We stumbled into the Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbour after driving down from Monterey Bay earlier that day. We were hoping to make it into LA, but it was getting late and we decided to pull off the 101 and find somewhere to stay instead, rather than press on.

As we just turned up we were unsure of availability, so checked at the front desk where we were given a choice of rooms and floors. We ended going for the 3rd floor to have a bit of a better view over the harbour, not that we could see much in the dark and fog. The room itself was clean spacious and is what you expect from a Four points. The bathroom was spotless. We only stayed for one night as we were heading onto Vegas the next day, so can’t comment about any of the facilities as we didn’t use them, due to an late night and early start.

The Hotel staff were friendly and gave us a couple of recommendations of where to go for dinner, which was good, as we had no idea of the area. They even printed off a map for us, so we had a better understanding of where we were.

The only downside is that you are charged $10.00 per day for your car, we couldn’t quite understand this, as the car park was fairly big and not even a quarter full, and couldn’t really see any other way to get to the hotel.

All in all though it is what you expect from a Four Points, clean and large rooms.

Traveled to Ventura, CA in July. Made reservations at the Sheraton 4 Points Ventura, had a great stay. The staff was wonderful and could not have done any more for me and my family. At one point 22 of us met in the lobby, and they offered more chairs and drinks service. The pool is lovely in a beautiful garden setting. The view of the marina each morning was breath taking as well as the strawberry fields all around. We walked to the shops and restaurants on the waterfront and we could have rented bikes at the hotel also. Our room was spacious, there were 4 of us in the room and we were comfortable in the two queen beds. The room was clean and we would stay there again anytime.

We stayed at this property for a little family weekend away. I was a nice property, clean, and friendly staff. Very close to the Harbor village which was nice. My only real disappointment about this trip was not really the hotels fault but I was in the pool area with my husband and 3 year old daughter. After an hour or so of swimming we were about to head to the room and get ready for dinner. As we were heading to the room we decided to stop at the jacuzzi and enjoy the warm water for a minute. A few minutes after we got in a man came in with a little ice chest FULL OF BEER!! I'm pretty sure alcohol is not allowed in areas like that but I could be mistaken. Anyways after about 5 minutes of my family and the man being in the jacuzzi, in a not so polite manner the man told us that children should not be allowed in the jacuzzi area. Which of course upset my husband and myself because my daughter was not even being bad she was sitting in my lap relaxing in the warm water. In order to avoid a confrontation we packed up our things and left, but that whole thing kind of ruined our experience. Again this is not something that was the hotels fault but maybe the hotel should keep a closer eye on their pool and spa areas to prevent drunk rude men from making other guest uncomfortable.

I admit to being a bit spoiled... my husband is platinum (or whatever the highest membership is called), so when we travel with him, we are used to great upgrades and superior service. I'm a bit disheartened with Four Points... it's a decent hotel; clean and normally appointed. While it's on the water, it's sort of in the middle of nowhere and when we asked where to go, were directed to the harbor area which is dull and vanilla. We had no idea Ventura had such a cool little downtown till we passed through on our way back down the coast... I wish we had been advised better. I had promise my kids the breakfast buffet (they love a hotel buffet??), which the hotel info book claimed to have, but it wasn't available. We ate off the menu in the empty restaurant (on a Thursday), and I sent my food back because the cheese tasted moldy. The staff was friendly, the rooms were clean, and that is the most important thing. But unless you are just wanting a place to lay your head, I'd look elsewhere.