7 hours at DCA
 

I have a 7-hour overnight layover at DCA, too brief (and too cheap) for a hotel room. Is it possible to spend the night at the airport in reasonable comfort? Having done this in the splendor of Singapore and Schipol, I'm inclined to do this again...but US airports are a different story. Opinions?

While I can't speak from first-hand experience, I highly doubt that you'll even be allowed to stay on the grounds at all...

DCA is just about the last place that anyone would be allowed to "sack out" overnight.

I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors, but I would suggest looking into some lodging options.

You can get a room very near the airport at a Courtyard by Marriott or similar hotel for just $35-40 using Priceline. Get to/from on the hotel's shuttle van.

I've stayed at the Courtyard in Crystal City, across the highway from the airport, using Priceline twice this year. If I recall, I bid $29 and had $5 bonus money, which would be the equivalent to a $34 bid now (plus the $6 priceline fee). This is a 2.5* property. My most recent stay was about 3 weeks ago.

If you have the means to travel, let alone having a computer and the online service provider, why can you not afford a $35 room? There are enough people wandering the streets of DC at night, I doubt that one more is needed!

dca is so close to washington that you could stay anywhere. And you will have a chance to do things in dc in those eight hours if you so desire. I too would recommend priceline, but you can look in dc itself as well as the airport area (which is called crystal city). There are number of areas open at night in dc where you could easily walk around including both georgetown and adams morgan. It's about an $18 cab ride or depending on where the hotel is, you can take the metro

Priceline has (until, IIRC, 16 May) a $5/nt bid bonus which you can get www.biddingfortravel.com .