Ogden, UT - Can't get into Hill? - Try Ogden (KOGD)... the folks at Great Western FBO (801) 294-3400 will roll out the red carpet (no kidding), give out hats and take you to a fantastic Ogden Marriott (801) 627-1190 (under the perdiem) just a short drive from the airport. There at the hotel you can hit the bar being a guest. Try the Tember Mine for dinner (5 star)and get a great steak for a fairly good price. The hotel also offers one of the best breakfast bars on this planet. All-in-all, a great TDY all because of the Ogden stop. 

Langley AFB, VA - Extended Stay America was a great hotel.  This place is wonderfully located right behind Hooters, across the street from a mall and the Bass Pro Shop. The base is only ten minutes away but will take twenty to thirty to get on because of traffic. Rooms were spacious with free internet, kitchenette, full size refrigerator, cupboards, and dishes! It was an all around great stay for our entire crew of nearly fourty.

Norfolk NAS, Virginia Beach, VA - I made reservations at the Comfort Suites previously recommended on the page, but that hotel does not cater to AMC crews anymore.  In fact, they even gave me a very hard time canceling my reservation.  Comfort Inn Norfolk Naval Station -- "We wanted to let everyone know that we are offering you the same great deal that Comfort Suites is offering....only ours is better 1/2 mile from NAS, free cab fare from MAC Terminal, Crew Room, Free Pizza, Free Continental breakfast, Indoor Pool & hot tub, preferred guest hospitality -- We would be happy to honor any special requests for food & beverages as long as you let Johnetta or myself know in advance" Contact Johnetta or Mitzi @ 757-451-0000 Great Rates!!!! -excellent customer service,free pizza & beer, transportation from airport! Sheraton on Waterside Drive is good -(757)622 6664 -Go down the street to Dixie's Tavern. Great Bartenders!  ~Comfort Inn Norfolk NAS was a nice clean hotel with great customer service. We found plenty of restaurants nearby. See the manager Mitzi...she's great. Plenty of free beer and pizza and a private hospitality room (not in the lobby like comfort suites) ~It seems the place to go now is the Quality Suites at Lake Wright.  It has all the old amenities and is located next to a golf course.  the rooms are all suites.  Please pass along.  Their phone# is  (757) 461-6251. ~Good Hotel. AMC room BEST in Norfolk. Transportation provided from base. ~Sheraton Waterside (757-622-6664) was great!  Great rooms service and location. Was able to negotiate government rate of $55 night.Located next to Waterside Restaurants, including Outback Steakhouse, Jillians, Hooters et.al. Plan on a cab fare of appx $20-25 if Navy doesn't give you wheels. Complimentary USA Today and WSJ. Much nicer than Radisson.  Ground transportation from NAS Norfolk to Norfolk Intl, use LPR Airport Express 757-857-5950, 1 to a busload with go-to-war baggage. P/U at terminal (not the front gate), large group discount. Our 20 persons cost $125 total, open 24/7 ask for Perry or Lisa.

Pentagon, Arlington, VA - Crystal City Doubletree was a great hotel, close to the Pentagon. Walking dist to Pentagon City Shopping Mall. Free bus to the Pentagon. Rooms with nice views of the Capitol Mall. Rotating bar overlooking DC with expensive beers. Overall, nice place to stay. Oh, yeah. Free warm chocolate chip cookies on check in. ~Ritz Carlton, Crystal City was a Palace!  Ask for the military rate of 150.00 per night.  This hotel is terrific.  It connects to a mall and is within walking distance of the Pentagon and numerous restaurants.  So if you have official business at the Pentagon you might as well put on the Ritz.  For TDY information on the greater Northern Virginia area, check out the Washington DC TDY Guide.   

Quantico MCAF, VA - Quantico MCAF is a separate installation from Quantico Marine Base.  Therefore you DO NOT need a non-availability slip from lodging.  You're on your own finding a hotel & rental car.  Good luck on the weekends or when OCS has a graduation.    

WASHINGTON

McChord AFB, WA - On base at McChord is nice for the O's but crappy for the E's. The Comfort Inn is nice and new, comfortable beds. But if you can, the Sheraton downtown is the way to go. But of course it is the last hotel on the planet they'll send you to. Oh, flight lunches aren't too bad at all. The coffee you can get for the flight is great, tastes like some sort of special Seattle coffee. ~Command post should have a rated person collocated with them so when you request Prime Knight they should hook you up. We were put up at the King Oscar which is a couple exits up the road from the base. The hotel is OK, there is a cheesy free continental breakfast. There is a Subway up the street for grabbing a quick flight lunch. There is also a casino nearby and a Denny's for those late night shows. The Best Western next door looked a lot better, try to go there. Billeting said if you call ahead they can try to get the hotel you want. With regards to the Sheraton, they will only put you up there if everything else on the contract quarters list is booked. The maps we got from Trans were confusing, the Base Ops on the map was the one under construction. Currently they are collocated with the 22 STS. Fleet service was really helpful. ~Comfort Inn Tacoma (253) 538-7998 was nice! The hotel was very clean and located adjacent to Denny's and a casino. Continental breakfast was good with make it yourself Belgian waffles. Seattle is 26 miles north and I-5 can be extremely busy. Piers 57-59 and Pioneer Square are cool to see but pretty touristy. Fort Lewis has a nice golf course that is now public but the people working there have issues. Good bar is the Pyramid brewery across from Safeco stadium.  ~Tacoma La Quinta (253) 383-0146 was decent - Very clean hotel, beats the King Oscar, continental breakfast--seen a better spread elsewhere, but adequate-- next to the Tacoma Dome on I-5, 15 mins from base. ~while the trans support gets better, the billeting support gets worse. Our crew was put up in Airmen's Quarters because "when the VOQ is full we put crews in the VAQ regardless of rank." We contacted the Lodging Manager and this is wrong so if they try to do this raise the BS flag. If you want to overfeed yourself, drive up to South Center Mall and check out Claimjumper (Take I-5 north to exit 152). Good food and huge portions. Call ahead (206-575-3918) for a seat since it can get extremely busy.

