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My dh will only stay at places with the white bedding. Luckily a lot of places are starting to put them in and with my govt ID I can get rooms for around 80$ a night. We do splurge once in a while if it's a special trip!

We spend a little but more now that we have Chloe -- we upgrade to make sure there's a microwave & fridge in the room.

But, we definitely shop around! The last time we stayed in DC we stayed at a wonderful hotel and paid $99/night.

I love nice hotels but I also like spending the least amount of money I can, so it really depends on the situation. Long road trip that required a 1 night hotel stay (and it's not our destination)?

Motel 6 is fine with us for that.

Vacation where the hotel is part of the whole vaca? I'd prefer a nicer hotel. EXCEPT...if LO is with us, I guess now the residence type hotels with seperate bedroom/living room are the best for LOs sleep, and those are usually 2 stars.

We both like staying in nice places but typically we try to cap it at $120 a night unless we are picking that hotel for a specific reason. I feel like recently the wedding hotels have been closer to $150 a night. We spend more when we go to Chicago or New York (well, obviously) but we also can stay at a place on Central Park South for about $200/ night so cheaping out and staying outside the city isn't worth it when we have that option. I don't think we have ever spent more than $250/night though.

We typically stay in Starwood hotels, if available - Westin, Sheraton, W, etc. It makes it harder to stay elsewhere now!

we don't stay in hotels too often, so when we do, we want it to be nice-ish. i mean, not 4-star or anything, but i feel ok if it costs around $175-200 per night.

It depends on what we are doing, if it's just a stop/sleep over night 80-100, if it's a longer trip we will go upto $140-150. I like to find deals on nice hotels.

Depends on where it is. Usually we spend around $300/night but would spend more for a nicer room or less if it's a decent place. I won't stay in a cheap hotel, no Travelodges or anything like that.

I don't think I've ever paid more than $130/night

Depends! Usually around 100-150$/night. We stayed in a great one in Dallas that was 75$ on Groupon! I'm a combination cheapo/hotel snob, so I hunt around until I can find great deals on the decent places.

I will say that we are spending 285$/night at Disney for a family suite, and it's about killing me to pay that much.

Depends on the location and occasion. At Disney (our most frequent vacation spot) I only pay around $100 a night because the other expenses really add up, and I'm generally fine with one of their value resorts - they're clean, and I find them to be comfortable enough and fun for kids. But if we're going to a place I'm not as familiar with I'll spend more to stay at a chain I can trust, like a Marriot or something. Or if it's a special occasion, like an anniversary trip, I might splurge a little.

@wonderstruck: If you don't mind sharing, which hotels are Disney (either Disney World or Disney land) have you stayed at that were decent? Planning a trip to DW now, and there are about a billion hotels to pick from......

@yoursilverlining: Well, based on what you said above about liking good towels and quality bath products, I probably wouldn't recommend the value resorts - they're cheap and enough for me, but they're also pretty basic and I do sometimes run into issues with noise from the other rooms. I'd go at least moderate, but honestly they have some amazing deluxe hotels if you can afford it!

Who are you traveling with, and is their a certain kind of vibe/environment you prefer? I've stayed at a lot and my recommendation would vary based on the # and ages of people. But without knowing details, my favorite value resort is Pop Century, my favorite moderate is either Coronado Springs or Port Orleans - Riverside (the second definitely has a more Disney feel to it, but the first has a couple extra in-room perks because it's frequently used for conventions), and my favorite deluxe...oh man, that's where it gets hard!

For the money I'd pick Animal Kingdom Lodge - one of the cheapest deluxe resorts, but it has amazing views of the animals, the lobby is breathtaking, the bunk beds for kids are fun, and the food is totally delicious. But if you want to splurge a little, the Yacht & Beach club is a bit fancier, within walking distance of Epcot and pretty close to Hollywood Studios too, and they have the absolute best pool if you won't be visiting the water parks. The Polynesian Resort is a ton of fun, but I've never personally stayed there, I prefer the resorts where everything is in one building as opposed to broken up into a bunch of small ones the way the Polynesian is. But it has a volcano-themed pool, a beach where you can watch the fireworks and they even play the music that accompanies it, a luau dinner show, lei-making fun for kids, etc - and it's on the monorail line. And if you like a more formal setting the Grand Floridian would be the best - it's not really my style, but lots of people love it and they have cute tea parties and things like that (and amazing restaurants!) That one is also on the monorail line.

That was really long, sorry! I can pare it down for you if you have any more details or questions, haha.

I find that when I research in advance, 4/5 star hotels have promo deals that are cheaper than 2/3 star hotels (when you include the price of breakfast, internet, parking, shuttle service).

I use Priceline and Hotwire in almost all cases. I use sites like better bidding to figure out what hotel I am going to get or I bid on a 4*. Usually we pay $40-85 for a well-rates 3 star or a mystery 4*. Sometimes a 2.5 star, if I know which one Im getting. i get really squeamish about cleanliness, etc.

For our honeymoon, I found an awesome deal via Travelocity on a 4* ocean view Hyatt that included a gourmet breakfast for $130. Total bargain for what we got...the guy who checked us in was amazed at the price.

The only time we ever spend more than that is if we spend 1-2 nights at the beach. There, even the holiday inn is $200. It is what it is.

We also started spending a bit more on a hotel, just to be sure that we are not going to end up in some gross dust and mold-covered room with Nina, who loves to put everything in her mouth. Our last vacation was in NYC and my husband actually had to work, we just tagged along. We used http://new-york.hotelscheap.org/ at the time and didn't have any problems, except for the really expensive rates in NYC as a whole.