Hotel deals

Many times I post pictures of a budget hotel deal I found internationally in my travels, usually somewhere between $10 and $50 per night. A few people inevitably comment, “What?! How did you find a deal like that?” The truth is, I find deals like that more often than not. To many infrequent travelers, it’s …

As I write this, every conversation among friends in the USA seems to touch on spiking housing prices, higher food prices, inflation, and supply chain problems. Some travelers who are back out on the road again aren’t talking about any of this though. They’re staying in budget hotel destinations and getting a room for two …

Even if you’re a budget traveler, you will probably get an urge to splurge for a nice hotel now and then to feel like a real human again. Or you may just want to get pampered after so many sacrifices in comfort for weeks or months on end. That upgrade may be out of your …

What’s my favorite hotel brand? The one where I’m getting free hotel stays, whichever one that happens to be when I’m traveling.  There are a dizzying number of corporate logos out there in hotel land. Even someone immersed in the industry like me has a hard time remembering which one belongs to which corporation, especially …

Which are the best cheap hotel chains in the USA? According to the most reputable consumer satisfaction survey out there, it would be Drury Hotels, Sonesta Simply Suites, Wingate by Wyndham, and Woodspring Suites in the four lowest-priced tiers.  It was a close race in some of the categories though, plus it’s always fun to …