Motel 6 Charged $6.00 for Motel Rooms
April 20, 2011 at 2:00 am Broken Secrets Leave a comment
By Kaye Nemec
In 1962 a couple of building contractors decided to open up a chain of motel rooms that would be available at extremely low rates. It took two years for their business plan to be developed and, in the end, they decided to market themselves as a “no-frills” motel chain, offering customers an alternative to the higher-end hotels that were becoming popular. The budget-saving strategies included black and white, coin operated TV’s in the rooms, basic room décor and no on-site restaurants. The low cost plan allowed them to charge only $6.00 per night for a room.
Today corporate policy still states that Motel 6 will always have the lowest rates of any national chain.
On a related note, Super 8 was opened in 1972 with rates starting at $8.88 per night.
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Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia (Super 8)
Photo: J. Stephen Conn
Entry filed under: History and Origins. Tags: hotel, motel 6, super 8.
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