Best Hotels in Phoenix for Every Budget — 49 Real Picks From £40 (2026)

You can sleep in Phoenix for about £40 a night — a proper room, with air conditioning, parking and a pool — and you can also spend £651 a night at a resort ten minutes up the road at the foot of Camelback Mountain. That spread is wider here than in almost any American city, and it moves with the calendar rather than with quality: Phoenix runs an inverted season, where the brutal 40C-plus summer empties the hotels and collapses the prices, while the perfect winter fills them and doubles them. We have pulled together 49 real, bookable hotels for this guide — 6 luxury, 10 mid-range and 33 budget properties, each one verified as a distinct, currently bookable place to stay and each linking straight to its own live price page. The cheapest is around £40 a night; the most expensive, Royal Palms Resort and Spa, part of Hyatt, came back at around £651.

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Scout's 3 best budget picks right now: 💸 Studio 51 Extended Stay Hotel — from ~£40 with 1,338 reviews, the joint-cheapest room in this guide and by far the best-evidenced one at that price. 🛣️ Red Roof Inn Phoenix North - I-17 at Bell Rd — from ~£49 with 1,274 reviews, parked on the road you will drive to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. ✈️ Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Phoenix Airport, AZ — from ~£50 with 1,734 reviews, the most-reviewed cheap hotel here and ten minutes from Sky Harbor. From-prices are live rates pulled while writing — tap any hotel for today's price on your dates.

Two practical things to settle before anything else. First, you will almost certainly want a hire car: Greater Phoenix sprawls across the Valley of the Sun and the things you came for are spread from South Mountain to Desert Ridge, with Sedona two hours north and the Grand Canyon nearly four. Second, Sky Harbor (PHX) is remarkably close to the city — about five miles east of downtown, with a free Sky Train to the light rail and the car hire centre. British Airways has flown London Heathrow to Phoenix non-stop and American Airlines has served the route too, at roughly ten to eleven hours westbound; one-stop options through Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta or Newark are plentiful and usually cheaper. UK passport holders need an approved ESTA, not a visa. Compare live Phoenix hotel prices or search UK flights to Phoenix (PHX).

The Best-Rated Hotels in Phoenix

These are the sixteen best-rated properties in this guide — six five-star landmarks and ten strong four-stars — and the striking thing about the list is how little the star rating tells you about the price. A five-star here can be £110 a night in August and £400 in March; a four-star can be £58 or £562 depending entirely on what else is happening in the city that week. Phoenix is a resort town wrapped around a business city, so rates are driven by conventions, spring training baseball, golf tournaments and the winter snowbird season far more than by the room itself. Read every one of these with your own dates in hand.

1. Arizona Biltmore, LXR Hotels & Resorts — Phoenix · 5★ · 483 reviews · from ~£335/night. The most famous hotel in Arizona and the anchor of the entire Biltmore district, open since 1929 and instantly recognisable for its patterned concrete block architecture, drawn up under the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright and still the reason people photograph the place. It has been through a substantial restoration under Hilton's LXR banner, and it delivers what the price implies: multiple pools, lawns, spa, a serious restaurant line-up and a location on the smart side of the city. At around £335 a night it is a landmark rather than a bargain — but check August, when the same rooms behave very differently.

2. Royal Palms Resort and Spa, part of Hyatt — Phoenix · 5★ · 386 reviews · from ~£651/night. The most expensive hotel in this guide, and a genuine one-off: a Mediterranean-styled estate at the foot of Camelback Mountain, built around courtyards, casitas, fountains and citrus trees rather than a tower. It is the Valley's classic romantic address, with a well-regarded spa and one of the best-known restaurants in the city. At around £651 a night on our search dates it sits far above everything else here, so treat that number as a peak-season signal rather than a fixed rate and compare it against your own week before you dismiss it.

3. JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa — Phoenix · 5★ · 343 reviews · from ~£170/night. The biggest resort in this tier by some distance, out at Desert Ridge in far north Phoenix — a sprawling property with a large pool complex including a lazy river, golf, a spa and enough space that families genuinely do not leave it for days. At around £170 a night it is remarkable value for a five-star of this scale, and it is the pick of this list for anyone travelling with children. The catch is the location: you are a good twenty-five minutes from downtown and you will drive for everything.

4. Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel — Phoenix · 5★ · 342 reviews · from ~£129/night. The most sensibly located five-star in this guide: a full-service Marriott-family hotel in the middle of downtown Phoenix, walking distance from Chase Field, the Footprint Center, the convention centre and the light rail. At around £129 a night it is also the cheapest five-star here bar one. If you want to do Phoenix without a hire car — sport, museums, restaurants, and the airport train — this is the obvious base.

5. The Camby, Autograph Collection — Phoenix · 5★ · 246 reviews · from ~£110/night. The cheapest five-star in this guide at around £110 a night, and a genuinely interesting hotel: a design-led Autograph Collection property on the Camelback corridor, playful in style, with a rooftop pool and quick access to the Biltmore restaurants and shops. For the money this is arguably the best quality-to-price ratio anywhere on this page — compare it directly against the four-stars below before you decide.

6. The Global Ambassador — Phoenix · 5★ · 112 reviews · from ~£334/night. The newest name in this tier and the most talked-about hotel opening the city has had in years — an independent, heavily designed five-star built around its restaurants and bars rather than around a golf course. The review base is the smallest in this section at 112, which reflects its age rather than any problem, and at around £334 a night it is priced alongside the Biltmore. Book it for the food, the rooms and the design; book elsewhere if you want a sprawling resort with a lazy river.

The best mid-range hotels in Phoenix

This is where Phoenix gets genuinely good value. The ten four-stars below include two full resorts at about £80 a night, a golf resort at £65, and a pair of design hotels downtown — the sort of list that would be twice the price in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Watch the one outlier: the Hyatt Regency's from-price came back far above the rest of this tier on our search dates, which in this city almost always means a convention.

7. Hyatt Regency Phoenix Downtown — Phoenix · 4★ · 1,478 reviews · from ~£562/night. The most-reviewed hotel in this entire guide with 1,478 reviews — a large, long-established downtown Hyatt attached to the convention district, with a revolving restaurant on top that is a genuine Phoenix landmark. The £562 from-price we pulled while writing is wildly out of line with the rest of this tier, and the honest reading is that a major event fell inside our search window. Check your own dates before you write it off: this is normally a mid-priced downtown hotel, not a £500 one.

8. Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak — Phoenix · 4★ · 1,422 reviews · from ~£79/night. A full desert resort in north Phoenix beneath Piestewa Peak, at around £79 a night with 1,422 reviews behind it — one of the strongest value-to-evidence combinations on this page. All-suite rooms, a large multi-pool complex with a water slide and river feature, tennis and trails on the doorstep. If you are bringing children and cannot justify the JW Marriott, start here.

9. DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Phoenix — Phoenix · 4★ · 1,292 reviews · from ~£81/night. An all-suite four-star at around £81 with 1,292 reviews — separate living space, a fridge and a sofa bed as standard, which matters more than it sounds on a long trip with children or on a stay where you want to keep food costs down. Reliable, well-evidenced, brand-standard, and close enough to the airport corridor to be easy on arrival and departure days.

10. Arizona Grand Resort — Phoenix · 4★ · 1,143 reviews · from ~£81/night. The family answer in this guide: an all-suite resort on the edge of South Mountain Park with its own substantial water park, a golf course and hiking straight off the property. At around £81 a night with 1,143 reviews it is outstanding value for what it is, and in the summer heat a resort with a serious water park stops being a luxury and starts being the plan. Check whether water park access is included in your rate.

11. Found Re Phoenix — Phoenix · 4★ · 1,022 reviews · from ~£65/night. A contemporary art hotel in central Phoenix, hung with work by local artists and built around a courtyard, pool and a restaurant that draws locals rather than only guests. At around £65 a night with 1,022 reviews it is the best-value design hotel in this guide by a distance, and it sits close to the light rail line, which makes it one of the few genuinely car-optional options here.

12. Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix Cityscape by IHG — Phoenix · 4★ · 844 reviews · from ~£106/night. The Kimpton downtown, built into the CityScape complex of restaurants, bars and shops, with a rooftop pool and bar that is a destination in its own right on a warm evening. At around £106 a night it is priced above the rest of this tier and earns it on location: you can walk to a baseball game, a basketball game, dinner and the light rail without moving a car.

13. The Legacy Golf Resort — Phoenix · 4★ · 814 reviews · from ~£65/night. A golf resort in south Phoenix at around £65 a night with 814 reviews — casita-style rooms spread around the course, a pool, and green fees on your doorstep. For a golfing trip this is the value pick of the whole guide, and even for non-golfers it is a quiet, spacious, low-rise base at a price that would buy a motel room elsewhere in the city.

14. DoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix North — Phoenix · 4★ · 619 reviews · from ~£67/night. A dependable four-star in north Phoenix at around £67 a night with 619 reviews. Nothing exotic — brand-standard rooms, a pool, free parking, the famous warm cookie — but it is well positioned for the I-17 run north to Sedona and Flagstaff, and at this price it undercuts a lot of the budget tier's better rooms while giving you a proper hotel.

15. Baymont by Wyndham Phoenix North — Phoenix · 4★ · 586 reviews · from ~£58/night. The cheapest four-star in this guide at around £58 a night, with 586 reviews behind it and a north Phoenix location that puts you on the right side of the city for the drive north. This is the exact price point where the mid-range tier overlaps the budget one, so compare it head to head with the best of the £55 to £60 rooms further down the page.

16. Hilton Phoenix Tapatio Cliffs Resort — Phoenix · 4★ · 432 reviews · from ~£58/night. Joint-cheapest four-star here at around £58, and by far the most dramatic setting in that bracket: a hillside resort in the North Mountain area with casitas terraced up the slope, a large pool complex and long views across the Valley at night. The terrain means walking between your room and the pool is a real climb, which some guests love and others find hard work — worth knowing before you book.

Prices above are live from-rates pulled while writing, not fixed quotes, and Phoenix rates swing harder by season than almost any American city — the winter peak and the March event weeks can double them. Resorts here commonly add a daily resort fee and parking on top, so read the fee line before you compare. See all Phoenix stays · Compare flights to Phoenix (PHX)

Cheap Hotels in Phoenix — 49 Real, Bookable Options From £40

This is the part of the guide that matters most, and Phoenix rewards it better than nearly any other big American city. 33 of the 49 hotels here are budget properties, and they are not hostels or shared rooms — they are recognisable American chain motels and extended-stay blocks with free parking, working air conditioning, a pool and often a kitchenette, starting at around £40 a night. That is the whole argument for this city as a UK holiday: the room is cheap, the fuel is cheap, and the scenery is free.

The honest trade is geography. The cheapest rooms cluster in three belts — north Phoenix along the Interstate 17 and Bell Road, the west side towards Tolleson and Glendale, and the airport corridor around Sky Harbor — and none of them is walkable to anything a visitor came to see. You will drive. In Phoenix that costs less than you think and matters less than it would anywhere in Europe, and the I-17 hotels in particular put you on the exact road you will take to Sedona and the Grand Canyon.

One more thing worth saying plainly at this end of the market: read the most recent reviews, not the average. Standards vary more within American budget brands than between them. We have flagged the review count on every property below, because at £40 a night that number is the single most useful piece of evidence available. Every hotel here is real, distinct and currently bookable, listed cheapest first.

17. Studio 51 Extended Stay Hotel — Phoenix · 2★ · 1,338 reviews · from ~£40/night. Joint-cheapest room in this entire guide at around £40 a night, and the best-evidenced of the three at that price with 1,338 reviews behind it. Extended-stay format means a kitchenette in the room, which is a real saving over a week when American restaurant bills carry tax and a 20 percent tip on top. Basic, functional, and honestly priced.

18. Extend-a-Suites Phoenix — Phoenix · 2★ · 1,053 reviews · from ~£40/night. The second of the £40 rooms, with a strong 1,053 reviews. Same idea as the entry above — a suite-style room with cooking facilities aimed at long stays, which suits a family using Phoenix as a base for day trips rather than a couple out every night. Check the most recent reviews for current condition before you commit.

19. Howard Johnson by Wyndham Phoenix Airport/Downtown Area — Phoenix · 2★ · 562 reviews · from ~£40/night. The third £40 room, and the best located of them: a Wyndham-family motel in the corridor between Sky Harbor and downtown, which is the most useful cheap position in the city if you are arriving late or flying out early. 562 reviews is a decent base at this price.

20. Motel 6-Phoenix, AZ - West — Phoenix · 2★ · 1,005 reviews · from ~£43/night. Motel 6 is the archetypal American budget chain and this west-side branch has 1,005 reviews at around £43 a night. Expect exactly what the brand promises: a clean, plain room, a car parked outside the door, a pool, and no breakfast. The west side puts you close to the I-10 and handy for Glendale and the stadium district.

21. Travelers Inn - Phoenix — Phoenix · 2★ · 796 reviews · from ~£43/night. An independent budget motel at around £43 with 796 reviews — an unusually large evidence base for a non-chain property at this price, which is the main reason it is worth a look. Independents at this level can be better value than the chains or noticeably worse, so the recent reviews are doing the work here.

