I agree that location does matter. But my point was we left a very nice hotel that gave crews everything they'd want for a 'nicer' hotel at the same location that gave crews nothing.

As far as your examples go? CUU, that's in Mexico. The fridge/microwave thing is kinda a moot point when traveling through TSA. But they do have an AWESOME free breakfast and I have no problems with the van. Gym kinda sucks but the location makes up for it (I end up doing a lot of walking anyway). TYR, no problems at all. Has all I want and in a good location. GRK? I've done a lot of turns there. I don't remember if I've ever overnighted.

Honestly, the La Quinta's I've stayed at here haven't been terrible (I know that brand can be though, just hasn't been bad here). So yeah. I'd rather be able to heat up my dinner while I'm changing out of uniform and unpacking my bag rather than doing that and THEN doing the long* travel to the lobby to heat up my food and then doing the long* travel back to my room to eat my now cold food due to the long* journey.

*hotels that seem most insistent on only having a microwave in the lobby have their own overpriced restaurant and place us as far away from the lobby as possible. Think about it. Flea bag hotel... flea bag *******s that are trying to make us pay more for our overnight is more like it. If you don't carry your own food you don't see it, I know. But it's real.

you guys are extremely short sighted and i'm glad we're moving away from "bed bugs ok, just need microwave" type places. None of us make $19k/yr anymore. Let's stay at professional hotels.

Microwaves in the rooms are viewed as a major fire hazard/insurance bump in most states

I would.

We stay at some LaQuinta’s that are honestly nicer than some of the FourPoints and DoubleTrees; more modern, well-kept, cleaner, and always with a microwave and a fridge.

what LQ's would those be? Every single one has the same nasty carpet, same extremely cheap mattress, and same dirty bathroom in my experience.

[QUOTE=pitchattitude;3216830I wouldn’t be able to moonlight as dancer and flying just doesn’t pay the bills![/QUOTE]

Do the ladies tuck bills in your thong?

Our contract requests hotels to provide rooms as far away from elevators as possible. That's where the far away from the lobby thing comes from.

The LQ in HSV is very nice (Borat voice), had none of those problems. RDU isn’t bad either. Compared to our MEM or GRR overnights, I would take LaQuinta every time.

That GRR overnight hotel is gross. The carpets feel, how should I say, moist all the time, yet are dry. Yuck. It is a very bizarre place, with the mattress's sitting with an upward curve to them lol. Looks like you are laying down on a giant U.

Anyway, good luck on the hotel front.

Wait what happened to LIT? Did we go back to our old dump?