Venice Beach Vacation Condos

Would not recommend. First, I booked through expedia and was quoted a price. After I booked nonrefundable, the condo sent me a $100 cleaning fee invoice. I reviewed the expedia details and in fine print it did say I would be charged a cleaning fee. Ironic, since the place was not really clean. Everything was inconvenient and confusing and required calls to the management. The parking was confusing and pretty far away. The TVs and remotes were confusing. One of the remotes we did not find until the second day. It was under the couch. The AC was on some electronic control thing that you had to have a degree in computer science to operate. Even the check in was confusing. Venice beach itself has deteriorated. I would not visit there again. Santa Monica was fun. For the price we paid, plus the "cleaning fee" and the parking, we could have stayed at a nice hotel.

Most disturbing was the cleaning fee that was hidden in fine print and not included in the expedia pricing. I felt blind sided. While the place was conveniently located to the beach, it was inconvenient in many aspects. The TVs and air conditioning controls were very confusing. The control for the TV in the living room was missing, and we found it on the second day under the couch. The rug was dirty, the blankets frayed and bleached spots. Under the couches and beds was dirty. The floor was dirty. The parking was confusing and inconvenient. Even the check in was confusing and cumbersome. We did call about the check in and TV and parking and our questions were answered, but who wants to spend their vacation calling the management for basic things. I would not recommend this place. For the price we paid, we could have stayed in a decent hotel with parking close by and not needing to contact management about how to use everything.

Good: Nice place, clean, close to the beach. Bad: parking is a10/15 minutes away, they don't answer the phone when you need something, no hand soap

I stayed here for one night and upon check-in found that there was an additional mandatory $95 cleaning fee on top of what I already paid. For the cost I could have stayed someplace nice rather than this worn-down apartment. The check in process was unpleasant and involved multiple emails full of threatening language about all the things that will incur further fees if you don't comply. Often the charges don't match up throughout the documentation. You need to fill out a form that was broken for me. I already mentioned the cleaning fee which was buried in the fine print when I booked on lastminute.com, it was too late for me to change by the time I found out about it. This cost should just be included in the fee rather than hidden. The unit itself is a basic apartment, perhaps built in the 80's and it shows it's age. We were surprised to find our apartment was full of mosquitos for some reason. The entrance way was swarming with them, and they must have been coming under the door. The unit was pretty clean, but the carpeted stairs outside the door looked and smelled like someone has vomited on them. Good location.

Safe and clean

Great location, well organised for the car parking. Well set up apartment.

Bed bugs. My daughter is suffering from bed-bug bites all over her body. She saw two doctors to confirm this. I waited for test results before writing a review to be fair. Bed bugs, unclean tub and toilets are not what you expect when spending on what you believe would be better than a hotel experience. Seriously reconsider staying here.

Garage key never worked , even after calling management,what a joke. Homeless people and garbage all thru alley, smelled, scary to walk home too. The apt upstairs is very noisy, can hear everything, was bearable except after 1am party’s all night, notified management didn’t help. Apt was clean, would have been nice to have broom to clean in between, no laundry, and no security lock once in apartment, just glass door. Water pressure a joke in shower,

Good customer service.

Parking is a 6 minute walk which was very disappointing given that they didn’t mention that until I made the booking. Very sketchy that they didn’t provide that info in the listing details. Had I known I have to walk 6 mins to the parking I wouldn’t have booked this place. I wouldn’t recommend this place if you had your own car.