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Out of 107

Sandpiper Santa Barbara	Average Price: $145 Check Rates

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3525 State Street

Santa Barbara, 93105 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 5 of 20
Average review rating: 3.04

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (40) , Travelocity (8) , TripAdvisor (113) , YahooTravel (9)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. The room air freshner is toxic and too much, my hair still smelled like it after checking out 12 hours later.

"RUDE!!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/22/2012 Vote

2. There was a strong smell of Eucalyptus tree in the room.

"A Good Budget Motel In An Expensive Community " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/24/2011 Vote

3. The towels along with everything else in the room smelled horrific and the towels were so small (possibly for a small child).

"save your money and go camping " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/26/2011 Vote

4. I literally could still smell that hotel yesterday while in LA, it was because my purse had absorbed the odor as well.

"save your money and go camping " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/26/2011 Vote

5. The room smelled like old smoke which was interesting as a no smoking sign posted on the desk? I am sure that this use to be a smoking hotel/motel which did not work for me as I have an allergy to smoke.

"save your money and go camping " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/26/2011 Vote

6. I had to purchase febreeze and other items just to try to tolerate the smell.

"save your money and go camping " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/26/2011 Vote

7. If this hotel invests in nicer smelling washing detergent and new bed covers, client satisfaction would go up dramatically.

"OK but proceed with caution? " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/11/2010 Vote

8. We didn't see any cockroaches in that room, but it certainly wasn't any nicer than the first room and maybe smelled even worse.

"Cockroaches and dirty, smelly rooms . . . it doesn't get much worse than this " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/18/2010 Vote

9. On first impression, the room we were given was dirty, depressing and smelled bad.

"Cockroaches and dirty, smelly rooms . . . it doesn't get much worse than this " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/18/2010 Vote

10. Mold smell from air conditioning and mold in tile shower surround.

"Don't want to go home with SCABIES? Avoid this motel. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/10/2009 Vote