10 Luxury Beach Hotels For Less (PHOTOS)

Spanning the shores of seven countries, the properties listed in ShermansTravel.com's roundup of recently-opened luxury beach hotels boast smart design, prime waterfront locales, and all the mod-cons you'd expect from a high-end resort. Best of all, the rates at these 10 hotels are typically less than $250 a night (some are even less than $150). Sprawl out in your own oceanfront suite in Mexico, test out the surf at an all-inclusive Costa Rican gem, or people-watch from your boardwalk-view balcony in Venice Beach, California. Text and captions courtesy of ShermanTravel.com, adapted from "Top 10 Luxury Beach Hotels for Less." Text and photos courtesy of ShermansTravel.com.

 

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With quintessential SoCal surf and a carnivalesque boardwalk at your doorstep, Venice Beach’s hip Hotel Erwin offers a home base that showcases a different face to LA.

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With quintessential SoCal surf and a carnivalesque boardwalk at your doorstep, Venice Beach’s hip Hotel Erwin offers a home base that showcases a different face to LA.

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[hibbiejibbies]

07:51 PM on 08/23/2010

Beautiful! Just stunning :)

[James Marcus]

10:21 AM on 08/21/2010

I am sure that someone posted this but pictures 10 and 8 are the same.

[PCMinistry]

02:43 PM on 08/20/2010

AS SOON as I get a chance I am grabbing my girl and we are packing everything and going to stay in one of those G-DDAMN overwater bungalos in french polynesia !! And sweet jesus I will sit on that EFFIN DECK every morning as those little canoes bring you breakfast! AND FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST I WILL UNWIND!! Because I am sitting in a metal and glass cage called an office staring at Excel and I WANT. TO. STRANGLE. SOMEONE. So...I've been looking at them for a while and it's not what you would call affordable­, it is however what you would call paradise. Watch this video, and you will see what goes through my head as I sit at this desk...

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=a18mQTEbG­Ao

[Phoebe917]

03:25 PM on 08/20/2010

lol. that property does look awesome.

[liberalbug]

09:55 PM on 08/20/2010

Who cares what it costs, You can't put a price on your peace of mind.

[thestargazer]

01:16 PM on 08/20/2010

I can speak for the Hotel Pescadero.­..wonderfu­l Todos Santos Area! $200.00-45­0.00 depending on suite and time of year.

[Tom95134]

01:03 PM on 08/20/2010

Not for enough "less".

[ZenCrusader]

01:02 PM on 08/20/2010

There is no such thing as a " luxury " Rui hotel anywhere in the world. Rui is a good affordable all inclusive chain but it's certainly not in the luxury category. Who writes these travel stories ? Use of words like luxury and deluxe should be used appropriat­ely. If the Rui is luxury, what is the Four Seasons Papagayo ? Intergalac­tic Deluxe ? TIGHTEN UP HUFFPO. You can hire me as travel editor if I can work from home.

[PCMinistry]

02:30 PM on 08/20/2010

There's a place called Intergalac­tic Deluxe? Sounds friggin awesome.

[annschneider1]

12:43 PM on 08/20/2010

Are any of the photos real?

[OregonGuy2010]

07:23 PM on 08/20/2010

I can vouch for the La Amada Hotel photo. I stayed there last December and had dinner at the table in the middle of the photo every night for a week. It's a really nice, quiet place and, it's true, it's not very expensive.

[termgirl]

12:06 PM on 08/20/2010

I would be happy to visit any of them, right now.
Visions of drinks sporting tiny umbrellas dance in my head.

[yemaya]

02:35 PM on 08/20/2010

I hear you termgirl. catch a buzz then go snorkeling­!

[termgirl]

02:52 PM on 08/20/2010

Oh, if only. : )

[PacketMan]

11:38 AM on 08/20/2010

The Sheraton in Greece and the Seagate in Florida offer an identical room with an identical view. How'd they pull that off??

[Tom95134]

01:03 PM on 08/20/2010

It's painted on the inside of the glass. You don't want to see what it looks like when you open the window.

[baronmerlot]

11:06 AM on 08/20/2010

I stayed at the Seagate. Beautiful hotel, but I wouldn't call it "affordabl­e".

[Tom95134]

01:04 PM on 08/20/2010

Yeah, frankly I wouldn't call any of these "affordabl­e".

[considerthis]

11:02 AM on 08/20/2010

Well, affordable isn't explained. What do these resorts cost? Only then could I decide if they are affordable to me.

[JScott]

10:53 AM on 08/20/2010

I guess at 370+/nite it's 'less', but a lotta folks will still want about 1/2 of that rate.

[JScott]

10:51 AM on 08/20/2010

Erwin used to be the Best Western Marina Pacific, must be recent-Goo­gle Maps street view still shows it as a Best Western.

[ChicagoBob]

10:47 AM on 08/20/2010

Hotel Erwin?

Must have made the list because of the carpet.

[julbar]

11:25 AM on 08/20/2010

And "The carnivales­que Venice boardwalk at your doorstep"? Yikes! Kill me now!

[dellapina]

02:45 PM on 08/20/2010

The rooftop bar is beautiful and has one of the best view in the area.

[BlueOnBlue]

10:43 AM on 08/20/2010

Thanks for reminding me that I wasted a year of my life in Vietnam.

[ChicagoBob]

10:48 AM on 08/20/2010

Who knows, maybe you kept a domino from falling.

At least you came back alive. Good for you.

[Rickfors]

10:49 AM on 08/20/2010

I'll say.......­....