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All 5 Edit Hotels in Santa Barbara, Mapped, and the One That Takes $500

Santa Barbara has 5 Edit by Chase hotels. January is the cheapest month to book, at a median nightly Chase Travel rate of $751 (fees included); July and August share the peak at $1,186. One, the Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG, carries the 2026 double credit, worth up to $500 off one prepaid stay of two nights or more.

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Santa Barbara · 5 Edit hotels, 1 take $500

Every Edit hotel in Santa Barbara

There are 5 Edit by Chase hotels in Santa Barbara. The table sorts them cheapest typical rate first.
Hotel Rating Typical nightly* Website
Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG 2x credit Our review
IHG Hotels & Resorts
 ★4.0 $654 Hotel site ↗
Hotel Californian ★5.0 $1,037 Hotel site ↗
The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara
Marriott
 ★5.0 $1,070 Hotel site ↗
El Encanto, Santa Barbara
Belmond
 ★5.0 $1,072 Hotel site ↗
San Ysidro Ranch ★5.0 – Find on Maps ↗

*Median nightly Chase Travel rate (fees in) for two-night stays across the coming year, for planning only. Chase rates typically run 10 to 20 percent above the hotel's own site; the Edit credits and perks only apply to Chase Travel bookings, and the price match guarantee can close the gap. Hotel names open each hotel’s page, which includes an affiliate price comparison: if you book through it we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. We earn nothing on Chase Travel bookings and take no card-application commissions. “Hotel site” opens the hotel’s own website, or Google Maps when we don’t know it; the Edit credits require a prepaid booking in Chase Travel.

The list and map below cover all 5 Edit by Chase hotels in Santa Barbara, each with its typical nightly rate on Chase Travel and a double-credit flag where it applies. Of those, four have a full year of Chase Travel pricing, and the monthly figures on this page are medians across them. With that few hotels priced, one property can move a month’s median, so read the month-to-month shape as a guide rather than a rule.

Timing changes the math more than hotel choice does: the citywide median nightly rate (fees included) runs from $751 in January to $1,186 in July and August, about 58 percent above the cheapest month. Sapphire Reserve credits are fixed dollars, so they go furthest when rates bottom out. A two-night stay at the cheapest month’s $751 median runs about $1,502, and the $250 Edit credit plus the $100 property credit are worth roughly 23 percent of it. At the double-credit hotel the stack grows to $600, about 40 percent of that same stay.

The value end of the list sits below even the cheapest month’s citywide median. Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG has the lowest typical rate of any Santa Barbara Edit hotel with a year of pricing, $654 a night (4 stars), and Hotel Californian follows at $1,037 (5 stars).

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When Santa Barbara Edit hotels are cheapest

January is the cheapest month to book an Edit hotel in Santa Barbara, with a median nightly Chase Travel rate of $751 across the four hotels with a year of pricing. The figure includes fees and comes from nightly price calendars refreshed every day. December comes next at $779 and February after it at $800.

July and August share the top spot at a $1,186 median, about 58 percent above the cheapest month. June is next at $1,073 and September after it at $1,071.

Rates ease in November and again in January and February, once the summer crowds are gone, the pattern Kayak’s Santa Barbara hotel data shows.

Summer is peak season on this stretch of coast: school holidays and the Fourth of July fill the hotels, and July is usually the most expensive month to book, per Kayak and The World Travel Index.

One concrete play: Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG has the lowest typical rate in Santa Barbara at $654 a night. Two nights at that rate come to about $1,308, and the $250 Edit credit plus the $250 select-hotel credit (it is a double-credit hotel) bring the room to roughly $808, with the $100 property credit to spend at the hotel on top. Booking in January, when rates across the city bottom out, is likely to bring the bill lower still.

Questions about Edit hotels in Santa Barbara

Which Santa Barbara Edit hotels qualify for the double credit?

One of the 5 Santa Barbara Edit hotels qualifies: the Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG. Booking it through Chase Travel stacks the $250 Edit credit with the separate $250 select-hotel credit, up to $500 off a single prepaid stay of two nights or more, with the $100 property credit on top. The select-hotel credit runs through December 31, 2026.

What is the cheapest month to book an Edit hotel in Santa Barbara?

January is the cheapest month, with a median nightly Chase Travel rate of $751 across the four Santa Barbara Edit hotels with a year of pricing, fees included. December comes next at $779 and February after it at $800. July and August, the peak months, run a $1,186 median, so moving a two-night booking from the peak to the cheapest month saves about $870 at the citywide median.

Is the $100 property credit per night or per stay?

Per stay. Each Edit booking includes one $100 property credit, however long the stay, and it usually goes to food and drink at the hotel. On a two-night stay at the cheapest month’s Santa Barbara median of $751 a night, that $100 plus the $250 Edit credit return $350, about 23 percent of the roughly $1,502 room cost.

What is the cheapest Edit hotel in Santa Barbara?

Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG has the lowest typical rate of the four Santa Barbara Edit hotels with a year of pricing: a $654 median nightly Chase Travel rate (4 stars). Hotel Californian is next at $1,037 (5 stars). At Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG’s typical rate, two nights cost about $1,308 before credits.

How much do Edit hotels in Santa Barbara cost per night?

Median nightly Chase Travel rates across the four priced Santa Barbara Edit hotels, fees included, run from $751 in January to $1,186 in July and August. Individual hotels span a wider band, from Kimpton Canary Hotel by IHG at $654 to El Encanto, Santa Barbara at $1,072 a night.

Is it worth waiting for low season to use the Edit credit in Santa Barbara?

Yes, if your dates are flexible. Median nightly rates run $751 in January against $1,186 in July and August, a $435 per-night gap, so a two-night stay at the median costs about $1,502 in the cheapest month and about $2,372 at the peak. The $350 in combined credits is worth about 23 percent of the cheaper stay and about 15 percent of the dearer one.

What is it like to stay at the Kimpton Canary?

We stayed two nights, booked prepaid on Chase Travel, and both $250 credits applied. The rooftop pool and the Edit perks were the highlights; the catch is valet-only parking at $55 a night. Read our Kimpton Canary review.

Is the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara?

It is in Goleta, on the coast just west of Santa Barbara, and Chase lists it there. We include it here because most people book it as a Santa Barbara stay.

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