Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania:

1. Look for motels in Pennsylvania for your quick business stays.

2. Choose hotels in Pennsylvania that offer extended stay low cost options.

3. Locate a PA hotel near resorts, and mix business with pleasure.

Action Steps
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Find hotels in PA offering overnight accommodations

If you are going to Pennsylvania 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: Best Western Inn and Suites offers locations across Pennsylvania. Most locations offer high-speed Internet access and complimentary breakfast. Radisson Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center offers free high-speed Internet access, car rental desk and free parking.

Select extended stay motels in PA for longer stays

When you will be staying for a week or longer, extended stay Pennsylvania hotels and motels 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: La Quinta Inn offers microwaves, refrigerators, secure interior corridor rooms and free high-speed Internet access in all rooms. Choice Hotels International under the names Comfort, Econolodge, Rodeway and Quality offer microwaves and refrigerators in some of their large rooms. Most locations provide Internet access and continental breakfast.

Make your Pennsylvania hotel reservations near the resorts for business and pleasure

Visit the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall when you stay in a Pennsylvania motel near Philadelphia. Gettysburg offers the battlegrounds and Lake Erie has white sand beaches. Pittsburgh offers such cultural events as symphony orchestras and theatres and jazz clubs. Pennsylvania has a variety of interesting things to see and do after you finish your work there.

I recommend: The Hotel Hershey located in Hershey offers tennis courts, fitness center and discounts for Hershey Park. The Inn at Pocono Manor in the heart of the Pocono Mountains offers skiing, golf or fly-fishing. Request a room with a view of the spectacular mountains so you can enjoy the view and forget your work.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Many hotel chains offer their own rewards programs, so think about using the same chain when booking Pennsylvania motels so you can take advantage of the free rooms and discounts their program offers.