Best Affordable Beach Resorts

$169: Hotel Erwin
California

Overlooking Venice’s Muscle Beach, the Hotel Erwin’s 119 rooms were revamped last year to incorporate the area’s urban aesthetic, with electric-yellow mesh screens, bursts of seafoam green and aqua paint on the walls, and artful graffiti on guest-room doors. The Pacific Ocean is just 200 feet from your doorstep; for 360-degree views of Los Angeles, head up to High, the hotel’s rooftop restaurant.