One of the coolest beaches that you should experience while touring Los Angeles is Venice Beach. In addition to its charming beauty, it’s known for its artists, funky street performers, and the chic crowd. If you desire to get into the skin of this charismatic beach culture, no better way than adorning an exotic tattoo. With beaches being the hot spot destinations for tattoo artists and tattoo lovers, tattoos and beaches have developed an intimate bond. If you are a tattoo lover and want to earn some money to splurge during your Los Angeles Tour, you should try the “Ink and Stay” package at the Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach.

This offbeat package offers $100 voucher for a tattoo from Hotel Erwin’s in-house tattoo and graffiti artist. This talented artist, simply known as Norm, who works at the famous tattoo salon Spotlight Tattoo in Hollywood, is a big name in the artistic world of tattoos and graffiti. The package offers a whopping $500 bonus for people who are willing to get a tattoo that says “I HEART HOTEL ERWIN”. There could be several reasons why you should give this tattoo a chance: 

1.    never get over the hangover that you experienced at Venice Beach
2.    an unconventional memory of your tour in Los Angeles
3.    you’re lucky that your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s name or nickname is Erwin (you might have to come up with a witty answer to justify HOTEL)
4.    add an eccentric tattoo to your already existing family of impressive tattoos, or just for kicks and to have fun

The “Ink and Stay” package gets even more interesting with its perks, like Lubriderm lotion, an ice-pack to make your tattoo experience less painful and a bottle of tequila to celebrate your new “avatar”.  You can also opt for temporary tattoos in case you chicken out at the last minute.

Hotel Erwin is located just 200 feet from the Venice Beach and overlooks the beach’s enticing boardwalk. The hotel has been re-launched and has commissioned Norm to showcase his unique creativity in graffiti at the hotel’s entrance.  The hotel is known for its hip breakfast spot – HASH and rooftop open air lounge – HIGH.

Watch Tattoo Artist "Norm" at Work