Hotel
Friday night: For those arriving on or before Friday, we recommend that you make a reservation downtown Santa Barbara, which is where the Wedding Welcome Dinner is. There are many hotel and Airbnb/VRBO options in downtown Santa Barbara. Ubers/Lyfts are also easy to get if you'd don't want to drive around the city. Downtown Santa Barbara is a 45 min. drive from where the Hotel Block that we're offering for Saturday and Sunday night.
Hotel
Saturday and Sunday Nights (Hotel Block): This is where we've booked a block of rooms for our guests for Saturday and Sunday nights. It's located downtown Solvang, which is a 45 minute drive from downtown Santa Barbara and a 20 minute drive from the wedding venue. This hotel is within walking distance to breakfast places, coffee shops, restaurants and shopping. To book a room using our hotel block price of $193/night plus taxes, please call 805-691-8086 (do not use the hotel's main line). Make sure to reference the "Bell-Matula Wedding." We'll be providing transportation to/from the wedding from this hotel. We'll also have the after party on Sunday night in the lounge of this hotel so we highly recommend all guests book this hotel (or another hotel in Solvang that's within walking distance of the Vinland).
Flight
Flights into Los Angeles are less expensive and more frequent than flights into Santa Barbara. However, it's a 2.5 - 3 hour drive from LAX to Solvang, CA (where the hotel block is).
Flight
Flights to SBA are usually more expensive than flights to LAX, but Santa Barbara is 1.5 hours closer to Solvang than Los Angeles.
Rental Car
This is a list of the car rental options from LAX.
Rental Car
This is a list of car rental options from SBA.