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Motel6 is a large budget motel chain in the United States and Canada
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Motel6
Motel 6 was founded in
1962 in Santa Barbara, California,
when all rooms cost $6 a night-hence the company name.
During the chain's early years,
Motel 6 emphasized itself as a "no-frills" lodging chain with rooms
featuring coin-operated black-and-white TVs instead of the free color
TVs found in more expensive motels along with shower-only bathrooms and
functional interior decor.
In the 1980s, the coin-operated
black-and-white TVs were replaced by free color TVs that also included
cable and/or HBO at no extra cost. Rooms also have telephones (with free
local and toll free calls, and long distance calls charged to a major
credit card), towels, soap, and cabinets. |
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have been added to recent Motel 6 properties. However, unlike most motel
chains today, most rooms do not have hair dryers, shampoo, or clock
radios. Free coffee is served in the morning in the motel lobby. |
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Depending on particular location and
season, Motel 6 rooms now cost from $35 to $100 a night on
average due to inflation through the years - but Motel 6 is still
considered the nation's lowest-priced lodging chain. Prices are
typically advertised on a brightly-lit sign visible from nearby
highways. Most of its locations are located near major interstate
highways. In 1990, the company was bought by the French-based Accor.
Unlike the majority of motel chains, Motel 6 allows pets, and directly
owns and operates most of its locations. However, the chain did start
franchising in 1994.
Motel 6 also operates Studio 6, a chain of extended stay hotels that
offer slightly more amenities and weekly rates.
Motel 6 may be best known for a series of light humored radio and
television ads featuring the voice of writer Tom Bodett with the quote
"We'll leave the light on for you".
About Motel 6
Motel 6 offers the best price of
any national chain at more than 850 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Standard amenities include free local phone calls, no long distance
access charges, free morning coffee, data ports, and a cable channel
line-up with premium channels including HBO, ESPN/ESPN2, and CNN. All
Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools
and guest laundry facilities. |
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Motel6
is a large budget motel chain in the United States and Canada
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