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HalifaxTravaler:
Hi there i am planning a roadtrip from Nova Scotia to North Carolina in may,i plan on spending a day in DC exploring the sites,I am wondering is anyone has any input on motels in the area, smaller chains,mom and pop type establishments,i am loking for something reasonably priced .I plan on getting on to the 295 Baltimore Washington Parkway (MD 295) just past Baltimore and going into DC that way,id like to stay close to the 295 and hopefully have access to public transit so i could maybe leave my car at the hotel.Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks.

froggie:
As a general rule, anyplace that is decent AND going to have reasonable access to Metro will run you at least three-digits a night.  I would also suggest staying somewhere on the Virginia side of the river, both because hotel taxes are lower and because it'll help traffic-wise for continuing your trip south.

agentsteel53:
don't stay near DC; stay out in the sticks, past Frederick or Winchester or so.  Adjust schedule appropriately, and save about $50 for your night's stay.  Put $17 of that into a parking garage for the day and take the public transportation as you have planned.

froggie:
He doesn't have to head that far out...whatever he saves in hotel costs (which given what I looked up would be at best $30) would easily be eaten up in gas and parking.  And if he's here on a weekday, he wouldn't WANT to be that far out.

agentsteel53:

--- Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2010, 11:02:37 PM ---He doesn't have to head that far out...whatever he saves in hotel costs (which given what I looked up would be at best $30) would easily be eaten up in gas and parking.  And if he's here on a weekday, he wouldn't WANT to be that far out.


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really, you can't get a good motel for under $60 these days in those towns?  I thought they'd be sufficiently out in the sticks.  I see motel 6es advertising $37.99 all over the country to this day, and I know the no-frills mom and pop motels are about $3-$10 a night cheaper than even that.

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