Originally Posted by
davetravels
I guess I should have said easy, but not cheap. I'm looking at hotels in Chicago for mid September, and even the Days Inn on Diversey is $200-300!!!
The hotel where I stay in Atlanta / Buckhead is something like $63 for Aug 10. I can easily fly down and back on miles, but, I'll be depressed if they have something cool at the Surplus Sale that's too big to take home on the plane, which started me looking for a one-way car rental, but I can't deal with an 11 hour drive!
I used to Priceline Extended Stay America rooms near ORD in the mid $30's.
Edited to add: Looks like I was nailing them for $35 but it's been a long while.
Take a look here for recent Priceline successes in Illinois:
http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showforum=87