Choosing your base in United States
Choose the part of the country first. For each destination, compare a walkable or transit-based stay with one that needs a car, including parking and the daily journey in the cost.
Explore destinations in United States
Albuquerque
Albuquerque is in New Mexico. Choose the local area around the visits or event that brings you here, then compare the arrival and daily journeys.
Read the guide →Arizona
Arizona is a state, so it needs a route rather than one hotel base. Choose the cities and other stops you want to combine before booking nights.
Read the guide →Atlanta
Atlanta is Georgia's capital. Choose the local area around the purpose of your visit, then compare the arrival and repeated daily journeys.
Read the guide →Austin
Austin is Texas's capital. Choose the part of the city where you expect to spend your time and check the route back to the hotel after evening plans.
Read the guide →Baltimore
Baltimore is in Maryland. Choose the hotel area around the specific places you need to reach, with the arrival route included in the comparison.
Read the guide →Boston
Boston is Massachusetts's capital. Choose a base around the places you want to visit and the airport or station used for arrival.
Read the guide →Charleston
This guide covers Charleston, South Carolina. Choose a local base around your planned walks or outings and the way you will arrive.
Read the guide →Charlotte
Charlotte is in North Carolina. Choose a base around your main daily destination and the airport or station used for the trip.
Read the guide →Chicago
Chicago is on Lake Michigan in Illinois. Choose a base around the places you expect to visit and the actual airport or station used for arrival.
Read the guide →Columbus
This guide covers Columbus, Ohio. Choose the hotel area around your main destination, particularly when the trip is for a specific event, campus visit or appointment.
Read the guide →Dallas
Dallas is in northern Texas. Choose the part of the metropolitan area your visit actually uses before comparing hotels across a broad search.
Read the guide →Denver
Denver is Colorado's capital. A stay in the city and a base for time farther into the surrounding region need different location decisions.
Read the guide →Detroit
Detroit is on the Detroit River in Michigan. Choose the part of the city that serves your visit and check your actual arrival route.
Read the guide →Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is on Florida's Atlantic coast. Separate a beach stay from an overnight connection before deciding where to book.
Read the guide →Fort Worth
Fort Worth is a separate city from Dallas within the wider north Texas metropolitan area. Choose accommodation around the places you intend to use locally.
Read the guide →Honolulu
Honolulu is on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Choose the local base around the time you want at the beach, in the city and on outings elsewhere.
Read the guide →Houston
Houston is a large Texas city where the useful hotel area depends on the purpose of the visit. Begin with the exact places you need to reach.
Read the guide →Jacksonville
Jacksonville is in northeastern Florida. The broad city destination needs a more precise local-area choice before you compare hotels.
Read the guide →Kansas City
This guide uses Kansas City, Missouri as its starting point. The wider metropolitan area crosses a state line, so check the exact address and local destination you need.
Read the guide →Las Vegas
Las Vegas hotel choice includes the exact location, room category and full set of charges. Decide how much time you will spend at the property before comparing the facilities.
Read the guide →Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a city of separate local bases. Choose the part of the trip you want close to the hotel, then test the journeys to everything else on your list.
Read the guide →Louisville
Louisville is in Kentucky. Start with the specific part of the city your visit needs, especially if an event or appointment anchors the trip.
Read the guide →Memphis
Memphis is on the Mississippi River in Tennessee. Decide which part of the city you want to explore and how you will return to the hotel in the evening.
Read the guide →Miami
Miami and Miami Beach are separate hotel-location choices within the same metropolitan area. Pick the base that fits your plans before comparing accommodation across both.
Read the guide →Miami Beach
Miami Beach is a coastal city distinct from mainland Miami. Choose the local part of the beach area that fits your plans and check how you will travel beyond it.
Read the guide →Minneapolis
Minneapolis is in Minnesota. Choose the specific part of the metropolitan area your visit uses before comparing hotels under a wider regional label.
Read the guide →Nashville
Nashville is Tennessee's capital. Decide how close you want to stay to the places you will use in the evening, then look closely at the sleeping conditions.
Read the guide →New Orleans
New Orleans is on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Choose the neighbourhood around your plans and the amount of evening activity you want near the hotel.
Read the guide →New York
New York's neighbourhoods make different bases for a trip. Choose the subway journeys you want to make, then compare the room itself and the total price of the stay.
Read the guide →Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is the state capital. Choose the local base around the purpose of your visit and the transport you will use.
Read the guide →Orlando
Orlando accommodation should be chosen around the places you intend to visit. A shuttle is useful only when its destination and timetable fit the day you have planned.
Read the guide →Philadelphia
Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania. Choose a neighbourhood around the visits or appointments that anchor the trip and the station or airport used for arrival.
Read the guide →Phoenix
Phoenix is Arizona's capital. Choose the local area around your plans before comparing properties across the wider metropolitan destination.
Read the guide →Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet. Choose the local area around the places you need to reach.
Read the guide →Portland
This guide covers Portland, Oregon. Choose a neighbourhood around your plans and compare the route from your actual arrival point.
Read the guide →Richmond
This guide covers Richmond, Virginia. Choose accommodation around the purpose of your visit and the route used for arrival.
Read the guide →Sacramento
Sacramento is California's capital. Choose a local base around your main visits and the arrival or onward route.
Read the guide →Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is Utah's capital. Separate a city stay from a base for outings farther into the region before choosing accommodation.
Read the guide →San Antonio
San Antonio is in Texas. Decide whether your visit centres on a walkable local area, a particular venue or outings that will need transport.
Read the guide →San Diego
San Diego is on Southern California's Pacific coast. Choose the local area around your plans, then compare the hotel with the beach, venue or neighbourhood you expect to use.
Read the guide →San Francisco
San Francisco is in northern California. Compare the actual walking route to a hotel with your luggage and mobility needs, alongside the neighbourhood you want to explore.
Read the guide →San Jose
This guide covers San Jose in California's Bay Area. Choose the local base around your planned visits and the actual airport used for arrival.
Read the guide →Savannah
Savannah is in coastal Georgia beside the Savannah River. Choose the part of the city you want to explore and check the approach to the hotel with luggage.
Read the guide →Seattle
Seattle is in Washington State in the Pacific Northwest. Choose a local base from your planned visits and the connection used for arrival.
Read the guide →St. Louis
St. Louis is in Missouri near the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Choose the local area according to your planned visits and arrival route.
Read the guide →Tampa
Tampa is on Florida's Gulf Coast. Choose between a city base and accommodation used mainly around an arrival or onward connection.
Read the guide →Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C. hotel choice should follow the places you want to visit and the arrival airport or station. Check the actual transit route from each shortlisted base.
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Before choosing a room
Read the whole-stay total for mandatory hotel charges and confirm the bed arrangement for everyone travelling.
Compare the exact room category, including bed layout, cancellation terms and the full stay total. Hotel photographs may show several categories. If a detail matters to you, look for it in the room description or ask the property.
Where guest evidence is available, use it to investigate specific questions about the stay. Read the supporting comments and their dates. A neighbourhood description cannot establish how quiet an individual room will be.
Planning resources
Our stay advice is editorial guidance. Room facilities, transport services and hotel offers can change. Confirm the details for your trip before booking.