America's Best Cheap Sleeps (Open Road's America's Best Cheap Sleeps) [Paperback]

Tracy Whitcombe (Author)

Book Description

Series: Open Road's America's Best Cheap Sleeps | Publication Date: May 4, 2004

A new departure for this concept, Open Road has refashioned our old America's Cheap Sleeps guide (which was large format and listed virtually every cheap roadside lodging) by making it much more selective and featuring only the best motels and other inexpensive lodgings across America - and it still contains more than 2000 entries! Every state is covered. Each listing tells readers whether there's a TV, pool, restaurant, if pets are accepted, and any amenities or special features. Arranged alphabetically by state and location for easy access.

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About the Author

Tracy Whitcombe is a free-lance writer and member of the Extra Miler Club, whose members can claim they've visited every county in America. He is the author of America's Cheap Sleeps (Open Road).

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Open Road (May 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159360016X
• ISBN-13: 978-1593600167
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Travel Resource, October 8, 2004

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G. F. Lazzeroni - See all my reviews
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This review is from: America's Best Cheap Sleeps (Open Road's America's Best Cheap Sleeps) (Paperback)

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!

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is not really that useful, July 6, 2004

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Maynard "maynard77" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Best Cheap Sleeps (Open Road's America's Best Cheap Sleeps) (Paperback)

I sat down with this book at the bookstore for about 20 minutes and decided not to buy it. The book supposedly contains lists of cheap places to stay in all 50 states, which it delivers on. However, a lot of the places listed are Motel 6 and Super 8 type places, which you could very easily find on your own. What I was hoping to find was a book that listed independently owned motels that were clean and quiet, maybe with a very short review by the author of why it was the perfect place to stay in that town. These types of motels are difficult to find in advance, since they don't have the advertising budget that large chains have. I was really let down, as the author usually only listed the address and phone number and a few other minor details of each property. I realize that the author can't stay in every budget motel across America, but I would have hoped that she would have a local person that could find and rate these motels. I looked at the list of motels in cities where I have lived before and didn't find anything that was out of the ordinary. Certainly you could find the same information using other budget travel guides that would also include other travel information.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finds safe, clean, cheap sleeps quick!, October 19, 2008

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J. Schutz (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: America's Best Cheap Sleeps (Open Road's America's Best Cheap Sleeps) (Paperback)

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.