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Motel 6 tries an environmentally friendly re-design
Posted by: Budget Travel, Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009, 12:39 PM


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(Courtesy Motel 6)
Motel 6 has redesigned 38 of its properties in the U.S. since March 2008.

The design incorporates greener features such as wood flooring made from unused industry scraps and fluorescent light bulbs in all rooms. Rooms have been upgraded to a 32-inch flat-screen TV and a multimedia panel to plug your MP3 player into.

All new Motel 6 properties will have this new design, and makeovers will be given to the chain's approximately 1,000 other locations.

Newly designed Motel 6 rooms can be found in Dallas, Santa Barbara, Chicago, Las Vegas and a few other cities in the U.S. so far. You'll have to call ahead to see if a property got one of the lucky makeovers.

—David Cumming

Filed Under: hotels & lodging
Reader Comments

Motel 6 does NOT offer FREE Wifi, it costs $2.99 a day to get wireless internet... they do offer pets to stay for free though...

Posted By CeliaSue Hecht on June 4, 2009, 6:23 AM

Thanks for your comment.

Posted By Blog editor on June 4, 2009, 12:36 PM

sure, thanks, too bad, if they're going green and upgrading to euro chic, they should also change to free wireless.

Posted By CeliaSue on June 4, 2009, 12:43 PM

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