Although Caribbean destinations are always popular, spring is traditionally the cheaper shoulder season, and Jamaica is ...

Plus, the hotel offers an array of included activities ... admire the endless plazas before climbing to the top of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse clock tower for excellent views.

The hotel's Great Indoors room comes ... This small town of less than 5,000 is located in the Santa Ynez Valley – wine country – in Santa Barbara County. Some unique experiences in Buellton ...

How about having Easter Brunch at the El Encanto Hotel and enjoying this view? Photo used with permission. Easter Sunday is just around the corner, and you could celebrate it at this luxurious ...

There’s something magical about Santa Barbara on a weekend morning. The light hits the red-tiled rooftops just right, the ocean breeze drifts through the palm trees, and the scent of espresso and ...

But, wow, the initial nausea was so worth it. It completely dissipated by the time we set sail into the Santa Barbara Channel ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto ...

From San Diego to Santa Barbara, southern California is home to beaches, mountains, valleys and deserts. That’s a lot of ...

The Waterfront on Glacier hotel, which opened last year after an extensive remodel of what for many years was the Breakwater Inn, was shut down and guests evicted Monday by city officials due to ...

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi went on a real estate buying spree in the Santa Barbara area. The former talk show host and actress snatched up a $49 million compound from comedian Dennis ...

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The City of Santa Barbara collected $1.9 Million in Transient Occupancy ... of which approximately $20.5 Million came from hotels and $2.8 Million from short-term rentals. Year to date, total TOT ...