9. At first glance, the cost per night seems steep, but on the other hand, the price covers a mammoth buffet breakfast, sleeping quarters for up to five people, evening happy hours, a kitchenette suitable for preparing simple meals, having a sitting room AND bedroom, and a supremely convenient location (right atop a pleasant shopping centre, across the street from another shopping centre with a cinema, above the Friendship Heights Metro station, near a Giant supermarket and the superb Potomac Pizza, and near many bus lines).