On Friday, December 28, 2012 1:26:47 PM UTC-5, wrote:

Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to
get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town
(Alexandria)

Last time we were there we stayed at the Crowne Plaza near the Whitehouse. I had a bunch of points I turned in for the room (from work travel), so I'm not sure how much the rooms were, but not cheap.

We spent the money on other things instead. Nice restaraunts and car rental to drive to Mount Vernon and a couple of other places. Ate at The Palm one night and saw Dee Dee Myers there. Rode the underground tram from the Capital to the Senate Building (was a while back). Walked a LOT. Everyone needs to go at least once in their lives.