# How close is a hotel to your house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364 "2026-03-11T12:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/21 "2026-03-11T13:45:04Z")
I live right against the freeway which is the only place zoned for hotels in my suburb. The closest one is 1800 ft but it’s literally condemned so hopefully will be gone soon. There’s a Knight’s Inn across the street from that but you don’t want to stay there. The LaQuinta used to be better but it’s still livable. I don’t know what goes on at the Country Inn, I’ve not heard anything either way. Good news they’re building a new Holiday Inn Express .45 miles away, walkable to my house. You can stay there around Thanksgiving if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/22 "2026-03-11T13:48:15Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Good news they’re building a new Holiday Inn Express .45 miles away, walkable to my house. You can stay there around Thanksgiving if you want. At first I didn’t see the decimal point, and was wondering whether you were actually insane. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/23 "2026-03-11T13:49:16Z")
Nope; she just _really_ doesn’t like T-day guests. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/24 "2026-03-11T13:49:19Z")
Insanely fit, that’s me! 💪 (Happy birthday!) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/25 "2026-03-11T13:53:19Z")
We’re close enough to historical tourist attractions and a whole load of high tech headquarter places that there are at least five ‘nice-ish’ hotels within five miles, plus a zillion B&B spots. In addition there’s a horrible place maybe a mile away, but it’s only nominally a hotel these days: 100% of its rooms are used for “emergency” accommodations for welfare families in various types of crises. The stories you hear,… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/26 "2026-03-11T13:53:40Z")
There’s a Holiday Inn Express 2.7 miles (3000 ft as the crow flies) from us, a Fairfield by Marriott 1.9 miles, or you could probably rent the AirBnB catty corner across the street from us, but it will most likely be expensive (last week’s renters were a motorcycle group [high class bikes] here for bike week at Daytona). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/27 "2026-03-11T14:02:20Z")
Well I live in Manhattan so… there are more than I can count within a half-mile radius. Looking on the map the closest appears to be two blocks north. It’s a pretty upscale one, and prices look to vary _wildly_. One random day it’s over $1000 per night then the following day drops to $250 per night. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/28 "2026-03-11T14:05:04Z")
I’m a mile from the airport here (Cleve.) so you have about half a dozen options, even if the Sheraton closed a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/29 "2026-03-11T14:08:38Z")
There’s a B&B three blocks away, which looks nice, although _very_ Jesus-y, and is reasonably priced ($160-$295 a night, depending on the type of room). Other than that, there’s a Red Roof Inn and another motel about a mile away (both fairly rundown, and I’m not sure they would meet the “non-creepy” criterion) and a cluster of other chain hotels (LaQuinta, Days Inn, etc.) about 1.5 miles out, then a fancier cluster (Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites) at around the 2.1 mile mark. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/30 "2026-03-11T14:12:20Z")
Hilton Garden Inn, Raleigh NC, 2 miles It’s adjacent to the Triangle Town Center. I went there recently to find a dirty birthday card at Spencer’s, but they don’t sell those anymore. I got some lunch at the food court, noticing how run down the mall looked since last time I visited. About a third of the stores were closed, and some of the individual buildings outside the mall looked like they had been deserted for decades. When I got home, I saw an article on my news feed that addressed this issue, saying that YouTubers had been chronicling the slow decay of TTC, and Yelp reviewers had been hollering how the creek dried up. Developers built apartments and duplexes nearby to house customers and employees, but they didn’t attract much interest. The place has some kind of curse I guess, since many of the other malls in the city are doing fine. I guess that article showed up because I had bought something and almighty Google connected the dots. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/31 "2026-03-11T14:19:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s adjacent to the Triangle Town Center. I went there recently to find a dirty birthday card at Spencer’s, but they don’t sell those anymore. I got some lunch at the food court, noticing how run down the mall looked since last time I visited. About a third of the stores were closed, and some of the individual buildings outside the mall looked like they had been deserted for decades. > > When I got home, I saw an article on my news feed that addressed this issue, saying that YouTubers had been chronicling the slow decay of TTC, and Yelp reviewers had been hollering how the creek dried up. Developers built apartments and duplexes nearby to house customers and employees, but they didn’t attract much interest. The place has some kind of curse I guess, since many of the other malls in the city are doing fine. I remember when that opened. It was supposed to be The Shit. IIRC, They tried lure the JC Penny’s away from North Hills. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/32 "2026-03-11T14:33:07Z")
I live in a college town so there is the entire range of hotel options within a 1-3 mile radius. The priciest are the boutique hotels downtown with fancy bars and restaurants incorporated (1.5 miles from me) then the midrange chains near the shopping centers (2 mi) and finally the Motel 6 style chains and low-end independents off the freeway exits (3 mi). Mind you, during graduation or move in week, you aren’t going to find any place for less than $200. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/33 "2026-03-11T15:18:41Z")
Closest is the [Flamingo Motel](https://cf.bstatic.com/xdata/images/hotel/max1024x768/71273332.jpg?k=b8c21eef754d9976228350968766e5e7a7d18ad6cf26e738b1bcf3cad3985fec&o=) about 1.5 miles away. I walk past it on the way to Recycle Bookstore quite often. The Flamingo isn’t someplace I’d recommend, so I’d direct you to the [Campbell Inn](https://www.campbellinn.com/gallery-images/properties/medium/8/9/1/1312.jpg) (2.7mi) instead. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/34 "2026-03-11T15:20:03Z")
1 mile from our house, a major chain. We’ve stayed there once when work was being done on our house. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/35 "2026-03-11T15:26:38Z")
2 miles to the closest one; goes up to ½ dozen in as many miles. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > You can stay there around Thanksgiving if you want. Is that hinting at an invite for T-Day dinner??? 😋 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/36 "2026-03-11T15:27:35Z")
About 3 miles left or right. There are several at one end of town and more are being added (all are major brands). It’s perplexing because I don’t see our town as a big tourism or business traveler draw, but I am probably missing something. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/37 "2026-03-11T15:29:11Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > If someone is living in the middle of a vast middle of nowhere, would you really not invite your guest into your home? Some people are extremely allergic to, or terrified of, some other people’s pets. Some people might not want to share a bathroom with the household’s six children and a cat pan. I can think of lots of reasons. Of course, if you really live a hundred miles from the nearest hotel or b&b, maybe the guests have to either manage or bring an RV to stay in. My guests sometimes stay in the house, sometimes in a B&B (several within about 5 miles by road), sometimes in an actual hotel (one about five miles, a number of choices within 12 or 15), and last summer one set parked their RV in my fields. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/38 "2026-03-11T15:30:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m coming to visit you but I’ll be staying at a hotel so as not to be a bother, because I’m nice, dammit! 😉 Is there a reasonable, non-creepy hotel or motel close to where you live? Well jeez, shouldn’t you have waited for an invitation? 😃 There’s a Hampton Inn about 5 miles away. Or we can put you up in the garage apartment, if you don’t mind the lack of running water or electricity for the kitchen appliances. I’ll remove the mousetraps and their deceased occupants prior to your arrival. The concrete steps leading up to the apartment door are leaning at a 30-degree angle, but you should be fine if you hold tightly onto the handrail. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/39 "2026-03-11T15:32:16Z")
There is a brand new La Quinta/Wyndham Inn 3.7 miles from my house. Anything else within 5 miles is junk. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364/40 "2026-03-11T15:33:52Z")
The closest one I’d actually recommend to a guest is 5 miles away from my house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-is-a-hotel-to-your-house/1028364.md?page=3)