{"id":115,"date":"2009-02-24T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/?p=115"},"modified":"2009-02-24T23:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T23:49:00","slug":"hotels-motels-and-cabins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"Hotels, Motels, and Cabins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_rfIXlgkzrtE\/SasoD-TozmI\/AAAAAAAAADE\/InUTdUGPtuU\/s1600-h\/motel6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_rfIXlgkzrtE\/SasoD-TozmI\/AAAAAAAAADE\/InUTdUGPtuU\/s320\/motel6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>I&#8217;ve been a little worried about finding motels along our trip since there are times we will be without internet to look up phone numbers or make reservations electronically.  We&#8217;ve got a GPS unit, but it would be nice to call ahead and verify vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>A <span>very few<\/span> chains offer print directories of their locations.  I suspect if I visited the local location I could get more, but here&#8217;s what I found online.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motel6.com\/reservations\/order_directory\/guide_request.aspx\">Motel 6<\/a> will send you a print directory<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ichotelsgroup.com\/h\/d\/hi\/1\/en\/c\/2\/content\/dec\/hi\/1\/en\/cs\/prdir.html\">Holiday Inn<\/a> (family of hotels) has a print directory available for download.  States like Wyoming and Colorado can be downloaded in a single file.  Texas is divided into FOUR download files, and the cities are listed alphabetically.  Unfortunately, the state did not position towns geographically according to the alphabet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.choicehotels.com\/ires\/en-US\/html\/EDirectory\">Choice Hotels<\/a> (Econolodge, Rodeway, Comfort Inn, etc.) allows you to download their e-directory or order a print version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a little worried about finding motels along our trip since there are times we will be without internet to look up phone numbers or make reservations electronically. We&#8217;ve got a GPS unit, but it would be nice to call ahead and verify vacancies. A very few chains offer print directories of their locations. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}