Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay KOA Holiday

"This place is awesome. I reserved a small cabin the night before I arrived. I received a text message the morning of my arrival giving me information about the campground. I advised them that I would not be there until 7:30 PM. They told me it wasn’t a problem and they would leave the key out for me. Around 4:30 PM, I asked if I could get a bundle of wood delivered before I arrived. They told me it wasn’t a problem and there was a stack of wood waiting for me. I showed up on a Monday so it was really quiet. The entire campground looks really clean including the bathrooms. I will definitely come back. The only issue I had was I didn’t get a bathroom code but luckily the bathrooms were left cracked open."

"We left a hat at the campground in a very specific location, provided a photo of where it was located. The staff did not care to check after sending them the photo. We spent $500 at the campground and had a great time until this happened. It would have meant a lot if they checked, it was a meaningful hat."

"We love this place for our 9 & 5 yr old. We even had our wedding celebration here! There are so many options from tent camping to glamping cabins… RV spots to Airstream rentals… basic cabins to deluxe cabins… stay how you want! If it’s just us we typically get a basic cabin and stay 1-2 nights. There is so much for the kids to do, so it makes it easy on us too. The pool is warm and the hot tub is almost hot! Our kids usually end up making friends and they just take off to the playground/ bouncy pillow and enjoy themselves. We feel super safe and basically give them 2 way radios and they are free to go and do whatever on the KOA site. It’s like an old school neighborhood where all the families look out for each-others kids. It’s only 30-40 minutes from San Jose… with evening or holiday traffic it may be over an hour… so not so long that the kids will go crazy! For our wedding we reserved all the cabins in what we call “the village”… basically a bunch of cabins along a short gravel road. So we setup lights along the road, put the picnic tables out there and had a block party with 100 friends and family! We wanted low key, casual, outdoor, kid and dog friendly… it was perfect!"

"One of the best RV parks we ever stayed. Big Parking slots, everything is clean. Really friendly stuff. Trash service every morning, on site Laundry and a good shop. A nice place to stay with kids. We enjoyed our stay very much."

"Had a FANTASTIC time. Very family friendly. Stayed in a cabin. It was small. There was a bunk Bed and a queen. There was a chair swing on the front porch. A BBQ pit and and picnic table. Campground is very clean. Bathroom and showers are clean. Tons of activities. I definitely recommend going a weekend in October. They celebrate Halloween. I have not one complaint. Best experience!!!"