A recent study found that the cheapest hotel rates can be found on sites like Travelocity, but such third-party sites do a dismal job of accurately reporting room availability (Thompson). While not all chains have state-of-the-art websites, the ones that do keep their websites current and accurate generally provide the best combination of good prices and up-to-date availability. As far as particular chains that can be relied on to provide rates consistently lower than the competition, Super 8 is probably the lowest in the U.S., followed closely by Knights Inn (Lecko).
