I checked into a TPS recently after booking 6 weeks of weeknights at a "mistake" rate - the hotel loaded weekend rates for weeknights and honored the rate.

As I checked in the second week, the manager noted the rate and pointed out that he was honoring it... and was particularly pleased that I was doing 6 weeks there - made him feel a lot better. I told him I'd book another 4 weeks if he'd give me the same rate... he wouldn't go for that, but he noted that the rate was going to rise $30/night at the end of the month. Best he would do is offer a $159/night rate. There is a CY - and another TPS - that offer $120/night rates ($40 less than the best he would do), both are as far out from the primary city as is the TPS in question. I informed him of that, and he said that they were probably just over the county lines (true) where the Gov't pre-diem was lower... thus their rates were lower.

I like the various Marriott products, but they're not always the best value relative to Holiday Inn and others. OTOH, they do, generally, beat Hilton properties hands-down... you can't even search Hilton website by rate.