22. Sleep Inn Phoenix North I-17 — Phoenix · 2★ · 530 reviews · from ~£44/night. A Choice Hotels brand on the Interstate 17 in north Phoenix at around £44 with 530 reviews. Sleep Inn properties are usually newer builds than the older motel brands, which at this price often shows in the bathrooms. This is also the road you will drive north to Sedona and the canyon, so it is a smart place to sleep the night before a long day out.

23. Econo Lodge Phoenix North I-17 — Phoenix · 2★ · 533 reviews · from ~£45/night. Another I-17 budget option at around £45 with 533 reviews, sitting a pound above the Sleep Inn on the same corridor. Compare the two directly on your dates, because they trade places regularly and the newer property is usually the better bet at the same price.

24. Motel 6-Phoenix, AZ - East — Phoenix · 2★ · 143 reviews · from ~£46/night. The east-side Motel 6 at around £46, with a much thinner 143-review base than its west-side sibling. The east side puts you closer to Tempe, Scottsdale and the airport, which is worth a few pounds if that is where you plan to spend your evenings.

25. Super 8 by Wyndham Phoenix West — Phoenix · 2★ · 139 reviews · from ~£46/night. A Super 8 on the west side at around £46 with 139 reviews. Wyndham's entry-level brand, which normally means a simple room, free parking and a basic continental breakfast included — the breakfast is worth something in a country where a cafe breakfast for two is rarely under twenty dollars once you have tipped.

26. Comfort Inn & Suites Phoenix North - Deer Valley — Phoenix · 3★ · 486 reviews · from ~£48/night. The first three-star in the budget tier, at around £48 with 486 reviews, out in Deer Valley in far north Phoenix. Comfort Inn sits a clear step above the motel brands — expect a proper breakfast, an indoor corridor and a better standard of room for the same sort of money. One of the smartest bookings in this section.

27. Budget Inn — Phoenix · 2★ · 148 reviews · from ~£48/night. A small independent at around £48 with 148 reviews. The name tells you the proposition and the review count tells you how much evidence sits behind it — which is not much, so read the recent ones and check the map before booking. Fine as a fallback when the better-reviewed options at this price are full.

28. Red Roof Inn Phoenix North - I-17 at Bell Rd — Phoenix · 2★ · 1,274 reviews · from ~£49/night. One of our three headline budget picks: around £49 a night with 1,274 reviews, sitting at the junction of the I-17 and Bell Road — which is to say, on the exact corner you will pass on the way to Sedona, Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. Red Roof is pet-friendly as standard across the brand, which matters to some travellers. Strong evidence, honest price, useful position.

29. Motel 6 Phoenix North - Bell Road — Phoenix · 2★ · 141 reviews · from ~£49/night. The Bell Road Motel 6 at around £49 with 141 reviews — same road and same price as the Red Roof above but with roughly a tenth of the feedback behind it. On paper that makes the choice between them straightforward, though check both on your dates in case one is discounting.

30. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Phoenix Airport, AZ — Phoenix · 3★ · 1,734 reviews · from ~£50/night. Our third headline budget pick and one of the best all-round bookings on this page: a three-star Radisson-family hotel in the airport corridor at around £50 a night with 1,734 reviews. That combination of a proper hotel standard, an airport-adjacent location and that much feedback at fifty pounds is genuinely hard to beat anywhere in the American south-west.

31. Red Roof Inn PLUS + Phoenix West — Phoenix · 3★ · 1,342 reviews · from ~£51/night. The PLUS tier is Red Roof's upgraded product, and it shows in the three-star rating here — around £51 a night with a hefty 1,342 reviews on the west side of the city. Better rooms and bedding than the standard brand for a couple of pounds more, and a sensible base for Glendale, the stadium and the I-10 west.

32. The Clarendon Hotel & Spa, BW Signature Collection — Phoenix · 3★ · 172 reviews · from ~£51/night. The most interesting property in the whole budget tier: a design-led boutique in midtown Phoenix with a rooftop deck and city views, operating under Best Western's Signature Collection banner. At around £51 a night it costs the same as a motel on the ring road and feels nothing like one. The 172-review base is modest, so read the newest, but if you want character rather than a car park this is where to look first.

33. Studio 6 Phoenix, Az – Sky Harbor — Phoenix · 2★ · 55 reviews · from ~£51/night. Studio 6 is Motel 6's extended-stay format, so this one comes with a kitchenette, near Sky Harbor at around £51. The 55-review base is the thinnest in this section, which is the main caveat — at the same money, entries 30, 31 and 32 all carry far more evidence.

34. Sky Harbor Airport Inn — Phoenix · 3★ · 135 reviews · from ~£52/night. An independent three-star right by the airport at around £52 with 135 reviews. Independents beside American airports live or die on their shuttle service and their soundproofing, so check both in the recent reviews — but for a first night after a ten-hour flight, or a last night before an early departure, proximity is worth more than polish.

35. Phoenix comfort home BNB — Phoenix · 119 reviews · from ~£52/night. The only guesthouse-style property in this guide, at around £52 a night with 119 reviews and no formal star rating — which is normal for a bed and breakfast rather than a warning sign. Worth considering if you would rather have a host and a home than a corridor and a car park, but check the room description carefully for exactly what is private and what is shared.

36. Extended Stay America Suites - Phoenix - Chandler — Phoenix · 2★ · 328 reviews · from ~£53/night. Out in Chandler, the tidy tech-industry suburb in the south-east Valley, at around £53 with 328 reviews. Full kitchenette as standard. This is a long way from downtown Phoenix — around half an hour — but it is close to Tempe and the east Valley, and it is a good base if your trip is built around Tempe, Mesa and the Superstition Mountains rather than the city centre.

37. Extended Stay America Suites - Phoenix - Airport — Phoenix · 2★ · 804 reviews · from ~£54/night. The same brand in the far more useful airport position, at around £54 with a much stronger 804 reviews. Kitchen, parking, laundry, and ten minutes from the terminals. For a week-long trip with children where you intend to cook breakfast and pack lunches for day trips, this is one of the most practical rooms in the guide.

38. Red Roof Inn Phoenix - Midtown — Phoenix · 2★ · 130 reviews · from ~£54/night. A Red Roof in midtown at around £54 with 130 reviews. Midtown is the stretch of Central Avenue north of downtown that carries the light rail, the Heard Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum, which makes it one of the few budget positions in the city with something to walk to. The review base is small for the brand, so read the recent ones.

39. Motel 6 Phoenix, AZ - Midtown — Phoenix · 2★ · 156 reviews · from ~£55/night. The midtown Motel 6 at around £55 with 156 reviews, a pound above the Red Roof on the same patch. At this price you are paying for position rather than product, so decide first whether you want to be on the Central Avenue light rail corridor, then pick between the two on the newest reviews.

40. E-Z 8 Motel Phoenix Airporter — Phoenix · 2★ · 153 reviews · from ~£55/night. An old-school independent motel near the airport at around £55 with 153 reviews. Straightforward and cheap, but at this price the branded airport options a few pounds either side carry several times the feedback, so treat this as a fallback rather than a first pick.

41. SureStay Hotel by Best Western Phoenix Airport — Phoenix · 2★ · 2,128 reviews · from ~£56/night. 2,128 reviews — the second-largest evidence base in this entire guide, on a Best Western-backed budget brand in the airport corridor at around £56 a night. When you are booking blind in an unfamiliar city, that volume of feedback is worth more than a star rating. One of the safest cheap bookings on this page.

42. Home2 Suites By Hilton Phoenix Airport South — Phoenix · 3★ · 407 reviews · from ~£56/night. A Hilton-family three-star at around £56 with 407 reviews, which is a genuinely good deal — Home2 Suites are modern, all-suite properties with kitchenettes, laundry and free breakfast built in. If you want a recognisable international brand at budget-tier money, this and the Holiday Inn below are the two to compare.

43. La Quinta by Wyndham Phoenix Chandler — Phoenix · 3★ · 3,003 reviews · from ~£56/night. 3,003 reviews at around £56 a night — the joint best-evidenced property in this guide, a three-star La Quinta out in Chandler in the south-east Valley. Free breakfast, pool, parking, pet-friendly. The location is suburban and a fair drive from central Phoenix, but on evidence-per-pound nothing here beats it.

44. SureStay InnSuites Phoenix Hotel & Suites by Best Western — Phoenix · 2★ · 151 reviews · from ~£56/night. A second SureStay at around £56, this one with a suites format and a much smaller 151-review base than its airport sibling at number 41. Same money, same brand, a fraction of the evidence — so unless the location suits you specifically, the other one is the safer call.

