Hacienda Hotel El Segundo - Help Please!

Hope you can help me, I%26#39;m staying at the Hacienda Hotel for 2 nights in June because my tour starts from there, I%26#39;ve been reading the reviews on here and I%26#39;ve never found such mixed reviews about a hotel! can you help me? what is it really like?

Am ok with basic as long as its clean and with a/c, would appreciate the truth!

Thanks!

Hacienda Hotel El Segundo - Help Please!

I doubt any of us have stayed there, so I would rely on the most recent reviews. Maybe someone here lives in the neighborhood and can tell you what it looks like from the outside?

Hacienda Hotel El Segundo - Help Please!

It%26#39;s an economy hotel -- one of the least expensive in the LAX area. I have not stayed there personally but colleagues have. If you%26#39;re looking for something with a little style,this isn%26#39;t it. It is on a commercial road with local retail that isn%26#39;t very interesting, adjacent to LAX. On the plus side, it%26#39;s a 10-20 minute drive to the various beaches nearby.

Keep in mind that this is the least expensive 3-star hotel in the area (average price: $103/night). The next most expensive 3-star hotel is the Summerfield Suites with an average price of $152.

BTW, the star-rating does not describe the attractiveness or condition of the hotel; it describes the AMOUNT of AMENITIES in the hotel (restaurant, pool, rtoom service, etc).

The Summerfield Suites does get CONSISENTLY high marks!

Here%26#39;s a link:

tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32341-d217231-…

If you click on the blue QUICK CHECK button, you%26#39;ll find offers as low as $139 per night.

Good luck!

We stayed there once. They have a parking package for LAX. You can leave your car there if you spend the night. Not a place I%26#39;d want to spend a vacation at, but OK. The rooms were basic but clean - Mexican hacienda style furniture. Not the best sound insulation. The lobby/halls were kind of dark. There were a lot of flight crews that stayed there due to the proximity to the airport.

It%26#39;s fine if you just need a place to sleep. I%26#39;d stay again if I need to fly out of LAX early AM.

As hopskipjump already mentioned, it%26#39;s an economy hotel where you can get a hotel room for $79/night including free shuttle to/from airport. El Segundo is a nice area, esp the old downtown El Segundo. It%26#39;s also right next to the community of Manhattan Beach which is an upscale neighborhood. I also agree with the Summerfield Suites. Some of my business collegues from out of town would stay there and all gave positive feedback of it. Plus they have Mon-Thursday complimentary Happy Hours and BBQs.

I%26#39;ve had friends stay there a couple of times over the years. It seemed like a very basic place to stay. My impression was the location was lousy if you intend to visit the city and see the sights. I%26#39;m sure it creates a poor impression of the city, not because the place is of poor quality. But, the location is so inconvenient to everything except LAX.

Seems like a penny wise, pound foolish place to stay. Just my opinion.

I stayed there for 2 weeks in September 2003 and can perhaps explain some of the mixed reviews.

I was initially allocated a smoking room over looking the pool. It was in quite a poor state, the decor and furniture was really old and tatty, there were ants in the room and *everything* smelt of stale cigarette smoke.

So I asked to be moved after the first night and was allocated a non-smoking room which was not by the pool. This room was a completely different experience. It had obviously been fairly recently refurbished and all the furniture was quite new, the room smelt fresh, no ants! I was perfectly happy with that room for the 2 weeks.

From reading the more recent reviews, it sounds like they may still not have refurbished the rooms by the pool, so make sure you get a refurbished room and if you%26#39;re not happy with the room you get, ask to be moved.

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