Alaska hotels and motels abound, but which one offers the best accommodations for your particular business trip? If you plan to be there a day or a weekend, the accommodations you need will be different than those needed for a longer stay. If you are entertaining your clients or meeting with them for business, this can also be a factor in where you stay, especially if you are providing the meeting room.

Choose the best facilities to make your business trip a success. You may need wireless Internet, unlimited free local calls, a business center to send faxes or meeting room capabilities. On longer stays, you may prefer a suite to just a room. Look for the following when you book a motel room in Alaska:

1. Find AK hotels offering overnight accommodations.

2. Pick AK motels for your long-term business needs.

3. Choose Alaska hotels and motels near local attractions for a work and fun business trip.

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Look for hotels in AK for short term stays

If you are going to Alaska for a one day business meeting, you just need a place to park yourself overnight. Then you can catch your flight home in the morning. As long as the room is clean, comfortable and offers basics such as Internet, it should do the job for you.

I recommend: Westmark Hotel offers high-speed Internet access, fitness center and complimentary HBO. Cape Fox Lodge offers Internet service and free parking. They have a restaurant, lounge and coffee shop on the premises.

Select extended stay motels in Alaska for longer stays

When you will be staying for a week or longer, extended stay hotels in Alaska are your best bet for a successful business trip. These hotels offer more than one room suites; they provide full kitchens, business centers, high-speed wireless Internet and meeting centers.

I recommend: Americas Best Value Inn by Vantage offers king suites with free high-speed Internet and free breakfast. Regency Fairbanks Hotel offers full kitchens and high-speed Internet access. They provide complimentary shuttles to both the airport and Alaska railroad depot. They also have a business center, guest laundry and fitness center on the premises.

Make your AK hotel reservation near the resorts for business and pleasure

See the Northern lights when you visit Alaska for business. Stay for additional views of bald eagles and hump back whales. Check out what the gold rush was like or backpack with wolves, there is always something exciting and fun happening here. Check the current schedule of events with your Alaska hotel front desk representative.

I recommend: Captain Cook offers complimentary wireless Internet access, mini fridges and satellite TV in all rooms. They are centrally located blocks from the convention center, 5th Avenue Mall, Anchorage Saturday Market and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Alyeska Resort is located on Mount Alyeskas and makes the ideal getaway ski vacation. There are over 68 runs; one is right for you. All rooms have a breath-taking view so see for yourself when you complete your Alaska business.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Make your AK motel reservation online or by calling the hotel directly. Do not forget to ask for a corporate discount and other specials the Alaska motel may offer.