Last couple years I stayed a lot closer to Cleveland. It makes the trip from the hotel to the "action" a little longer (45 minutes or an hour?), but it knocks off close to an hour on the initial trip there and on the trip home. The place is a LITTLE more money than the Plantation, but it is nice and clean, has an INDOOR pool (it is always too cold to use the one at the Plantation) and a hot tub. There are a hundred restaurants all within a few blocks of the place.

It is the type of place where I am sure they would NOT tolerate a lot of rowdiness outdoors, burnouts, etc.

It is the La Quinta that serves the Cleveland airport. I am not sure if we could get any kind of a reduced rate if we took several rooms all together, but they say there is no harm in asking.

Anyone else interested in staying there??