What LA Hotel Websites Leave Out
Of 453 LA hotel websites that state any detail of the stay, 52% say what parking costs and 7% mention a resort fee
On the websites of 453 hotels in the Los Angeles area our crawler could read at least one detail of the stay. We checked each for 18 basic details: 52% state what parking costs, 47% state a pet policy and 7% say anything about a resort fee.
Published . Data checked . Sample: 453 hotel websites with a detail read, out of 2,612 hotels in the market.
- 49%state a check-in time223 of 453 hotel websites with a detail read
- 52%state what parking costs235 of 453 hotel websites with a detail read
- 47%state a pet policy215 of 453 hotel websites with a detail read
- 7%mention a resort fee, or say there is none32 of 453 hotel websites with a detail read
Key findings
- Of 2,612 hotels in the Los Angeles area, 2,227 list their own website and 385 list none.
- We have read at least one detail about the stay from 453 hotel websites. The figures below are shares of those 453, not of every hotel website: sites where our crawler found no detail at all are not counted, so the true shares are lower.
- Most often stated: free Wi-Fi or a Wi-Fi fee (78%), whether there is parking (64%), what parking costs (52%).
- Least often stated: security deposit (8%), resort fee, or that there is none (7%), airport shuttle (4%).
Which basic details do LA hotel websites state?
These are the questions travelers ask before booking. A hotel is counted for a detail when its own website states it in plain text on one of the pages our crawler read.
A low share does not mean hotels hide the detail on purpose. Many chain hotels keep it inside a booking widget, and many small motels have a one-page site. Either way a traveler, or an AI assistant answering for one, cannot read it there.
How does that look across every hotel in the market?
Measured against all 2,612 hotels, including those with no website of their own and those whose website gave our crawler nothing to read, the shares are lower still.
| Detail | Hotels stating it | Share of websites with a detail read | Share of all hotels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Wi-Fi or a Wi-Fi fee | 352 | 78% | 13% |
| Whether there is parking | 292 | 64% | 11% |
| What parking costs | 235 | 52% | 9% |
| Accessible rooms | 231 | 51% | 9% |
| Check-out time | 230 | 51% | 9% |
| Check-in time | 223 | 49% | 9% |
| Pet policy | 215 | 47% | 8% |
| Pool | 176 | 39% | 7% |
| Smoking policy | 130 | 29% | 5% |
| Fitness room | 121 | 27% | 5% |
| Breakfast | 101 | 22% | 4% |
| Number of rooms | 65 | 14% | 2% |
| Pet fee | 46 | 10% | 2% |
| Minimum age to check in | 42 | 9% | 2% |
| Electric vehicle charging | 38 | 8% | 1% |
| Security deposit | 36 | 8% | 1% |
| Resort fee, or that there is none | 32 | 7% | 1% |
| Airport shuttle | 19 | 4% | 1% |
Websites with at least one detail read: 453. All hotels: 2,612.
Cite this report
Journeyed, "What LA Hotel Websites Leave Out", data checked October 3, 2026, https://journeyed.org/reports/what-la-hotel-websites-leave-out/
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How we got these numbers
Every number on this page is computed from facts that Journeyed read on hotels' own websites, within each site's robots.txt, between October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026. Nothing comes from booking sites, review sites or guest reports.
The Los Angeles market on this site covers Los Angeles County and most of Orange County, from Malibu and Lancaster to Anaheim, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, plus Avalon on Catalina Island. It has 2,612 hotels, motels, inns and hostels. 2,227 of them list their own website, and we have read at least one detail about the stay from 453 of those websites so far. A website our crawler opened but found no such detail on is not among the 453, so a share of "websites with a detail read" is higher than the share of all hotel websites would be.
A hotel is counted only when its website states the fact in plain text. Our crawler reads up to 12 pages per site and runs no JavaScript, so a fee that appears only inside a booking widget, an image or a PDF is not counted. A hotel that is not counted may still offer or charge the thing; it has not said so in a form we could read.
Shares are of the hotels that state the fact, never of all hotels, and each share shows its count. Hotels with good news, such as free parking or no resort fee, may be more likely to say so, which would make these shares look better than the whole market.
Values are read by software and can be wrong. Before publishing, a person re-read the highest and lowest values against the hotel's page. Hotels are named in a table of highest stated prices only when that exact value was re-read by hand. Every row in the CSV links to the page it was read from, so anyone can check it.
A median is shown only with at least 5 stated prices and an area only with at least 5 hotels stating the fact. The numbers are rebuilt with the site by published, deterministic code: the same fact rows always give the same numbers.
How facts are collected and scored in general is on the methodology page, and the full open dataset is on the data page.
More reports
- The LA Hotel Parking Report
Of 214 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a self-parking price on their own website, 154 say it is free. Where a price is charged, the median stated price is $27.
- Resort and Destination Fees at LA Hotels
32 hotels in the Los Angeles area state on their own website whether they charge a resort, destination or amenity fee. 28 state a daily amount, from $3 to $125, and 4 say they charge none.
- Pet Policies Across LA Hotels
Of 215 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a pet policy on their own website, 90 allow pets, 101 do not, and 24 take service animals only. The median stated pet fee is $100.
- Hotels Near LA Stadiums and Arenas
We counted the hotels within 1, 3 and 5 miles of 10 stadiums and arenas in the Los Angeles area, and what those hotels say about parking and breakfast on their own websites.
- Check-in and Check-out Times at LA Hotels
Of 223 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a check-in time on their own website, 54% say 3 PM, and 28% make guests wait until 4 PM or later.
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