We stayed at Laura and Scot's for 3 night and their guest house is perfect and very adorable!! They had recommendations and even beach towels (we didn't bring any) and beach bag with a frisbee. Which was perfect since or son wanted a whole day at the beach instead of Universal. They were very accommodating for our check in since we stayed at Disneyland to watch the fireworks and were going to be checking in late. We also found the location very convenient to get to LAX, Venice Beach and Santa Monica.