• The Santa Barbara Municipal Airport provides a less crowded alternative to airports in Los Angeles and San Diego. More than 800,000 passengers passed through the terminal in 2009 according to the airport website. This flight traffic has encouraged hotel chains to open properties near the airport to accommodate those tourists.
  
  

Avania Inn of Santa Barbara

• Avania Inn of Santa Barbara offers rooms and suites 15 minutes east of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. The hotel's 46 guest rooms feature pillowtop beds, LCD televisions and refrigerators. Five suites are outfitted with private balconies, sleeper sofas and king beds. The hotel staff prepares eggs, coffee and muffins for the free breakfast buffet. Guests can head down to the courtyard to take advantage of the outdoor pool and sun deck. The first-floor lobby contains a library with books and DVDs.
  
  Avania Inn of Santa Barbara
  
  128 Castillo St.
  
  Santa Barbara, CA 93101
  
  1-800-455-4647
  
  avaniainnsantabarbara.com
  
  

Best Western Pepper Tree Inn

• The Best Western Pepper Tree Inn houses 150 guest rooms 10 minutes east of the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Each guest room features a laptop safe, bathrobes and a welcome basket of healthy snacks. The king deluxe room builds on these amenities with a sofa bed and a dining table. Guest amenities include a free airport shuttle and an extensive DVD library. The Treehouse Restaurant in the hotel lobby serves all three meals seven days a week. Guests can access 2,500 square feet of meeting space in the hotel's three conference rooms.
  
  Best Western Pepper Tree Inn
  
  3850 State St.
  
  Santa Barbara, CA 93105
  
  805-687-5511
  
  bestwesterncalifornia.com
  
  

Ramada Limited Santa Barbara

• The Ramada Limited Santa Barbara operates 126 guest rooms five minutes east of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Children under 17 years old with their parents stay at this hotel for free. Standard rooms feature private balconies, refrigerators and queen beds. The hotel also offers rooms with views of the mountains as well as the on-site lagoon. Nightly rates cover wireless Internet on the property and passes to the nearby Goleta Valley Athletic Club. Travelers can reach the airport as well as the Amtrak station using the free hotel shuttle.
  
  Ramada Limited Santa Barbara
  
  4770 Calle Real
  
  Santa Barbara, CA 93110
  
  866-398-4668
  
  sbramada.com
  
  

Holiday Inn Santa Barbara-Goleta

• The Holiday Inn Santa Barbara-Goleta features 160 guest rooms five minutes north of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Room amenities include premium cable, arm chairs with ottomans and work desks. The hotel offers a free airport shuttle as well as complimentary wireless Internet in each room. The grounds of the hotel possesses an outdoor pool and sun deck. Guests can order breakfast or dinner at Remington's in the hotel lobby. The Los Palmas Patio on the first floor serves cocktails seven nights a week.
  
  Holiday Inn Santa Barbara-Goleta
  
  5650 Calle Real
  
  Santa Barbara, CA 93117
  
  805-964-6241
  
  hisantabarbarahotel.com