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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I should be able to make this decision on my own, but I'm hoping you all will make some good points that sway me one way or the other!

We’re not currently in DC, but we're about the same driving distance to Dulles as someone coming from Fairfax, so roughly 30 minutes, give or take. It'll be me, DH, and our two teens traveling.

Our flight is at 7:00 AM, with boarding at 6:10. [b]The airport we’re flying out of has a hotel inside the terminal (with its own TSA checkpoint that never has a line),[/b] so we're considering staying there the night before instead of waking up super early the day of.

On a normal day, we’re all up around 5:30 anyway, so it wouldn’t feel like a shock to the system. In theory, we’d start our first vacation day feeling a bit more refreshed than if we had to wake up at 3:00am to pack up the house, wait for Uber, and deal with the regular TSA lines, which are often long. At the hotel, we can just wake up and walk out into the terminal.

So I’m wondering, is it really worth the $350 just to avoid an early wake-up? What would you do? Has anyone stayed at an in-terminal hotel and found it to be a game changer, or a waste for just a few hours of sleep?[/quote]

For the hotel characteristics you mention, and for a longer drive - say 2 or 3 hours, absolutely. For a 30 minutes drive, would prefer just to stay home where each sleeps in their own bed. Is there that much “closing the house” that you have left for the morning, some of which you cannot do in the AM? Airport hotels are not too much fun either. I just don’t feel with a 30 minute drive, you’ll end up with huge sleep savings…[/quote]

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