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March 25, 2023
Santa Barbara, CA

Tara & Charlie

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The Wedding Website of Tara Carey and Charles Hartwick
Los Angeles Airport - LAX to Santa Barbara is about a 1 hr 30 min to 2 hr drive (depending on traffic). From LAX, we recommend renting a car, Uber/Lyft, or you can book a car/bus through companies including Santa Barbara Airbus. Santa Barbara Airport - there's a small airport in Santa Barbara about 15 minutes from downtown. There are no direct flights from the east coast unfortunately but several connecting flight options through LAX, Dallas, Phoenix etc. It's supposed to be a nice and easy airport! If you have any questions about travel please feel free to reach out. We know Santa Barbara is far for those on the east coast but we promise it'll be worth it! Thank you so much in advance for making the trip to the west coast. Please see hotel recommendations below. The map above includes the 3 key wedding hotels/venues - Hotel Californian, Harbor View Inn and The Rosewood Miramar Beach.

Hotel

Hotel Californian

36 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 882-0100

Hotel Californian is the home base for our wedding weekend (venue for Friday night and Sunday brunch). It's a charming hotel in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara!

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Harbor View Inn

28 West Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 963-0780

Harbor View Inn is a nice hotel in an amazing location (less than a block from Hotel Californian). We have a 25% off discount code that applies to any non-standard rooms. The code is TARA&CHARLIE and needs to be entered where it says promo code under check availability (not voucher code). This is a popular hotel so we recommend booking sooner than later! Rates starting around $300.

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Rosewood Miramar Beach

1759 South Jameson Lane
Montecito, CA 93108
 (805) 900-8388

The location of our wedding ceremony and reception. It's a beautiful resort if you'd like to check it out!

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Riviera Beach House

121 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 966-6586

Modern, boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara (less than a block from Hotel Californian). Rates starting around $300.

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Hotel Milo Santa Barbara

202 West Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 965-4577

Cute beachfront hotel about a 5 minute walk to Hotel Californian.

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Kimpton Canary Hotel

31 West Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 884-0300

Great Kimpton hotel about 1 mile from Santa Barbara Funk Zone / Hotel Californian.

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Hotel Santa Barbara

533 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 957-9300

Nice hotel in downtown SB about a 10 minute walk to Hotel Californian.

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Montecito Inn

1295 Coast Village Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
 (805) 969-7854

Nice hotel in downtown Montecito. It's about a 5 minute drive to the Rosewood and 10 minute drive to downtown Santa Barbara.

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The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara

8301 Hollister Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
 (805) 968-0100

Very nice oceanfront Ritz Carlton. It's about a 15-20 minute drive from downtown Santa Barbara.

Travel Note

AIRBNB / VRBO

There are some great Airbnb / rental options in downtown Santa Barbara.

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