Hotel. Motel. Holiday Inn?<\/p>\n
Of the options famously offered by hip-hop group The Sugarhill Gang<\/a>, motels are often the cheapest. They also poke a soft spot in the heart of nostalgia-lovers. Some might look down upon them, but a road trip<\/a> wouldn\u2019t be complete without these bastions of terrible coffee and neon splendor.<\/p>\n Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the first motor hotel in the world \u2013 the Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo<\/a>. To mark the occasion, Vogue has published a selection of \u201c11 Best in the U.S. to Visit Now<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Motels are enjoying a boost, the magazine asserts, thanks to COVID steering people away from planes and toward car travel: \u201cTheir cheerful, pastel-hued mid-century designs and vintage aesthetics also speak to an increasing longing for simplicity and authenticity \u2014 motels remind us of a time when travel felt less polished and more spontaneous, filled with possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are some magazine named the coolest ones to visit in 2026.<\/p>\n Vogue\u2019s best motels in the U.S. to visit now<\/p>\n 1 Austin Motel: Austin<\/p>\n 2 Skyview Los Alamos: Los Alamos, Calif.<\/p>\n 3 Silver Sands Motel & Beach Bungalows: Greenport, N.Y.<\/p>\n 4 The Dive Motel: Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n 5 The Vagabond Hotel: Miami<\/p>\n 6 Hotel Lucine: Galveston, Texas<\/p>\n 7 The Longleaf Hotel: Raleigh, N.C.<\/p>\n 8 The Starlight Motor Inn: Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n 9 The Ace Hotel & Swim Club: Palm Springs, Calif.<\/p>\n 10 Rhode\u2019s Motor Lodge: Boone, N.C.<\/p>\n