Motel 6 is a large budget motel chain in the United States and Canada. It was founded in 1962 in Santa Barbara, California, when all rooms cost $6 a night—hence the company name. Depending on particular location and season, rooms now cost around $30 to $60 a night on average. Prices are typically advertised on a brightly-lit sign visible from nearby highways. Most of its locations are located near major interstate highways. In 1990, the company was bought by the French-based Accor. The word motel originates from the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, first built in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stearns Wharf is the extension into the sea of State Street, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ... Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Accor (Euronext: AC) is a large French multinational company, part of CAC 40 index, whose main business is running chains of hotels and restaurants. ...

Unlike many motels, Motel 6 allows pets.

Motel 6 may be best known for a series of light humored radio and television ads featuring the voice of writer Tom Bodett with the quote "We'll leave the light on for you". Tom Bodett is an American author, voice actor and radio host, and is also the current spokesman for the hotel chain Motel 6 who is famous for coining the phrase Well leave the light on for you. References [Tom Bodetts website] http://www. ...

Popular with hookers or "Ladies of the night," Motel 6's discount rates and discrete management make it the perfect place to bang that other woman without breaking the bank.

Popular Culture

The band Yo La Tengo wrote and perform a song called From A Motel 6 that is set inside a Motel 6 room. Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo is an American rock band. ...

In the 1992 Chevy Chase film Memoirs of an Invisible Man, the characters played by Chase and co-star Darryl Hannah stay in a San Francisco area Motel 6 while awaiting a train. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer and television and film actor from Woodstock, New York. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is a popular American actress. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

In the Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, when the family's house faces demolition for the construction of the Matlock Expressway, Lisa despairs that they will be forced to live in a Motel 6. Bart comments that Homer wouldn't be able to afford $6 a night. Homer, a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is a generally well-meaning buffoon whose short attention span often draws him into outrageous schemes and adventures. ... Sideshow Bob Roberts is an episode of The Simpsons. ...

External link

• Motel 6 Official website