Southern California is a pretty well-known vacation destination and there are a great many hotels to be found. Business travelers are typically seeking hotels near the airport or within freeway proximity of the office.
This discussion pertains mainly to travelers on a vacation, where the expected price range and level of service at hotels can vary extensively. In either case, here is a good website intended to help you find good hotel deals. The site offers information about places to visit in Southern California and a lot of other useful material, but certainly will help both business and vacation travelers. You can use this website to find package airline and hotel deals also, which is convenient.
The Socal Guru offers another site with information on hotels near Southern California vacation destinations. This site also covers a wide variety of Southern California vacation topics and destinations, including Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry Farm, Disneyland Resort, etc. The Guru offers wisdom about many areas of vacation planning.
There is another interesting travel site that is more general in scope, called Travel Talk. This has lots of input on a very diverse spectrum of travel-oriented topics. You can find subjects ranging from trips to India to driving trips by yourself to careers in the travel business.