From the Wall Street Journal:
Reserve the room, hold the room service. Frill-free suburban hotels are moving uptown.
At the Hampton Inn in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, taxicabs blare their horns on busy 24th Street, steps from the entrance. The lobby is iPod-size, but with a chic touch. Its 144 rooms have flat-screen TVs, but the rooms are about a third smaller than those at a typical Hampton Inn. Guests looking for lunch or dinner have to leave the property — all that’s offered is a breakfast bar with cereals, bagels, coffee, and other morning fare. There’s also no gift shop or conference rooms …
From the Oregonian:
As one of the state’s larger-than-life figures, multimillionaire conservative Mark Hemstreet got an outsized share of attention when state police tagged him as the biggest target in an illegal hunting case that exposed wrongdoing on his huge Eastern Oregon ranch.
From Cincinatti.com:
When it comes to a bed and breakfast what’s more important - a comfy bed or a yummy breakfast? The Inns on Negley in Pittsburgh score big on both points.
Some travelers don’t really care about their accommodations. “How much time do you spend in the room, anyway?” and “you’re just going to sleep there” are frequent rationalizations for cutting corners on accommodations.
