Cheap Hotels in Beverly Hills

Maybe you need to be of a certain generation to immediately think “90210″ when you hear “Beverly Hills,” but nevertheless this Los Angeles neighborhood is famous for being incredibly posh. Arguably the most popular pastime here is shopping, although budget travelers may be left with window shopping as their only cheap option. Generally speaking, to have an address in this part of L.A. you have to be really rich – but the good news is that there are a few cheap hotels in Beverly Hills where you can stay when you visit.

Perhaps second on the list of things to do in Beverly Hills – after shopping, of course – is gawking at celebrity homes. You can join an official tour or buy what you assume is an official map and hunt them down on your own. Either way, you will probably need to rent a car, as all of L.A. is very car-centric, although finding parking in Beverly Hills can be a challenge. When looking at cheap hotels in Beverly Hills, getting one with a parking lot is a good idea – then you can walk around the neighborhood to explore.

If you are visiting the larger Los Angeles area, you could conceivably stay in any one of its neighborhoods and drive to all the others to check off everything on your to-do list. But unless you are really interested primarily in the shopping along Rodeo Drive or at checking out where the stars live, even the cheap hotels in Beverly Hills are not going to be as cheap as the bargain accommodation options you can find in other parts of the city. Still, the surroundings are nice, so it is not a bad place to base yourself.

Some of the cheap hotels in Beverly Hills worth checking out are Whilshire Crest Hotel (residential neighborhood 2 blocks from Beverly Hills, free breakfast, private patio, comfortable and affordable, sells out quickly), Hotel Beverly Terrace (39 rooms, free WiFi, on-site restaurant, free continental breakfast, free parking, outdoor pool), and Maison 140 (43 rooms, boutique hotel, internet access, on-site bar & lounge, continental breakfast available, fitness room, pool access at nearby sister hotel).