After navigating floating platform staircases, dodging living-room-level bosses, and searching for randomly appearing bathroom keys, most homeowners come to regret purchasing houses built by video-game designers. Today's Groupon offers respite from the chaos: for $150, you get a relaxing retreat at SeaCrest Resort complete with ocean-view room, premium wine tasting, and split of wine (approximately six ounces) at Tastes of the Valleys (up to a $317.29 value). SeaCrest’s Pismo Beach Hotel is a stylish surfside retreat from reality, where guests can enjoy a posh stay three hours outside of Los Angeles. Wake up to the epic sounds of waves ravishing the shores of Pismo Beach along California's central coast from plush accommodations in one of SeaCreast's ocean-view rooms, which also features a 32-inch HDTV, iPod docking station, and original draft of the Declaration of Independence. During the stay, enjoy a wine tasting at Tastes of the Valleys, where you’ll sip seven vintage vials and split a split of wine. Take after-dinner seashell-collecting strolls on SeaCrest's five acres of beachfront, or explore nearby Monarch Butterfly Grove. Guests can also meander down the famed Pismo Pier and charmingly bustling downtown area.

Reviews

More than 200 TripAdvisors give SeaCrest Resort's Pismo Beach Hotel an average of four owl eyes:

• The view from our room was superb here. The hotel is perched on a cliff above the beach, and the pacific ocean seems to stretch out forever. – DaveC64

Six Yelpers give Tastes of the Valleys an average of five stars:

• …How beautiful this cozy tasting room is! …We felt very comfortable in the tasting room and well-informed… Yay!! Such a selection! – Lindsay P.