Hotel prices / United States / Santa Cruz California
Santa Cruz California hotel price comparison: 18 hotels across booking sites
This snapshot was for a stay that has passed.
Prices for the stay of Nov 5 to 7, 2026, as listed on October 1, 2026.
18 Santa Cruz California hotels, each priced on every booking site we recorded for it. Prices on this page are per night, all-in where the sites reported taxes and fees; the study's count below uses the before-tax prices of its CSV. The going rate is the price the largest number of listings that named a room or offered free cancellation agreed on (ties go to the lower price).
One snapshot on October 1, 2026 for Nov 5 to Nov 7, 2 adults, US market, USD. Prices change daily.
Which booking site was cheapest for Santa Cruz California hotels?
The study's count, before taxes and fees: in the October 1, 2026 snapshot, at 12 of the 18 Santa Cruz California hotels with a price, the cheapest listing was 5% or more below the going rate. The cheapest site there: Super.com at 3, Hotels.com at 2, Billabook.com at 1, Expedia.co.in at 1, KAYAK.com at 1, müv AI at 1, Priceline at 1, the hotel's own site at 1 and 1 other site at 1 between them. These are the Santa Cruz California rows of the study's per-hotel CSV (going_rate_usd and cheapest_usd, before taxes and fees).
On this page, all-in: with taxes and fees included as the sites reported them, at 13 of the 18 hotels listed below a site was 5% or more below the all-in going rate. The cheapest site there: Billabook.com at 2, Hotels.com at 2, Super.com at 2, Etrip.net at 1, Expedia.co.in at 1, goseek.com at 1, Hotelscombined.com at 1, KAYAK.com at 1 and 6 other sites at 6 between them (a tie counts for each site). At the other 5, no site was 5% or more below it. The two counts differ: at 1 of the hotels listed below, the all-in prices put the gap on the other side of the 5% line. Each hotel below shows every site's all-in price. Across all cities: the cheapest site to book hotels, measured.
- Beachview Inn
Lowest $106 on Hotels.com, 11% below the going rate of $119. 8 sites.
- Casablanca Inn
Lowest $182 on Billabook.com, 31% below the going rate of $263. 6 sites.
- Comfort Inn Beach/Boardwalk Area
Lowest $161 on Vio.com, goseek.com and Etrip.net, 5% below the going rate of $170. 22 sites.
- Comfort Inn Santa Cruz North
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $179. 13 sites.
- Continental Inn
Lowest $91 on Hotels.com, 6% below the going rate of $97. 14 sites.
- Fireside Inn Santa Cruz
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $95. 7 sites.
- Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley
Lowest $248 on müv AI, 9% below the going rate of $273. 8 sites.
- Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection
Lowest $187 on Traveluro and Billabook.com, 26% below the going rate of $253. 21 sites.
- Hotel Solares
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $126. 22 sites.
- Marea Sol Hotel
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $199. 14 sites.
- Ocean Gate Inn
Lowest $89 on Priceline, 9% below the going rate of $98. 8 sites.
- Ocean Pacific Lodge
Lowest $127 on trivago DEALS, 10% below the going rate of $141. 19 sites.
- Riverside Inn & Suites
Lowest $94 on Expedia.co.in, 7% below the going rate of $101. 9 sites.
- Seacliff Inn Aptos, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
Lowest $161 on KAYAK.com and Hotelscombined.com, 22% below the going rate of $207. 25 sites.
- Seaside Inn & Suites
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $81. 6 sites.
- Surf City Inn & Suites
Lowest $84 on Super.com, 8% below the going rate of $91. 14 sites.
- The Aqua Pacific Hotel
Lowest $94 on the hotel's own site, 17% below the going rate of $113. 4 sites.
- Torch Lite Inn Santa Cruz CA Hotel
Lowest $115 on Super.com, 12% below the going rate of $131. 11 sites.
Taxes and fees at Santa Cruz California hotels
At the 9 hotels with both an all-in and a before-tax going rate, taxes and fees, as the booking sites reported them to Google Hotels, added a median of 15% ($19 a night) to the before-tax going rate: from 14% at Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection to 16% at Hotel Solares. At 9 hotels no site reported a before-tax price, so their prices are listed prices that may leave out resort or property fees. Our data does not split the gap into taxes and fees.
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