45. Premier Inns Tolleson — Phoenix · 2★ · 3,022 reviews · from ~£57/night. Worth a note for British readers: this has nothing to do with the UK Premier Inn chain — it is an unrelated American independent out in Tolleson, on the west side of the Valley towards Glendale. It also carries 3,022 reviews, the largest count of any hotel in this guide, at around £57 a night. Suburban and car-dependent, but very well evidenced for the money.

46. Holiday Inn and Suites Phoenix Airport North by IHG — Phoenix · 3★ · 669 reviews · from ~£58/night. A full Holiday Inn in the airport north area at around £58 with 669 reviews — a proper hotel with a restaurant, a bar, a pool and a lift, rather than a motel with doors onto the car park. For UK travellers who want something familiar on the first night after a long flight, this is the most recognisable name at the top of the budget tier.

47. Days Inn by Wyndham Phoenix North — Phoenix · 3★ · 906 reviews · from ~£58/night. A three-star Days Inn in north Phoenix at around £58 with a solid 906 reviews. Free breakfast and parking as standard for the brand, and a north-side position that works well for the drive up the I-17. Compare it against the Baymont four-star at the same price in the section above — that comparison is closer than the star ratings suggest.

48. Extended Stay America Suites - Phoenix - Biltmore — Phoenix · 2★ · 751 reviews · from ~£58/night. The cheapest way into the Biltmore district in this guide by a very long way — around £58 a night with 751 reviews, in the smartest, leafiest, best-fed part of the city, where the hotel next door charges more than five times as much. It is a plain extended-stay block with a kitchenette rather than a resort, and that is exactly the point: you are buying the postcode, not the pool.

49. Downtown Phoenix Hotel — Phoenix · 2★ · 224 reviews · from ~£60/night. Closing the budget tier at around £60 a night with 224 reviews, and the only genuinely cheap downtown address in this guide. If you are doing Phoenix without a car — light rail, a ball game, the Roosevelt Row bars, the airport train — being downtown for sixty pounds is a strong proposition. Read the recent reviews for current condition, as with everything at this price.

Every price above is a live from-rate pulled while writing this guide, not a fixed quote, and Phoenix budget rooms move dramatically with the season — the £40 rooms of high summer are not £40 rooms in March. American lodging taxes of roughly 12 to 15 percent are added on top across the Valley, and while budget motels do not usually charge resort fees, always check the fee line before you book. Nearly all of these properties include free parking, which is worth real money if you are hiring a car. See all Phoenix stays · Compare flights to Phoenix (PHX)

What to Do in Phoenix

• Desert Botanical Garden — in Papago Park, and the single best introduction to the Sonoran Desert you can get in a couple of hours. Cactus gardens, wildflower trails in spring, and evening opening in the hot months so you can walk it after sunset.
• Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak — the two great city hikes, both short, both brutally steep, both giving you the whole Valley from the top. Go at first light, take far more water than you think you need, and in summer do not go at all after mid-morning.
• South Mountain Park and Preserve — one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, with miles of trails and a road up to Dobbins Lookout for the best free view of the city at night.
• The Heard Museum — a world-class collection of Native American art and history in central Phoenix, and the most rewarding indoor hour in the city when it is 44C outside.
• The Musical Instrument Museum — genuinely one of a kind: instruments from every country on earth with headphones that play each one as you approach. It surprises everyone, including people who did not want to go.
• Roosevelt Row and downtown — the arts district north of the centre, with murals, galleries, breweries and independent restaurants, plus Chase Field for Arizona Diamondbacks baseball and the Footprint Center for Phoenix Suns basketball, both walkable from downtown hotels.
• Old Town Scottsdale — twenty to thirty minutes east, and the Valley's best walkable evening: galleries, patios, cocktail bars and steakhouses in a low-rise grid. Also the base for Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's desert home and architecture school.
• Papago Park and Hole-in-the-Rock — red sandstone buttes right in the middle of the city, with an easy scramble up to a natural window that frames the sunset. Ten minutes from the airport and free.
• The pool — not a joke. From June to September a hotel with a serious pool is not a luxury in Phoenix, it is the itinerary. This is why the resorts in this guide discount so hard in summer and why they are still worth booking then.

Where to Base Yourself in Phoenix

Phoenix is not one place, it is a valley of about twenty joined-up cities, and picking the wrong corner of it can add an hour of driving to every day. Here is the honest breakdown.

