This isn't an ordinary Choice Hotels property. It's actually a hybrid made up of a Quality Suites and a Sleep Inn. Everything is in one building (and shares 1 front ...
-I think the Wyndam brand does the 2 in 1 motel thing as well. I remember
staying in a Days Inn/Super 8 combo(I was in Days inn) and also a Super
8/Howard Johnson combo. (Stayed in Super 8.)
-Yeah, dated but still really nice. (Certainly beats both that hairy
Magnuson place with the hair in the bed ,as well as that Howard Johnson
with 99 problems.)
+The Elevator Channel Some European examplesI have seen same family hotels sharing the same building (Novotel and Ibis, both Accor), rival chains in the same building (Novotel and Premier Inn, Ibis would be about the same level as Premier Inn) and budget and very budget (Holiday Inn Express and St Christopher's Inns [hostel]).One oddity in the UK is that a lot of hotels serve Costa Coffee (the biggest coffee shop chain in the UK with more than twice as many cafes as Starbucks) which is under the same ownership as Premier Inn which is towards the top of the budget hotel chains. A lot of the Costa delivery lorries (trucks in EN-US) advertise Premier Inn- not what I would have thought Hilton would want to have delivering to its hotels.
+MGIII Interesting. I know of many cases where owners will build a lower-end and higher-end hotel side-by-side (usually 2 franchises in the same hotel family, like Wyndham). But I've never seen the buildings physically attached and sharing a front desk before. And yeah, Norfolk/Virginia Beach seems to be a pretty sketchy area for cheaper hotels. Back when TripAdvisor used to do their lists of the top 10 dirtiest hotels, it always seemed like half of them were in Norfolk. I was actually just in the area last weekend and stayed at a place that gave the Howard Johnson a run for its money :)
+pug Williams I noticed that as well. They actually renovated the Sleep Inn side since my stay. https://www.choicehotels.com/media/eBrochure/highres-gallery/VA/VA059/VA059B2.JPG
Yeah I don't stay in many hotels expect for Disney owned hotels so when I was on a road trip last summer I made sure to find a good hotel and I ended up staying at a Brand new Fairfield inn.
+pug Williams I used to have much higher standards than I do today (never stayed at anything below Hampton/Fairfield-class hotels). The most important thing with staying in lower-end hotels is to do a proper inspection before settling into the room. As long as the room is clean, I'm willing to accept dated decor to save $50+ per night.
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