So since someone here seems to have the answer to just about every question... I find myself in need of a hotel room in Santa Barbara, CA for one night next weekend (Nov. 5th). I've tried all the major travel sites that I can think of and I can't find anything. Well, there is one hotel but it is almost $400 a night. I find it hard to believe that everything in the city is booked full for a non-holiday weekend in what should be the off season. Requirements are that it be in the city, girlfriend acceptable (she is pretty relaxed, but it needs to be clean at least and if it isn't a "name brand" hotel it should be fairly nice), and $200 at most. Affordable B&B type places might also work, but I can't find a good online reservation system for them. Suggestions?

Thanks,
-Mike

Check out kayak.com. Someone here mentioned them before and they seem to do a great job. They have DO hotel prices for that night for as low as $79.

Edit: Or not. It helps if you type in the dates correctly. Still, $143 for a Holiday Inn Express in Carpintiera.

Edit again: Oh. In the city. Helps if I read, too. Still, there are a lot of listings that ask you to call and many of them look decent.

This looks like a nice B&B: http://www.glenboroughinn.com/

I can recommend a B&B for cambridge. We stayed at a place called Tenison Towers and the woman who owned the place was extremely nice. You also get a nice English breakfast.

I just happened to have my MP3 player with me today which has all my pictures from the trip: