When you travel do you stay in hotels/motels or find a campground?

When I travel I choose to stay in locally owned guest houses, cheap hotels and when I get the opportunity unusual accommodation. I have recently come back home from my trip to Colombia. There I stayed at four different places: a hotel, a cheap hotel and two guest houses. My idea was to stay at a hotel for the first four days but my stay turned into double that due to me hurting my foot and my kids getting sick. The bill from that was quite a lot so I wanted cheaper accommodation for the remainder of my trip. I traveled to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala on my favorite trip. I was 34 years old at that time. I stayed at a colorful guest house on Caye Caulker. Then in Bullet Tree Falls I stayed in a tall tree house. Wow! That was a very special experience. On the Mexican coast I stayed in a thatched beach hut and it had a sand floor. I have enjoyed camping in my own tent on some of my trips. In my younger days I stayed in backpacker hostels and youth hostels.

I would love to sleep in a hotel because it is very comforting especially if I traveled for long hours. but if given a chance sleeping on a campground is something to experience.

I don't do outside very well, I'm allergic to so many things and my fibro makes it hard to consider sleeping any place but a bed. My roommate doesn't do outside, because of her vision. If she's unfamiliar with a place, she wants a nice flat area to walk around and preferably inside because she sees even WORSE in bright sunlight.

Hi. lee333angel. Welcome to myLot! I prefer to stay in a motel/hotel. Only for safety purposes. I feel more safe and secured at a motel/hotel rather than camping in the deep woods. I have always loved camping, I just can't pull myself to camp out in the deep woods. If I would do so, I need to bring several people with me.

Currently, I use hotels. I have a two year old in diapers. It is just too difficult if i need to change a diaper in the middle of the night to do it in a tent. When she is a bit older, we will go back to campgrounds.

I like going on road trips to but i unfortunately, have a very high matainence dog. And when i think of this dog i think of the dog that rips the curtains, pees on the carpets, eats the cushions, all of the above, and etc. So i have to say that i prefer to stay in a hotel for the reason that i can't leave my dog alone and i can't find a campground that "he approves of" (i guess is how you could put it. Personally, I prefer camping but i can't with the beast i call "man's best friend" (yeah right). Though honestly, i don't mind as long as i get to have the joys of a road trip! :)

A nice motel. I camp all summer with my kids...we have a permanent spot at a campgrounds so when I travel I like a little luxury.

It depends on where I am traveling, of course. I do enjoy driving my own car along the highways. On those trips , I often stay at the motels located conveniently to get to restaurants, coffee shops, shopping malls. When I am traveling by plane, within the country or abroad, I choose to stay at the reasonably priced hotels. Again, location is a factor when choosing a hotel. I don't like to stay in a noisy downtown location. I would much prefer a place in a quiet peacful area.

Hi I have always stayed in a hotel when I have travelled abroad. whenever I did it on company account, the company paid for the hotel bill. Earlier I used to look for a budget hotel. But now by the grace of God, I can afford a 3-star or 4-star hotel. I haven't tried campgrounds, but would surely like to try once.

When I travel, I tend to stay somewhere in between a motel and a hotel. I would go for the cheap price, but I need to make sure that I can get a great service, and a clean bathroom is really really important. Hehehe.

My family did a lot of caamping when i was a kid. Hotel and motel rates were a bit out of reach. it was more economical and fun to go camping instead. Sometimes camping can not be an option,. After that motels are just as ideal.

For me i would prefer to the friends house I don't like to travel if I would not get in the situation is free for me.

I usually stay in hotels, as it is much more comfortable, especially when the travel is long. However, for our next trip, we'll be going to the mountains, and I'm looking forward to camping out!

Welcome to mylot I do love travelling with hubby, kids and grandkids during vacations of grandkids schools.We usually travel by train.Hubby always books rooms in good but not too costly hotels, we have never stayed in camps in ground lol Thank you so much for sharing Namastey. Kalyani