[gsdave]

If you stay on the beach, everything is 'safe'. The hotels around the Davis exit are fine and the one at the Scenic Hwy exit are fine. There is one down on Bayfront parkway leaving town and heading toward the beach that is probably fine too. Price wise, I cannot say exactly, but all the ones I listed are in 'OK' areas or at least they were when I lived there a couple of years ago.