I looked at our Holiday Inn Express. I live in a tiny city/town in the middle of nowhere. Holiday Inn Express - you can get it in the $100s on some Mon-Wed, but weekends look like it’s in the $200s-400s! We found that our when I invited my aunt to town last year for my Dad’s bday. The cheapest place I could find (Holiday Inn Express, Hampton, Courtyard, etc.) was in the $200s - well except for the dives that rent by the hour where they sell drugs in the parking lot… I can’t believe how expensive hotels are here. We are a super LCOL town!