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The word motel often times is depicted as a low-budget truck stop, just got kicked out of my girlfriend's place, scene of a seedy crime, or basically a place to take care of your dirty laundry.  That's how ...

It's Saturday, and I thought you'd enjoy this odd little piece. You have to love the bizarre lengths people go for their pets. Looks like a, um "love motel" that is reserved exclusively for pets has opened in Brazil. It is called, yes, The ...

When you think of edgy, hip places to stay, I'd venture a guess that Motel 6 isn't the first place that comes to mind. But the budget lodging chain is hoping to change that with a new promotion - providing free rooms to a few up-and-coming touring ...

See that guy over there, the one wearing a business suit lying on the floor inside an orange tent at the airport? The first time I saw that picture on The New York Times website, I laughed, and then I thought to myself, genius, absolute genius. The ...

Never heard of the inexpensive chain of Key West Inn motels? Maybe you've never gotten stuck in places like Boaz or Wetumpka, AL. Seems that there are quite a few of these affordable motels in places tucked in tiny little southern towns many of us ...

Here's a weird, scary motel hazard story. It goes way, way, way beyond contaminated water glasses. How about the presence of a toxin that is so powerful even a speck can kill you? That's what was found in an Extended Stay America motel room in Las ...

I'm writing this from the confines of my motel room in chilly Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm in town for CES, because I love technology and gadgets, and I love walking around large convention centers and seeing the latest and greatest. Above all, I love ...

The 16,000 residents of Lower Hutt, New Zealand learned the meaning of "demoralizing" this week. The owner of the Palmerston North Supreme Motor Lodge (an Australian) has prohibited the people of Lower Hutt from staying at his motel. I've been banned ...

A few years back, a friend shared a secret with me that has changed the way I travel to Las Vegas. After spending weeks in advance of my second trip to Sin City searching through numerous cheap hotel websites to find the best deal, I asked this ...

Some time ago, Justin wrote about meth makers using the coffee machine in hotel rooms to brew their concoctions. It's now 2 years later, and the problem seems to be going from bad to worse. Meth makers are increasingly using motel rooms for their ...

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New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight saga, will be hitting theaters on November 20th. tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/09/top-10-travel-destinations-for-twilight-fans/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; That's like, ...

A maid at the Hy-Way Motel near Fairfax City, Virginia, got quite a surprise recently when she discovered that several duffel bags that had been left in one of the motel's rooms were full of exotic snakes. Twelve of the 17 snakes found were venomous; ...