1st let me say that I was very fortunate 2 go on this trip. My fatherNlaw travels & we were able 2 stay here with him. It was my fatherNlaw, husband, myself, & my 5 year old. We only stayed here b/c my FNL paid for it. If I were paying I would not have chosen this hotel. He & my husband both went to the Weftec convention which is why we stayed at this hotel. At the time I was around 5 months pregnant with my son. when we arrived everything was fine with hotel but location stunk. My plan was to take my 5 year old to Walt Disney Land but that didn't go as planned. That evening we arrived we were hungry so we walked to an atm and subway. While at the ATM we saw a homeless lady talking 2 herself so we quickly hurried 2 subway. While N Subway a homeless man came N and started talking 2 my daughter which made me very uncomfortable. It was a complete culture shock for me. i didnt want 2 eat there so we took food back 2 hotel. I thought I had done enough research on getting around LA w/o a car but apparently not. I read you can take the metro train to hollywood so that was the plan after eating. We walked a short distance to the train station which is underground and once again I WAS FREAKED OUT. there was a homeless man on the floor & another homeless man begging 4 $. Being 5 mths preg. & emotional & w/ a 5 year didn't help the situation. My husband was also freaked out. Getting a train ticket was really confusing as well as trying to figure out what train to take. it also didnt help we had to keep an eye out for homeless man that was begging for $. We left outta there as fast as we could. Not wanting 2 waste the rest of the evening we took stinky cab to Hollywood. Spent about $40 maybe more for round trip. while N HW we did the bus tour & they allow ur ticket 2 B good 4 24hrs. We did the bus tour late at night so it was still good the next morning. My husband had the convention the next day so my daughter & I took cab back 2 HW and did the bus tour N the daytime. the bus dropped us off at the grove and I saw extra. snooki (yes I know booo) was there but whatever it was interesting 2 watch. I found myself on the extra tv commercials when snooki is on, ITS HILARIOUS. I didnt do WDL cause i would have had 2 go alone w/daughter and the train station experiance scarred me. I read i would have had to take a cab to union station then take amtrak/ metro to wdl but i was too freaked out going alone with 5yr old. When my husband had extra time we took metro bus (also scary) to santa monica. that trip took FOREVER since they stop every 5 seconds and of course the day we went it was dreary out :(. We felt out of place on metro bus. Once again location of this hotel stinks if your taking public transportation. If U do have to use pt then DO RESEARCH and make sure to have plenty of extra money for cab fare. if we ever take trip back to LA we will make sure to rent a car. We also didn't take into consideration all the money spent on cab fare because I told husband i was confident on getting around LA using train. boy was i wrong! Hotel was nice, no problems, just location