Hotels, Motels, and Lodging thoughts

While fresh in my mind, thought I'd comment on the places we stayed.  We stayed in a mixed bag of places...mostly hotels, but some more unique places.

Before this trip, I thought Comfort Inn and Hampton Inn were similar.  They really have diverged.  Hampton Inn properties (we stayed in 3 in diff cities) are much, much nicer.  Super clean, high end bedding, great breakfasts.  Comfort Inns were OK in multiple places.  We stayed one night in an America's Best Value Inn which was clean, but quite basic.  We also stayed one night in the Boulder Outlook Motel which was definitely the worst (but not near cheapest) lodging.  Residence Inn for a few nights which was pretty nice. And the best place we stayed was the Wildwood Inn near RMNP (also by far the most pricey).  Experience booking all of these was pretty good, but I used a mixed bag of options to get good rates from priceline to direct websites to using points. Overall, I was most impressed by Hampton Inn as they really seem to have upgraded their properties over past few years and staying in them feels like you're in a much richer hotel (like Hilton or Westin or Hyatt, etc).  Generally, though, these come with free parking and are more self-service than the higher end properties, which is too my liking.  I'd be confident at this point booking at Hampton Inn pretty much anywhere in US and feeling that it would be a great stay.  The price difference btwn Hampton Inn over others I list is quite minimal and worth the small increment (if any).