Neighborhoods

If you live in an apartment in Los Feliz, Silver Lake or Echo Park then chances are you own an inflatable mattress. Am I right? I mean, where do your friends and family stay when they come to town? It is rare for a renter to spend hundreds of extra dollars a month to rent an apartment just to have an extra bedroom and be large enough to accommodate their visitors. And since there are NO good hotels and motels in our neighborhood – if your small bungalow doesn’t have room for that inflatable mattress – your visitors are stuck on the street.

That is until recently. Many hotel alternatives have been popping up around our neighborhood and internet sites such as airbnb
and VRBO are giving travelers more options for short term accommodations.

These locally owned Inns are not your typical intimate bed&breakfasts or dreary corporate hotels. They aren’t vacation rentals or sublets either. They are a perfect blend of the above, creating hotel-like accommodations in home-like settings. Below are reviews of the handful of local Inns in our ‘hood:

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