With experience from more than 15 trips to the United States and 10 road trips, we give you our best recommendations for the best accommodation in the United States. The United States is a country where supply is large and prices can be found for any purse. That's why here are our top tips on how to find the type of accommodation to suit your trip to the United States.
What to consider before booking your accommodation in the US?
You will get much more out of your trip if you carefully consider what needs you have for your overnight stay in the United States.
Here you can quickly get to the information you need:
* What type of travel are you on?
* What expectations do you have for the places to stay?
* Our checklist of hotel facilities
* Breakfast at hotels and motels in the United States
* Should you book your accommodation from home?
* When do we choose expensive or cheap accommodation in the United States?
* Motels, hotels and other accommodations in the United States
* Advantages and disadvantages of hotel and motel chains
* General savings tips for accommodation in the United States
* Tips for staying in a big city
* Our selection of hotels in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Boston, and New York
* Tips for your overnight stay on a road trip in the US
What type of travel are you on?
For example, if you are traveling to New York, it may be important that your hotel is centrally located. But where to live in New York? Here you can read about where we usually live.
If you are going on a road trip in the US, you may want to stay close to a highway.
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What expectations do you have for the places to stay?
Here are some questions that will help you become clearer about what type of accommodation to choose.
Should there be facilities such as Wi-Fi, fitness or swimming pool?
Do you want a room that, in addition to a good bed and private bath, also has a microwave and fridge? Or could it be that free breakfast is important to you?
Our Checklist of Hotel Amenities
In addition to the very basic things like a good bed and private bath, we often have these amenities on our checklist.
• Good location, centrally close to downtown if we are going to live in a big city and close to a highway if we are on the road trip.
• Free in-room Wi-Fi.
• Refrigerator and the possibility of making coffee.
• Free parking.
• Sometimes also the possibility of washing clothes.
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Bonus info:
• Remember to check if it costs something to park in the big cities. It can quickly become a costly affair.
• Read a few reviews about the hotel you are considering staying at. It can give you an idea of whether the service is clean, the service and other conditions of the hotel clean.
Breakfast at hotels and motels in the United States:
Be sure to check if breakfast is included in your stay in the United States. Often it is not included in the hotels in the big cities. In contrast, it is often included in your stay at a motel when you are on a road trip.
Should you book your accommodation from home?
It is a good idea to book the first night before traveling to the United States. It makes it clearer to you that you know where to sleep the first night after a long journey. But if you are going on a road trip, you do not need to book your accommodation before traveling.
We even book the first or first nights in a big city and when we are on a road trip we book them on the go.
When should you definitely book your accommodation in advance?
However, there are some cases where it is a good idea to book in advance:
High season - From June to August. In New England, the peak season is from late September through October.
Overnight in National Parks - If you want to stay in or at a national park, book a long time in advance.
Weekends - Popular places such as the areas around Highway 1 in California.
When do we choose expensive or cheap accommodation in the United States?
We usually combine our nights on our travels in the United States.
When we are on a road trip, we often spend only one night in each place and often choose a cheap motel that just meets our basic needs.
Motels, hotels and other accommodations in the United States
Hotel and motel chains - On a road trip, we often choose to stay at a motel. The motels are located close to a highway, have the basic things we need, and they can often be obtained for reasonable money.
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You can buy these accommodations for DKK 400-800 per night. Where the cheapest is Super 8 Motel, which is often available from 300-600 kr. accommodation.
Our preferred hotel and motel chains
We have good experiences with these hotel and motel chains:
• Hampton Inn & Suites
• Quality Inn & Suites
• Holiday Inn Express
• Best Western
The quality of the hotels is medium and often in order. Breakfast is usually included in the price.
Inn - We have tried staying at an Inn (similar to an inn) a couple of times. They are often privately owned, are small places and it is super nice to live there. It also has its price, because staying at an Inn is expensive. We paid from DKK 1,200-1,500 for an overnight stay which included a good breakfast.
Advantages and disadvantages of the hotel and motel chains
Advantage:
• You know what you get. The standard is usually the same no matter where you are in the US. For example, you can book rooms with two beds and thus there is room for 2 adults and 2 children to sleep in a room.
• The places are often very child-friendly.
• If you join the chains' bonus programs, you will receive the following:
• You get discounts.
• You will receive good offers.
• You may be able to save up for a free night in the US
Disadvantages
Chains motels or hotels:
• are a little impersonal.
• are often conveniently located and not the most charming places.
• are often large, have many rooms and there can be a high noise level.
