Timonium and Towson, as their business travelers have grown in number, have also added a fair number of new accommodations. Most of them have been excluded from our list below. We have included only those few that are close to downtown or other major business areas. As for the others, we figure you're pretty much like us. When you're on a long drive and you get tired, you stop at the next vacancy sign.
Hotels are different.
For them, we usually plan ahead. Here we've provided a sampling of these accommodations in the area, including the chains. Of course, most of the chains have more than one location. All tolled, Baltimore has more than 75 hotels and motels in and around the immediate area. The accommodations we've presented in this chapter are in the downtown area and around the Baltimore Beltway.