Wife and I visited my daughter in Ben Lomond, this was the closest place so we booked it. In my opinion it was way over priced. Vania said reason is all the cleaning they have to do for Covid, so the cleaning fee was $145 on top of room charge of $114. Feels like a real rip off.
However, we needed a place to stay for the visit, and leaving out the price to value distortion, the home was lovely. When my daughter came by, she termed it "classy". A big beautiful patio outside, and an elegantly designed room inside (the space is the basement of the owner's home). Everything is first class. The large bed is placed in a corner of the room, to leave more floor space for other furniture. This made getting into the bed on the side next to the wall a hassle (my wife gave me the privilege), but it turned out to be the most comfortable bed either of has ever slept in (firm, which we both prefer), and we got an excellent sleep. Only other quibble is that the sofa is very low, and my 78 year old body had to use a lot of arm leverage to get up from it. Kitchen had everything and more that we needed. There is a washer and drier and my daughter was disappointed not to have known, because she lives in a rental and has to go to a laundromat.
Morning sun comes up on the patio, wish we had had more time to hang out.
Vania's husband came down when we arrived and answered some questions and showed us a light switch we couldn't find and made us feel welcome.
The neighborhood is quiet and attractive, lots of surrounding trees. San Lorenzo valley offers a wonderful assortment of outdoor activities, although we made this more a family encounter than get out and take advantage of the area.
As an aside, I have often gone to Santa Cruz and there are many special attractions to the town, but the traffic is so bad, especially coming down route 9, that for an ocean experience there are other locations that offer more pleasant access.