Downtown Phoenix. The compact core: the convention centre, Chase Field, the Footprint Center, Arizona State University's downtown campus, and the Roosevelt Row arts district just north. It is the only part of the metro where a car is genuinely optional, because the Valley Metro light rail runs through it and connects to the airport rail station in one direction and Tempe and Mesa in the other. Book here for sport, museums, nightlife and a no-car trip. Do not book here expecting resort facilities.

The Biltmore and Camelback corridor. The smart end of the city, running roughly along Camelback Road between 24th Street and Scottsdale: the Arizona Biltmore, Royal Palms, The Camby, the best restaurants in Phoenix proper, and Camelback Mountain itself rising out of the middle of it. This is where most visitors on a mid to high budget should stay, and — as entry 48 shows — there is exactly one cheap way in.

North Phoenix and the I-17. Where the budget tier lives: Bell Road, Deer Valley, the motorway corridor. Nothing to walk to, everything easy to drive to, and crucially it is the launchpad for Sedona, Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. If your trip is really an Arizona road trip that starts in Phoenix, sleeping here on the first and last night saves you an hour of city traffic.

The airport corridor. Five miles east of downtown, dense with cheap chains, and by far the most sensible place for a first night after a long flight or a last night before an early one. The Sky Train and light rail mean you can even do a short stay here without a car.

South Phoenix. Quieter and more spread out, home to the Arizona Grand and The Legacy Golf Resort and backing onto South Mountain Park. Good for golf, families and hiking; a fair drive from the nightlife.

Scottsdale. A separate city immediately east, twenty to thirty minutes from downtown Phoenix, and the Valley's resort-and-spa heartland. Old Town is the best walkable evening in the metro. It is also expensive and has almost no budget accommodation, which is why this guide sends you to sleep in Phoenix and drive over for dinner.

Tempe and the east Valley. Tempe is fifteen minutes south-east, built around Arizona State University, cheap to eat in and lively at night, and it is on the light rail. Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert stretch out beyond it — suburban, tidy, cheaper, and the right side of the Valley if you are heading for the Superstition Mountains.

The west Valley. Tolleson, Glendale and the stadium district out along the I-10. This is where several of the cheapest rooms in this guide sit, and it makes sense if you are going to an event at the big stadium or arena out there. Otherwise you are adding twenty to thirty minutes to everything.

Honest Practicalities for Phoenix

The heat is the whole story, and it is not a joke. From roughly June to September, daytime highs sit at or above 40C, with 43C to 46C routine in July. In 2023 Phoenix recorded 31 consecutive days at or above 110F — that is 43C — and in the worst stretches the overnight low does not drop below 30C. It is dry heat, which genuinely does feel more survivable than the same number in the tropics, but it is dangerous if you treat it like a hot day in Spain. Plan outdoors before nine in the morning or after sunset. Carry water everywhere, in the car included. Never start a mountain hike late in the day. Hire cars sit in the sun and become ovens; the steering wheel will burn your hands. And July to September is monsoon season, which brings spectacular late-afternoon thunderstorms, occasional flash flooding in the washes, and dust storms that can drop visibility to nothing on the motorway — if one hits while you are driving, pull well off the road, stop, take your foot off the brake and turn all lights off.

The upside of that heat is the price. Phoenix has an inverted season: winter is peak and summer is the sale. Resorts that are unaffordable in February and March are startlingly cheap in July and August, and the cheap end gets cheaper still. If you can structure your days around early mornings, indoor attractions, the pool and the drive up to cooler Sedona or Flagstaff, a summer trip here buys a standard of hotel that would be out of reach almost anywhere else. Just go in knowing exactly what you are trading.

Flights and the airport. British Airways has flown London Heathrow to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) non-stop, with American Airlines also serving the route, at roughly ten to eleven hours westbound; schedules shift seasonally, so check live. One-stop routings through Dallas Fort Worth, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, Detroit, Newark or Houston are plentiful and usually cheaper, adding three to five hours. Sky Harbor is about five miles east of downtown — genuinely one of the closest major airports to its city centre in America — with a free PHX Sky Train linking terminals to the Rental Car Center and the 44th Street light rail station. Remember to allow an extra twenty minutes for the car hire building. Arizona does not observe daylight saving, so Phoenix is eight hours behind the UK in summer and seven in winter.

