I was in the May class. We had to get our hotel. Several of us stayed at Staybridge. You get the "Frontier" rate which is discounted. A month or so ahead, I made all of my reservations from day one till the end of training with plans to go home on the weekends. As I understand it, they run an occupancy rate of about 95% so you may not get a room at the last minute. You can find a hotel that's a little less expensive - Days Inn. However, since Staybridge provides evening meals with an open bar 3 nights per week, it may be worth the extra $15/night. If you Google hotels on Tower Road you'll see that there are lots of choices but if you're looking to save a few bucks you'll probably come back to these 2.

We had weekends off throughout ground school with a block of 3 days for Memorial Day. I think we had 3 days off between ground and FTD's. Seems like we had 1 day off between FTD's & Sims. I had a Saturday FTD then Sims on Monday. Your schedule may be different. Worth noting, Staybridge doesn't generally provide transportation to and from the Sim Center (SSS) and neither does F9. Uber is a good option.