Recommended lodging choices include Montage Laguna Beach, which sits on a coastal bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and offers 248 guest rooms, a 20,000-square-foot spa and three restaurants. It hosts weddings and meetings, offering more than 16,000 square feet of meeting space and 22,000 additional square feet of outdoor function areas.
Surf & Sand Resort, which says it resembles “a sun-washed Mediterranean village,” has 167 beachfront hotel rooms. It offers 10,000 square feet of indoor meeting space and an equal square footage of outdoor space.