Vacation rental in Laguna - Any recommendations?

Hey All!

We are heading down to Laguna Beach from Toronto, Canada at the end of October for my wife%26#39;s birthday. I am looking to rent a beach front (or reasonably close) vacation home for our trip. The problem that I am running into is that we are only going to be in Laguna for 3 nights and most rentals have a minimum 1 week stay.

Does anyone here know of a vacation rental in the area of $200/night, that will allow for shorter rentals?

Thanks everyone!!

Vacation rental in Laguna - Any recommendations?

How about the Laguna Beach Kite House? I know others here have posted positive things about it. It is not beach front but beach close with a beach view. I think it is $195 a night Monday through Thursday butn $295 for a weekend.

lagunabeachkitehouse.com

You could also look at the vrbo.com to see what is listed.

Have Fun!

Vacation rental in Laguna - Any recommendations?

Yes, I was just about to suggest the Kite House. I stayed there in April 2007. Here are two external photos that I took during my stay...

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And here is the view from the balcony...

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As you can see, it%26#39;s stunning, and it%26#39;s also surprisingly affordable.

However, be warned that it%26#39;s on a steep road, so you%26#39;d need to be quite fit to dare walk to the beach and back. I hired a car because, despite being fit, I%26#39;m also very lazy :-)

Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like a remarkable house, but unfortunately, is already booked for the dates we will be in Laguna Beach.

Guess I will have to catch that one next time!

Any other suggestions?

When we arrived after a log day of traveling, the home was a mess! There were 2 Spanish workers in the home doing god knows what...Actually, they were cooking beans in the kitchen and just standing around. There was a layer of dust through-out the home that was so thick u could write with it. There were dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. Not to mention on the cookware and utensils were filthy. The bathrooms were disgusting. The bathtubs and sinks still had scum on them, and the toilets had pubic hair, and poop splatter in the bowl still. Now if u can imagine arriving to your rental home and all u want to do is relax...and u cant. So we called the owner...to tell him about this. His response was that the two men doing nothing were there to clean. When we asked the men to clean they replied that they don%26#39;t clean and that they could get there girlfriends to come the following day!!!? So we call the owner again, and he’s like “Well people have different perspectives on what ';clean'; means.” If that’s his perspective of clean then he must live in a cave or something. So then he continues to tell us that if we aren%26#39;t happy with the home then we can go somewhere else (He has our money already)!! All we wanted to do was get settled in this home and rest after traveling. So we told him we were going to hire cleaners to clean the whole home seeing how he wasn%26#39;t willing to help us out...and he had told us he will reimburse us. We also ended up purchasing a new shower curtain b4 the original one was FILTHY, and we purchased new drinking glasses, and new cutting knives because they were not usable. Long story shot...he refuses to pay us back, and continues to tell us that there was never anything wrong with the condition of the home…. Now I am not a clean freak at all, and even I was appalled by the condition, and even more appalled by the way he handled the situation. So this is a warning to anyone looking at this home. We were there from Jan09-march 30th.

Which property is this? The Kite House? If so, I am amazed and very intrigued by this story. I was hoping to go back there in the next year - it%26#39;s been 2 years since I visited.

ya, we cant get over it...the owner had no idea about what hes doing there...and is so rude about the whole situation... In case u have it mixed up with another home this is the site. I dont know who owned it when u where there but the new owners name is David.

http://www.lagunabeachkitehouse.com/