You also get some sort of evening reception (free for all) three or four days a week, perhaps typically something like 5-6:30 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, although on some nights it might be just the opportunity to buy something from a food truck and charge it to your room and other nights could be just ice cream and waffles. Some RIs give free wine and beer, perhaps just once a week.

Breakfast includes hot items and should have bacon and/or turkey Canadian bacon some mornings rather than just a form of sausage every day. It will probably include fruit like melon and do it yourself waffles.

Most RI rooms are small one bedroom suites with a sleeper sofa in the living room, one bathroom, and a kitchen (dishes etc. provided) with full size refrigerator, full size dishwasher, microwave, and stovetop but no oven (with few exceptions, only in two bedroom units).

During the week RI customers tend to be business travelers, including some visiting IT workers on long term assignments, insurance adjusters, construction workers, etc. On weekends and around holidays, RIs tend to fill with families having *many* small children. [It's not unusual to see four preschool kids emerge from a one bedroom suite.] You also sometimes see school athletic groups that might or might not be effectively supervised.

Older RIs tend to have outdoor corridors, but generally not the newer ones.