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Motel 6 is an American chain of motels with locations in the United States and Canada. The chain was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1962 by William W. Becker and Paul Greene, and derives its name from the fact that rooms initially cost only six dollars. Motel 6 also operates Studio 6, a chain of extended-stay hotels.
The GSA establishes per diem rates within the Continental United States for hotels "based upon contractor-provided average daily rate (ADR) data of fire-safe properties in the local lodging industry"; [6] this means that per diem varies depending on the location of the hotel—for instance, New York City has a higher rate than Gadsden, Alabama. [7]
A resort fee, also called a facility fee, [1] a destination fee, [2] an amenity fee, [3] an urban fee, [4] [5] a resort charge, or a hidden hotel booking fee, [6] [7] is an additional fee that a guest is charged by an accommodation provider, usually calculated on a per day basis, in addition to a base room rate. Resort fees originated in North ...
This is a list of motels.A motel is lodging designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined in 1925 as a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances ...
William Walter Becker (May 18, 1921 – April 2, 2007) was an American hotelier. He is best known for creating the Motel 6 concept of inexpensive motel rooms.. Born in Pasadena, California, he was working as a house painter in Santa Barbara, California when he took a trip in 1960.
Interesting note--is this worth including?--the Motel 6 in Anchorage, Alaska sells rooms in the summer tourist season for $105.99 per night. (In the winter, it's the more normal $50 per night or so--Anchorage's summer tourist season is VERY short and intense.) Just thought this was funny, because Motel 6 is known for being relatively cheap.
The Cozy Cone Motel design is the Wigwam Motel on U.S. Route 66 in Arizona [75] [76] [77] with the neon "100% Refrigerated Air" slogan of Tucumcari, New Mexico's Blue Swallow Motel; [78] the Wheel Well Motel's name alludes to the restored stone-cabin Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.
Econo Lodge is a budget motel chain based in the United States and Canada and one of the larger subsidiaries of Choice Hotels. [1] The properties contain a minimum of 40 guest rooms and are often located near highways or highway access. All hotels provide a free breakfast.