Arizona 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 Arizona:

1. Look for hotels in AZ for your quick business stays.

2. Choose an AZ hotel for your long-term business needs.

3. Select an AZ motel near resorts, and mix business with pleasure.

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Find Arizona hotels and motels for short term stays

If you are going to Arizona 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: Crowne Plaza by Intercontinental has several locations across Arizona also listed under the names of Indigo and Holiday Inn. Enjoy the night in a clean comfortable room where ever your business takes you. Hotel San Carlos offers coffee makers with gourmet coffee, data ports and HBO free in the rooms.

Pick extended stay AZ motels for longer stays

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

I recommend: Pointe Hilton Resorts offers full kitchens, high-speed Internet access and executive work space. InnSuites Hotels and Suites provide refrigerators, microwaves, free Internet access and free hot breakfast.

Make your AZ hotels reservations near the resorts for business and pleasure

If your business takes you to Arizona, find the time to view the Grand Canyon before you come home. In addition, hotels in Arizona near local attractions, such as Tombstone, Montezuma Castle, Colossal Cave Mountain Park and Biosphere 2, offer one of a kind adventure for your work and play business trips. There is plenty to see and do when you visit Arizona.

I recommend: Gainey Suites Hotel offers free wireless high-speed Internet access, wide screen TVs in all rooms and free USA today outside your door each morning. Take a hot air balloon ride, horseback ride, or attend to your golf game. Enchantment Resort offers full kitchens and fireplaces in their oversize suites. Take Jeep tours, visit the local winery, or relax in the Spa.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Book an Arizona hotel with one of the discount services on the Internet such as Hotels.com and save on your reservation. These sites offer discounts up to 50% off the regular room rates.