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that the more a hotel/motel/lodging costs, the more "additional fees" and the fewer amenities you get?

Mariott Maquis in Atlanta, GA -- minimum $150/night.  Local phone calls, min. $1 each.  Internet access -- $20/day in-room line; $10 PER LOGON WiFi.  Fridge by prior arrangement, $10/night fee, "subject to availability"; no microwave.  Parking $20/day.

Knight's Inn / King's Inn (various places) -- $50 night maybe.  Generally $40.  Dorm fridge and nuker in room.  Free local calls.  Free parking on a well-lighted lot.  Usually no internet (unless you have a dial-up account -- in which case, that 800 number is a free call.)

Day's Inn -- $50-69/night.  Most had a fridge.  Local calls free (well, included.)  WiFi / DSL included.  Some had a nuker.

And the rooms are (heh) roomier at the Knight's Inn and better yet at the Day's Inn. 

Sheesh.  You do NOT get what you pay for in lodging.

I know, the Maquis is a big business/convention place, with bellhops and valet parking and overpriced cafes and grills that are closed when you're most hungry and roomservice food sucks.

It looks like my best bet for Massage Therapy training is going to be in the KC (MO) area.  This is farther than I feel comfortable driving twice a day, two days a week. 

Thus, I'm gonna need crash space or even to rent a sleeping room.

 If it's crash space, I don't want to put anyone out more than necessary so will be trying to rotate regularly. 

I NEED a non-smoking space, pets of any sort (furred, finned, feathered, scaled) are fine, and I'm quiet and keep to myself.  I'd be there a minimum of 2 nights a week, max of 4 (unless weather traps me there) and will take meals elsewhere. 

The course I'm looking at is about a year, so you'd be putting up with me that long.



The way I feel about asking for help, the fact that I'm posting this tells you how serious I am.  I expect my daughter to call me up and faint at me when she sees this.