Travel & Venue Information
The conference will be held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). UCSB is located approximately two miles from the Santa Barbara airport, and about 10 miles from the city center of Santa Barbara. The airport is served by over 20 flights a day from major US hub airports. Many rental car agencies are available in the immediate area. Santa Barbara is approximately 100 miles (160km) north of the Los Angeles airport and 350 miles (560km) south of San Francisco.
Bring a sweater and/or jacket. Santa Barbara
can be cold at night. (This is crucial for the beach party!)
Dining information
Please note that the deadline for special dietary requests is Friday August 1, 2025.
Due to catering planning timelines, we cannot accept special requests after this date.
Receptions at Crypto 2025 will cater to a variety of dietary preferences, with refreshments notated as vegetarian/vegan/etc. If you have special dietary restrictions beyond this, such as kosher, halal, or any food allergy accommodation requests, please note those when booking on campus Anacapa and Santa Rosa residence hall lodging, as well as when registering for the conference.
Dining commons meals (breakfast and dinner) are included with the Anacapa and Santa Rosa accommodation packages for those lodging on the UCSB campus. Lunches (Saturday through Thursday) are included in the affiliated events and/or Crypto conference registration fee. Please be sure to pick up your name badge from the registration desk in Corwin Pavilion on your arrival day BEFORE lunch. This is your pass to enter the dining commons.
If your accompanying guest/spouse has not registered for the conference, dining commons lunch meal tickets would need to be purchased separately. Guest meal tickets can be purchased at the conference registration desk on-site or with a credit card at the door of the dining commons.
Transportation
UCSB no longer provide shuttle service between the airport and campus. To go from the airport to the university, Uber and Lyft are typically available. There are also the following taxi services: Green Taxi (805.687.5555), Gold Cab (805.681.9000), Santa Barbara Checker Cab (805.966.6666), and Santa Barbara Yellow Cab (805.965.5111).
On-campus accommodations
On-campus accommodations consist of residence halls (dorms) and a small number of hotel-style rooms at the Club & Guest House. Families traveling with children are encouraged to stay in a hotel or utilize UCSB's Sierra Madre Villages Summer Apartment Rental program.
UCSB residence halls
A residence-hall-specific housing confirmation with pre-arrival information will be emailed to the guest upon completion of their registration.
UCSB experiences intermittent issues when trying to pay, with a "Missing or Invalid Token" error message. If this happens, please contact conferences at ucsb.edu for assistance.
Register for dormsClub & Guest House at UC Santa Barbara
Entering the code IACR2025 will show availability in the Crypto room block. A Club guest room confirmation with pre-arrival information will be emailed to the guest upon completion of their registration.
Register for the Club & Guest HouseOff-campus accommodations
This list will be available shortly.
For those who choose not to stay on-site, the following is a list of hotels that have provided room blocks for Crypto 2025. Those who choose to stay off-site are responsible for making their own reservations. Early reservations are advised since August is a popular tourist season for the area.
Room blocks have been reserved for Crypto during the dates of Friday, August 15th to Friday, August 22nd. The hotel rates listed below do not include additional taxes and fees. Room blocks will be released as early as 30+ days prior to the conference. You must mention UCSB Crypto when you are making your reservations so you will be eligible for the room block rate, which can be a significant savings. Keep in mind that rates for Thursday, Friday & Saturday night bookings are often higher.
Parking on campus
Parking Structure 18 or Parking Structure 22 are where guests staying off-campus should park. You will need your vehicle's license plate number to purchase your permit. When you arrive at one of these parking structures, proceed to one of the pay stations in the structure and follow the prompts on the screen to purchase a multi-day permit called "Summer Conference". In Lot 22, select "5" for more selections multiple times until the “Summer Conference” label displays. You are able to select up to 7 days with this permit option. Be sure to select the total number of days you will be on campus, including your arrival and departure days. Your permit will also allow you to park temporarily in green 40-minute spaces for unloading purposes.