It seems the rates change constantly, now I get $138/night for 3/25-3/31 and $106 for the weekend 3/25-3/27. I would prefer not having to change hotels constantly, but maybe I could book the weekend now and then try to find something on priceline for the week? If I search the weekdays separately, it sums up to lot higher a total than with the 6-night booking, so I fear that I'll end up paying more for the extra nights later :) I've used Priceline before, but New York looks like a hard market. Also wouldn't a daytrip to DC be a bit exhausting, it's a four hour drive or so? Nothing wrong with buses, but we usually like to explore (battlefields, movie/tv locales, weird truck stops in this case maybe :) ) on the way so driving would suit us better. Plus I'm sort of a closet car nut. :o