny was very nice and helpful. I enjoyed my stay there.

It was that very nice and clean

Only downfall was no pool or hot tub. Considering the price.

10.0 / 10.0

Needed a reasonable priced place for a quick trip.

Staff was very accommodating and friendly. The room was quiet, and had everything we needed plus the king size bed was very comfortable.

No complaints!

5.0 / 10.0

OK, but won't stay here again!

No refrigerator, walls too thin. Can hear everything next room over!

6.0 / 10.0

centrally located near safeway on morrisey. Lots of kitchen units.

rude owner . He treats female guests like i imagine a mean employer would treat staff.

The way I was talked to by the owner. The way he asked me for the key card to be returned with a strange resentful tone. Nuts!

10.0 / 10.0

Great price for the cost! Thanks!

Room was clean and all the facilities worked great!

9.0 / 10.0

Staff very nice

The owner or front desk associate was very kind and helpful.

No available dishes for the kitchen room and the king size bed was off so we ended up turning around so our heads didn’t tilt downwards.

10.0 / 10.0

I truly enjoyed my time here !

All of it! Was a great escape!

10.0 / 10.0

I love hitching post!!!! Will reccomend any of my employes here!

Everything! Danny is an amazong host! And runs a great place!

10.0 / 10.0

Always love staying here!.

Everything. Always such a nice stay

10.0 / 10.0

Danny is a wonderful manager. And keeps the property quiet clean and peaceful.

Everything about this place is top tier. Great cozy rooms. Danny is a great manager. Always so kind!

10.0 / 10.0

i love it here!!.

Always an incredible stay

10.0 / 10.0

I adore this place!!

Everuthing about this place. Its a gem.