Budget: Near Universal Studios is the Motel 6 Orlando International Drive, 5909 American Way, (407) 351-6500, fax (407) 352-5481, which opened in December with 148 burgundy rooms, a good-size outdoor pool, guest laundry and trolley service along International Drive.
After cocktails on the patio by the pool, spa and outdoor fireplace, guests crossed a lawn lighted by lanterns to a tent for dinner and dancing.
With the scent of BBQ floating through the leafy outdoor patio, guests alternated between munching on burgers and dancing to groovy, Latin-influenced dance music like reggaeton and dancehall from Mexican DJs Esamipau and Puma, and New York's Bearcat, Riobamba and HD.
This year's installation, which runs through Wednesday, celebrates the fantasy of having outbuildings: an outdoor kitchen, a guest room and an entrepreneur's studio, each roughly 220 square feet and outfitted by a designer working with a notable client, like the chef Marcus Samuelsson.
And unlike Christ Church, which is open to tourists only at certain hours of the day, visitors at Keble can actually spend the night in the dormitory rooms of the 19th-century college, have meals there (the dinner menu comes with a wine list) and roam the university's manicured quadrangles, at least one of which has an outdoor cafe where guests can enjoy a cool pint of beer on the pristine lawn.
Vacationers at small hotels typically look for relaxation, so you could establish a secluded outdoor area for guests to lounge.
Ten guest rooms, outdoor pavilion and sprawling grounds surrounded by Colorado National Monument, Book Cliffs mountain range and Grand Mesa.
One outdoor fireplace serves a guest house, while a second is on the portale (a traditional Southwest-style patio area) and is recessed within a 30-foot-deep adobe wall.
Would there be a café, guest rooms, outdoor concerts, community events?
There's just one secluded room and an outdoor hot tub, however guests also have use of a communal pool and endless possibilities for walking and cycling.
