Daryl wrote --

non-sleeze hotel room was only $40- a night, if you shipped around first)

You're lucky to get a hotel room for under $100 a night now.

On my trips the last couple of years rooms went from $40 something to
$175 a night (that was on a holiday weekend and a shock to me at check out time). And I stayed at both econo chains and mom and pop places (the ones I prefer). Most rooms were in the $4
And they all had free wifi.
Joe

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Joe,

You're lucky to get a hotel room for under $100 a night now.

On my trips the last couple of years rooms went from $40 something to $175 a night (that was on a holiday weekend and a shock to me at check
out time). And I stayed at both econo chains and mom and pop places
(the ones I prefer). Most rooms were in the $4

Your response got cut off again. You're getting like these folks who
left a poor review of the hotel, and they up the charge on them, and
evict them early.

And they all had free wifi.

As Robert Heinlein said, TANSTAFFL -- someone is paying for it.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

(the ones I prefer). Most rooms were in the $4

Your response got cut off again.

It was something like most rooms were in the $4x to $75 range.

You're getting like these folks who left a poor review of the hotel, and they up the charge on them, and evict them early.

I can't recall ever giving a bad review*. But then all I'm interested is
a clean bed and a bath. (The bathroom can be down the trail into the woods
as far as I'm concerned. <G>)
I'm easy to please and not looking for all sorts of fancy things.
(There was only one place I stayed at that was horrible and that was last year in Alexandria, VA.
(I had planned on being there two days visiting friends and sights in the
DC area. One friend left town {and didn't know I was coming}, and the other
I visited for a brief time. Plus everything in the DC area was shut down
due to Covid and "political unre
(This place was a dump, even by my low standards, and wouldn't refund my
rent when my second night stay changed to only one night. Anyone taking a
look at that room would have asked for their money back at once and found another room elsewhere).

And they all had free wifi.

As Robert Heinlein said, TANSTAFFL -- someone is paying for it.

Its included in the room rent.
There have been some places one had to pay by the hour for its use. But
none of the places I stayed at. Either in a city or the middle of nowhere.
Generally on my travels I just started looking for a place around 3 p.m.
and took one. Once in a while in a larger/popular area, I would use booking.com for a room and use the one with the best location, rates, etc. I always use them for my first stops si
Booking always asked me to review the last place I stayed.
Joe
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CP wrote --

When I travel for business, my criteria are: Good, free wifi, flippy waffle- iron continental breakfast, and a coffee delivery system that my travel mug fits under.

I see we are both easy to please in our travels. :)
Joe
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