General savings tips for accommodation in the United States
• Rates may vary slightly over the week and on specific dates. If you have found your hotel, try searching on different dates, for example. For business hotels, you can try searching over a weekend in the big cities.
• Stay a little outside the national parks and a little outside the big cities. Here prices are significantly cheaper.
• If you are visiting the very popular sights in the United States, book your hotel in advance. Prices often rise, the closer you get to the time of overnight stay.
Tips for staying in a big city
We have lots of experience from our overnight stay in the big cities. Here are our top tips for your city break in the US.
Should you choose to live downtown or outside the metropolis?
Living in the US is expensive. The more central you live, the more expensive it is.
If you choose to live a little outside of the city, you can often save a lot of money on your accommodation in the US. Then, in return, you have to anticipate transportation or parking expenses when you enter the center.
The hotel rooms in the center of the big cities are not as big as they are outside the big cities. Here the rooms are usually very small.
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Resort fees and parking fees in big cities
Check if the hotel charges a resort fee. This is a fee that goes above and beyond the hotel price, for example, at almost all Las Vegas hotels. But it is also found in other major cities. The price of a resort fee varies, but can be as much as DKK 360 per night. night. You must also be aware of any parking fees.
However, you may be lucky to find great deals on accommodation, especially if it is out of season. Hotel chains like Sheraton, Marriott, and Hyatt are typical hotels for business travelers and often have deals on their hotels over the weekend.
A few examples of our overnight stays in four major cities in the United States
When visiting a major US city, it is important for us to stay centrally. We want to experience the pulse and life that is in a big city around the clock. And we will not spend time transporting into the city.
Las Vegas hotels
We have stayed at many different hotels in Las Vegas. The most important thing to know about Las Vegas is that nights are the most expensive from Thursday-Sunday and cheapest from Sunday-Thursday.
Hotels on The Strip
You can choose to stay on The Strip. Here you can get hotels in all price ranges from 200 kr and up. Our favorite hotel is currently at Aria Resort & Casino. The hotel is 5 star and in the cheapest period, it costs around 1,000 per night. night.
Downtown hotels
We also love living in downtown Las Vegas. Here you can get an overnight stay from 100 kr and up. Our favorite downtown hotel is the Downtown Grand. The hotel is 4-star and it costs about 400 per night. night.
Hotels in San Francisco:
We have visited San Francisco several times and we have always stayed around Union Square. It is central, the historic cable car runs in the street, and there are plenty of cozy eateries.
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Two good hotels around Union Square
We have stayed twice at the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square. It is a 3-star boutique hotel, the rooms are small but the location is perfect. One room costs about DKK 1,000 per room. night.
In the same neighborhood, we have stayed twice at the Orchard Hotel. It is a 4-star hotel with delicious large rooms. Here, an overnight stay costs around DKK 1,500 per night. Night.
Boston Hotels
We have visited Boston a few times and have lived in the financial district and at the Prudential Center.
Try a luxury hotel with history and great delicacies
The first time we lived in the finance quarter at The Langham in Boston. It is a 4.5-star hotel and an overnight stay cost about $ 1,800. We chose the hotel because it is a historic landmark in Boston and is known for its Sunday brunch. The history of the hotel, the great rooms, the service and the impressive brunch at this luxury hotel were well worth the money.
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The hotel in the best location
The other hotel we stayed at was the Sheraton Boston Hotel. It is a 4-star hotel and we paid about DKK 1,400 per night. night. Hotels are located right next to the Prudential Center and within walking distance of historic Boston. And it is clearly the hotel in the best location. We found a great deal and stayed in a Club room with lounge access. It included breakfast, snacks, and drinks during the day.
Are you going to New York?
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Tips for your overnight stay on a road trip in the United States
When we go on road trips, the places we spend the night are not so important to us while we are on the go. We often travel from place to place and therefore only need a place that can meet our basic requirements for an overnight stay. A place that is on the route we intend to drive so we don't have to spend time driving around the hotel or motel. Often we choose the usual motel chains that we know have a reasonable standard.
In addition to the first night, we usually choose not to book accommodation in the US in advance. We book our accommodation continuously depending on how far we drive or whether we might want to stay an extra night somewhere.
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Our road trips often start by staying a few days in the metropolis where our planes land. Then we are on the move and often only sleep one night per night. place.
However, on a 3-week road trip, we sometimes need to stay an extra night, just to explore the area a little more or just to relax. Often we also end our road trip with a few days in the big city where we fly home from.
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