And if you're driving through Florida and *are* looking for something pretentious, you're screwed and should probably hit the next Waffle House you see.

I haven't had an RI stay in 2021. I've had a couple Hampton/Fairfield/HIX type stays on our summer roadtrips, 1 night at a time, and the breakfast offerings have generally sucked. No covid-related executive orders that would limit them - just management decision to offer almost nothing since brand standards don't matter anymore and all of these properties are racing to the bottom.

In the future, if I need an RI type layout, I will probably try Airbnb first. The value prop for these kinds of branded hotels has dropped a lot in the past year.