~Shiloh Inn was decent.  Rooms were okay, most had a king size bed, and sometimes another queen as well. Standard continental breakfast. IHOP and BK right across street. Hotel is right next to I-5, so a little noisy, not too bad. Our nav did have something funky on his sheets and had to get housekeeping to swap. Great seafood and local beers at Tide's Tavern in Gig Harbor, a few exits north of hotel. Right on water. Also Katy Downs for microbrewery/brickoven pizza, on waterfront in Tacoma. Trans will tell you U-drives are 10nm radius only, yeah right. Hooter's right across interstate from Shiloh. Hotel was alright, although a bit dated. Didi have free internet in lobby and a Starbucks 2 blocks up. Update to Shilo: Now has free wifi in all rooms.

Seattle, WA - Doubletree Seatac is a great hotel close to downtown (20 min.) and close to the base (30 min.).  Nice bar on the top floor.  Also, call ahead to confirm the gov rate.  Clairemont hotel Virginia St. Downtown was nice - 5 min walk to Pike Street Market. Palmer's Pub around the corner and nice restaurant within a stones throw. No vending so everything is room service, but they're great too! Valet parking out front is cheaper than the lot so USE it. Just a couple blocks from the interstate so you can hop on and head to wherever you may need to go. You can walk to Pioneer Square but its a haul or a $7 or so cab ride. Galvin aviation at Boeing Field is GREAT! Tell Shawna hi! ~If your squadron won't authorize a rental car and you can't get McChord Transpo to cough up some vehicles don't despair.  Give LtCol Kent Fister a call at DSN 382-2106.  He runs the WA ANG flightline support facility on Echo ramp and has his own motorpool.  If he is not having to support some transient fighters he'd be happy to help.

Whidbey Island NAS, WA - Do not stay at the Coachman Inn!  Thay are the most unfriendly staff in the world and will screw you in cancellation fees.  I reserved rooms for three aircrews - 2 planes diverted for IFE and I called to cancel the rooms from Baseops at 1800.  I was told "no problem" but a month later when I got my credit card bill I was charged for their cancelled rooms.  Now my squadron has to reimburse me because finance won't do it - we are out $1400 on this one. 

Seattle, Boeing Field, WA - Clay Lacy (near Galvins) now has the gov't contract. We've had good luck getting a courtesy car car. Go to Salty's (about 15 min from KBFI; www.saltys.com). Entrees are about $16, but the food and view are outstanding. Very good pilot shop about 1/4 nm up the flight line from Clay Lacy; lots of good books, supplies, gifts, etc.

Clarksburg/Bridgeport, WV - Holiday Inn Clarksburg (304)842-5411 was decent.  The Holiday Inn, although just an average stay, is the best place to stay during your visit to FWAATS. I had a kingsize bed, small fridge, microwave, and dialup internet at the military rate ($55/night). There is a nice gym right behind the hotel (Extreme Fitness) which costs $40/month to join or you can use the gym at FWAATS which has nice equipment. Note: The local phone calls cost $.75/call if you are not a member of \"Priority Club\" - so join to make the calls free. Plenty of good chain restaurants available within a short distance. A movie theater is located at the 121 exit located in the mall.  The newest hotel in WV in the clarksburg/bridgeport area is the Windgate Hotel. It is about 5 minutes from the FWAATS Training site. You will not be disappointed, the daily room fee is $90 a day as the perdeim is for that area I do believe. They have a nice pool and equipment.

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee, WI - Clarion Hotel Airport 414-481-2400 was a nice hotel!  RON'd at General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. It was the weekend so the Guard and Reserve units were out. Folks at Signature Flight Support had a nice FBO and were very helpful although they parked our 130 kinda funky. So if you go be aware they may not be used to your specific aircraft needs in some areas. We stayed at the Clarion Hotel Airport, a 5 minute drive from Signature. Rate was well below max lodging, rooms were spacious and quiet. Staff there was quick and efficient checking us in and out. There is a restaurant downstairs which serves food until 10 pm, and also a quaint little pub that serves till midnight. Staff also recommended to us the Landmark, just down the street, for drinks and fun. Landmark was a nice place, lots of people and 50+ types of beer on tap. Adult entertainment was nearby walking distance from Landmark also. The Clarion's airport shuttle played taxi for us--took us to the Landmark, then picked us up there when we were done. Signature has a courtesy van which took us to the hotel and picked us up to go back to the airport when we left. The Signature guy even drove us someplace to get sandwiches for our flight on the way there, and waited patiently while we got them.

Chyenne, WY - Stayed at the Holiday Inn just outside downtown, nice hotel and very close (walking distance) to lots of fast food. Cowboy Club was only one block away. Great bar frequented by University of Wyoming students and has one of those rodeo bull rides inside!  Super 8 was a total dump.  Don't stay at the Super 8. The train tracks run right behind the hotel and since Cheyenne is a railway hub, they run all night. Holiday Inn is the best place in town and a lot closer to everything.

Casper, WY - Casper Jet Center reserved us rooms at the Radison Inn (307-266-6000). Not a bad joint...2-for-1 "happy hour" from 5-7 p.m. Night life - ask the locals, but we went to "The Beacon" country dance club on New Year's eve and it was a pretty good time (plenty of painted-on-jeans). Bring you cowboy boots and hat if you got one! There are ski slopes within 15 minutes of Casper - not bad skiing, but not spectacular.