Margarita Village Holidays from £1,079

Our room was clean and cute but the room had a plug in air conditioner that wasn’t on when we got there so it was super hot. Using their hair dryer blew a circuit and we lost power to our room. It took about 15 minutes to get it back on. The TV wasn’t logged on to any WiFi and it wouldn’t log onto to the guest WiFi so we couldn’t use it. There is also no elevator and the stairs are steep and creaky. It is also next to an adult store.

I stayed there for 4 days after staying 4 days in La Jolla Shores Hotel, and I strongly recommend staying in the Shores Hotel instead (if there is a choice). The food was much better in the hotel (so I ended up going there for food most of the days). But, a much more annoying thing is that the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club is primarily a private club, and unless you are a "member" you will be treated like a second class citizen, and also be reminded of that a few times per day. Unfortunately, they do not make that clear at all while you are renting a room. What this means is, for example, that you'll be kicked out of the swimming pool during certain times of the day because it is "member's time" (even if there are no members in the pool at all). Moreover, there are exactly 4 tables where one can be served breakfast outside next to the ocean, but they are "reserved" all the time (even though noone is there in the early morning). There are many more examples like this. I would say it is fairly impolite to invite someone into your home, and then treat them like this. It is even more impolite not to tell your guests ahead of the time they will be treated like this, and especially given that you charge your guests $500/day for room, and your guests realize this only once they already paid. I tried moving out the 1st day, but I would have lost our entire payment. I will definitely never stay at this place again.