I’m in DC this week for business and my client is putting me up in a Hampton Inn down the street from their office.  The hotel is nothing fancy but it is clean, I get a free breakfast (quality is pretty good) and free wireless internet in my room and in the lobby.

All in all I’m very happy with it, and the cost is half of all the business hotels on the same block.  From past experiences I can tell you that those other hotels have pretty nice facilities (most are suites for long term business stays and vacationing families), but they also charge annoying $10/night fees for internet that aren’t even wireless.  And the food is no better than what I’m getting at the Hampton Inn.

**Funny aside** My family is with me this week, and although the kids have been staying with their cousins they did come into the room when I was checking in.  I’m in a room equipped for the handicapped so there are two peep holes in the door, one at normal height and one at about waist level.  My daughter noticed that and said, "Look they even have holes for midgets to look through." I found it interesting she thought of midgets and not kids, but then I realized that she’s now as tall as her mother so she no longer automatically associates all things writ small as being for children.**

It seems that I’m not alone in my opinion of Hampton Inn. This morning I’m reviewing my blog feeds and I find out that Rick Segal of The Post Money Value feels the same way.  He also has pictures of the "classy touches" he found in his room, and I can attest that my room is the same.