When you are driving between hotels and reserving inns online, it's generally easier to book advance rooms at smaller towns. Not because you have to worry about larger cities being booked up or more expensive, but since they are generally easier to find. In small towns the Best Westerns and Super 8's are right off the Interstate. You don't have to drive around inside a new and confusing city when you're tired and cranky! Yeah! You simply pull over, check in, and grab that well-deserved nap. Don't forget to hang that Do Not Disturb door tag. :-)