Greenville, SC – Stands for SO CHEAP!

In addition to our previous Hotel Gems of Wisdom, we learned this in South Carolina:

• State visitor centers (usually right after you cross the border into the state) will give you sweet sweet coupons for hotels.

Thanks to these coupons, we stayed at a nice hotel in Greenville that cost $40. Literally, we would have paid $120 for this kind of place in any other ([cough] popular) urban area. The last time we paid $40 for a room was the SeaTac Inn (in Seattle), where I refused to take off my shoes before climbing into bed. If you clicked on the link, note the number of star(s).

Cost for a gallon of gas: $1.89

Oh, and not to dwell on the SeaTac Inn since it technically isn't part of this road trip, but reviews on Expedia include the following hilarious posts:

• “Shabby, poor-quality dump!”
• “Like a chipped, stale ash-tray”
• “Probably the worst place we stayed”
• “Very bad, bad-not again!!!!!!!!”
• “Car was stolen”

See for yourself, we kid you not.

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