The Goleta Pier is magnificent. Had never heard about it before my Santa Barbara/Goleta visit…read more It is simple yet majestic. Perfect for a contemplative walk. Not even that many fisherhumans when I was out on it. Try not to miss it.

What a beautiful scenery you get when you walk up to the Goleta Beach Park…read more The vibe on Labor Day weekend is relaxed and cool. Mellow like a jello vibes here this morning.

Renting a boat is a great way to explore Lake Cachuma! Cruising around the lake gave us a…read morecompletely different perspective, and it was a relaxing way to spend a couple of hours with family and friends. The boat itself was very easy to operate. Even if you've never driven one before, it's pretty straightforward--just steer and move forward or reverse. Before we left the dock, the staff thoroughly explained how to operate the boat and went over all the safety rules. The guys at the dock were friendly, patient, and very helpful, which made us feel comfortable before heading out. We rented a 12-person pontoon boat for $190 for 2 hours, plus a $15 fuel charge. A $750 credit card deposit is also required at check-in. The only downside was the rental process. We tried to rent a boat on Saturday around 11:00 AM, but were told there were no boats available. The staff simply told us to come back later but couldn't give us any estimate of when a boat might return. We came back again around 3:00 PM, and unfortunately there were still no boats available. Since rentals are by the hour, there should be an approximate return time for the boats so customers don't have to keep making unnecessary trips back to the rental office. Fortunately, we checked again on Sunday morning after checking out of our campsite and were finally able to rent a boat. Once we got on the water, everything went smoothly, and our entire group had an amazing time.

Love the service, pricing, family friendly experience and convenience to our home in sb. Recommend…read morefor a long weekend.

Rachel is awesome! Super knowledgeable of the ocean, water, marine life, and history of the area…read more What a rad human being to have guiding the tour. As it turns out, all of the harbor seals, and sealions have names. We befriended one named Steve, he is much better at swimming than I am. He also taught me secret techniques to paddling. This one Pelican named Parry got into a barking match with some sealions, which is a fight he wasn't gonna win, let's be honest. Though I was hoping to see an M-A-N-A-T-E-E ... next time! If you're gonna go down on Haley street, where the dogs are easy and the sun is cheap, you never know just who you'll meet, on Haley. (But hopefully it's Rachel from the Santa Barbara Adventure Company, and you get her kayak tour; shout out!)

This would have been a 5 star review, however, I felt like just a few things could be improved on,…read moreso it's a solid 4.5 stars experience for me. For almost a decade now, I've been wanting to visit The Channel Islands National Park as it's one of the more unique US national parks which require a ferry ride to get over to the islands, so does require some planning. I booked the Santa Cruz Island kayak and snorkeling tour online and the process was simple and all instructions for the tour was laid out clearly and simply. It does recommend that you're intermediate level for both activities. On the day of tour, you do need to make sure you book your ferry tickets that coincide with the tour. You need to be on the 8am ferry out to be in time for the kayak and snorkel tour. They do have a harbor side 7:30am orientation and provide you with clear instructions on what to do as soon as you reach the island. Once on the island, another staff greets you, gives you another orientation and then you head over to the gearing up area. This took about 90+ minutes as you had to find the right wet suit, hood, mask, snorkel, fins, life vest, kayak jacket, and helmet. Note that a lot of the equipment is pretty well worn and I didn't have the best pair of fins (and forgot mines at home) as side clasps were sticky and not working properly. Masks also kept fogging up (and wished I had remembered my own mask). Wet suit was bit tighter than I like. You can use your own gear and next time when I come back, I'm bringing my own. Once everyone gears up, which does take awhile, everyone heads down to the shore and that's when we launch our kayaks, there are solos and tandems available. Kayak tour was great and we got to see at least 5 or 6 sea caves, a lot of fun! These sea caves are some of the most numerous in the world. I really enjoyed one of the sea caves that has a Green Room, water was gorgeous and so clear. Got to see plenty of cormorants, pelicans, sea kelp. I did get yelled at by one of the tour guides as he told me it was his fourth time having to tell me to zip up my life vest. I think it was a couple of times and not 4 but ok, I get it, safety first. It made me feel like a school kid again. I'm a pretty safe person and wished he could have been nicer about the information he needed to communicate to me. We then had lunch on a small beach and then geared up to snorkel. The water is fairly cold, probably around 60ish, so a 7mm wet suit and maybe more would be good. I wished I had some gloves and forgot my booties, which would have kept me a tad warmer. We snorkeled/swam for about a mile, saw snails, sea urchins, fishes, anemone, etc. We sort of lost time at the end of the tour and really had to rush to get back to our original point and we all had to kayak pretty quickly back. And to top if off, had to really work fast to get out of all our gear and wet suits are never easy to get out of. Made it in time for the ferry but barely and got stuck with some of last seats available on the ferry back. I feel like the timing of that could have improved. Overall, a very good experience just with some issues that could be improved one. Highly recommend this tour! I would do it again!

