So, you’re a numbers person
The good news is, we are too.
The information to follow outlines our methodology and the specifics around our campaign price comparisons to help you understand how we ended up where we did.
This chart outlines all of the price comparisons featured in the Beat Inflation Vacation campaign:
Hotel |
Wine Tasting |
Dining |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria Valley | $119/night | $33/tasting | $31.13/meal |
| Pismo Beach | $461/night | — | $63/meal |
| Paso Robles | $477.33/night | $15/tasting | $52.08/meal |
| Napa | $813.33/night | $35/tasting | $53.65/meal |
| Temecula | $438.33/night | $16/tasting | $35.33/meal |
| Santa Ynez | $633.66/night | $10/tasting | $32/meal |
| Solvang | $343.66/night | $8.60/tasting | $27.33/meal |
Sources and Methodology
Hotel Data
- Tripadvisor top three ranked hotels
- Based on “Traveler Rank”
- Dates: June 24 – 26, 2022
- One room, two nights, best deal
- Only included those for which Tripadvisor displayed the nightly rate; we did not contact hotel properties directly or pull rates from their websites.
- Data was pulled May 3, 2022
- Hotels included:
- Best Western Plus Big America
- Radisson Hotel Santa Maria
- Historic Santa Maria Inn
- Inn at the Cove
- Pismo Lighthouse Suites
- Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa
- Oxford Suites
- Adelaide Inn
- Allegretto
- Rancho Caymus
- North Block
- Elm House Inn
- Hampton Inn
- South Coast Winery
- Holiday Inn
- Vinland Hotel
- Kronborg Inn
- Svendsgaard’s Danish Lodge
- Santa Ynez Inn
- Chumash Casino Resort
- ForFriends Inn
Wine Tasting Data
- Tripadvisor top three Wineries & Vineyards
- Based on “Traveler Rank”
- Data pulled May 3, 2022
- Pricing came from CaliforniaWineryAdvisor.com for the following:
- Presqu’ile
- Rancho Sisquoc
- Foxen
- Calcareous
- Tobin James
- Pine Ridge
- Vindemia Estate Winery
- Wiens Family Cellars
- Leoness Cellars
- Rusack Vineyards
- Rideau Vineyard
- Lincourt Vineyards
- Sunstone Winery
- Gainey Vineyard
- Roblar Winery & Vineyards
- Pricing came from individual winery websites for the following, as the information was not available at CaliforniaWineryAdvisor.com:
- Halter Ranch
- Robert Biale
- Hendry Ranch
Dining Data
- Tripadvisor top three restaurants that serve dinner
- Based on the most expensive entree on the dinner menu
- Data pulled May 3, 2022
- Data pulled from restaurant websites and menus
- Restaurants included:
- The Swiss
- Cool Hand Luke’s
- North China Restaurant
- Il Cortile Ristorante
- Buona Tavola
- Paso Terra
- Cordeiro’s Steakhouse
- Bistro Don Giovanni
- Mustards Grill
- The Oyster Loft
- Ventana Grill
- Giuseppe’s Cucina Italiana
- The Goat and Vine
- Trattoria Toscana
- Gourmet Italia
- Mad & Vin
- Leonardo’s Cucina Italiana
- Cecco Ristorante
- Brothers Restaurant at the Red Barn
- S.Y. Kitchen
- Trattoria Grappolo
