America's Best Cheap Sleeps

I picked this up at the library before a long driving trip with my family. When we're only going to be in a place for 8hrs to sleep, we don't care about character, we just want clean & safe. We'd rather save our money for the places with character on the days we're spending longer than 8 hrs. It was so nice to have a listing of not only cheap hotels (which could be found anywhere - there's always a Motel 6 nearby), but ones which are clean & safe. We were able to decide what town to stop in & where to call in advance, and the book delivered. It could have been longer, but then it would be ... longer. And on a 3-wk car trip, we didn't need a Yellow Pages sized book to tote along.

I have found this book to be very helpful in road travel, especially in small out of the way places that you find when you get off the interstate. While some prices are higher in the large cities (to be expected), the book helped in finding clean, safe motels in small cities for a resonable price. Even the listings for large cities offer alternatives to overpriced mega hotels. The details around things like whether pets are allowed or not was extremely helpful. Whitcombe obviously knows his stuff, and I for one am grateful that he's shared it in this book. If you like road travel on a budget, this book is a must!