Definitely wasn't sure how a 4.5 hr excursion would be but overall I'm so glad we went. 2 hours in…read morewe followed 3 humpbacks around. There was a minke whale, so so many dolphins and sea lions all going to town on all the grub in the water. Learned facts from the crew about tectonic plates, whale calf's growing up to 100lbs a day and all the oil that leaks from the ocean floor. Even if you do not see something it's a great ride!

In spite of not seeing any whales, I still had an unforgettable experience. There were hundreds of…read moredifferent dolphin pods swimming alongside the boat. It was a magical experience. I hope to see you whales next time I go. The water was a little choppy so you might want to preload your trip with some nondrowsy pills if you get seasick. It's also just beautiful to be out on the water looking at the channel islands. Highly recommend the service.

Friendly staff, reasonable rental rates! Ended up purchasing a used bike at the end of last year…read moreand I'm very happy with it. Great place to do business.

Our family of five booked a guided e-bike tour of Santa Barbara last Monday. Four out of the five…read moreof us were nervous about being on the e-bikes. We had never ridden them before and also we were worried about riding around traffic. Our guide, Alex, was very thorough and made sure we had a level of comfort before we left the parking lot. He showed us lots of interesting sights that we would not have seen if we had not taken this tour. I feel like Alex also did a good job navigating traffic and making sure everyone was safe. Thanks Alex! We had a great time!

We hired Nikki two separate days on a friends wine tasting weekend. She was fantastic throughout…read morethe entire trip! She is very reliable, knowledgable, and friendly. The pricing was very clear up front and 100% worth it to have two days of safe and fun wine tasting! We had already booked our winery stops so we were just hiring the van & driver. But Nikki still gave us excellent help and advice. She knows whats going on in the valley! We will for sure book with Solvang Taxi and Wine Tours again!

Nikki was wonderful! Everything was taken care of, imagine how relaxing that is? Not only our…read morewinery stops but she found garden stores and a farm stop for us. It was so relaxing and the perfect way to spend the day on our anniversary.

We booked Rockstar's trolley for our after party transportation after our wedding. They were…read moreextremely communicative and their prices were extremely fair. It was so easy to book our transportation with them. Our guests were delighted to be able to take a trolley to our after party, and our driver Tim was so lovely! He let us play our own music which was awesome.

We booked Rockstar Transportation (who is affiliated with Sblimos.com) for transportation to our…read morewedding ceremony and confirmed everything the night before, so we thought we were all set. Unfortunately, no one showed up on the day of the wedding. After repeatedly calling to figure out what was going on, we were eventually told that our driver had forgotten about us and would be more than 40 minutes late. At that point, we had no choice but to cancel and scramble for another way to get to the ceremony. Instead of arriving in the transportation we carefully planned and paid for, I ended up squeezing my wedding dress into a friend's pickup truck just to make it there on time. I understand that mistakes can happen, but forgetting a couple on their wedding day is unacceptable. I would not trust this company for an important event.

Professional, affordable and convenient…read more I worked with the owner, Chris, to secure private transportation to a couple of wineries in the Solvang/Los Olivos/Santa Ynez area this past weekend. From the start, Chris was very responsive and easy to work with. My wife and I had a full itinerary, but if you need help identifying the best wineries to visit, Chris and his staff are very knowledgable of the top choices in the area. What's perhaps the most impressive thing about Chris and his drivers is that they know where each winery is by memory. Chris didn't use Google/Apple maps one time - we told him the winery we wanted to visit and he got us there quickly. You can't beat that. We highly recommend Wine Tasting DD of SB for any folks that need private transportation in the Los Olivos/Solvang/SY area!

Safest and most reasonably priced way to enjoy wine tasting…read more We have used this driving service twice and would definitely use again in the future