Paperwork and money. UK passport holders need an approved ESTA under the Visa Waiver Program — apply online as soon as you book, not the night before, because approval is neither instant nor guaranteed. The currency is the US Dollar; cards work everywhere, contactless is normal, and you need cash only for tips. Decline any offer to be billed in pounds. Prices are quoted before tax, so the shelf price is never the till price, and hotel rates attract state, county and city lodging taxes of roughly 12 to 15 percent depending on which Valley city you are in. Resort fees and parking charges are the other American speciality — common at resorts, rare at budget motels, and always worth reading before you compare two rates. Tipping is expected: 18 to 20 percent in restaurants, a dollar or two per drink at a bar, a few dollars a night for housekeeping.

Driving. You will almost certainly want a car, and Phoenix is one of the easiest American cities to drive in: wide roads, a grid layout, cheap fuel and generally free parking outside downtown. Americans drive on the right, a UK photocard licence is normally sufficient alongside your passport, and the insurance sold at the rental desk is expensive — check what your own policy or credit card already covers. Watch for right turns on a red light, which are legal unless a sign says otherwise, and for the sheer distances: forty minutes across the Valley is an ordinary journey here.

Safety and sense. Greater Phoenix is a large American city with ordinary big-city rules. The tourist districts are busy and generally trouble free; quality at the cheapest end of the hotel market varies street by street, so check the map and the newest reviews. Leave nothing visible in a parked car, especially at trailheads. Before you book, read the current UK government travel advice for the USA, which covers entry requirements and any regional warnings, and for opening hours, events and what is on while you are there, the official city tourism site Visit Phoenix is the most reliable starting point.

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Making a bigger trip of it? Phoenix pairs naturally with the rest of the south-west. Our Las Vegas hotels guide covers the Strip and the cheap off-Strip rooms about five hours north-west by road, and it is the classic second stop on an Arizona and Nevada loop. Heading for the coast instead, our Los Angeles hotels guide covers 49 real hotels roughly six hours west, and our San Francisco hotels guide picks up the northern end of the same trip.

Phoenix Hotels FAQs

Which area of Phoenix should I stay in?

Phoenix is not a compact European city — it is a sprawling desert metropolis spread across the Valley of the Sun, and where you sleep changes your holiday completely. Downtown Phoenix suits sport, museums, nightlife and anyone arriving without a car, because it sits on the light rail line and is only about five miles from Sky Harbor airport. The Biltmore and Camelback corridor is the smart, leafy end of the city, with the best restaurants and the classic resorts. North Phoenix, along the Interstate 17 and Bell Road, is where the cheapest chain motels cluster and where you want to be if you are driving to Sedona or the Grand Canyon. The airport strip is the most convenient for a one-night stopover. Old Town Scottsdale, twenty to thirty minutes east, is the polished resort-and-restaurant district, and Tempe, fifteen minutes south-east, is the student town with the cheapest food and the liveliest weeknights. For a first visit with a hire car, the Camelback corridor is the easy answer; for a first visit without one, stay downtown.

Is Scottsdale part of Phoenix, and should I stay there instead?

Scottsdale is a separate city, not a district of Phoenix, but it shares the same metropolitan sprawl and most visitors treat the two as one destination. It sits immediately east of Phoenix, about twenty to thirty minutes from downtown by car depending on traffic, and it is where a large share of the Valley's resorts, spas, golf courses and expensive restaurants are. It is greener, tidier and considerably more expensive than most of Phoenix, and it has very little genuinely cheap accommodation. The hotels in this guide are Phoenix properties, which is exactly why the budget tier here starts at around £40 a night rather than three times that. A sensible compromise for many trips is to sleep in Phoenix, on the Camelback corridor or out in north Phoenix, and drive into Old Town Scottsdale for the evenings.

What is Old Town Scottsdale?

Old Town is Scottsdale's walkable centre — a grid of low-rise blocks with art galleries, western-themed shopfronts, cocktail bars, patio restaurants and the Valley's densest concentration of nightlife. It is the one part of Greater Phoenix that genuinely works on foot for an evening, which is why so many visitors base themselves nearby. It is also where the Scottsdale arts district, the seasonal farmers market and a run of well-known steakhouses and taco bars sit. If you are staying in Phoenix rather than Scottsdale, budget for a taxi or rideshare each way, because it is a twenty to thirty minute drive from most of the hotels in this guide and there is no direct rail link.

Should I stay in Tempe?

Tempe is worth considering, particularly if you want cheap food and a walkable evening. It sits between Phoenix and Mesa, about fifteen minutes south-east of downtown Phoenix, and it is dominated by Arizona State University, which means an enormous student population, Mill Avenue full of bars and restaurants at student prices, and Tempe Town Lake for running and paddling. Critically, it is on the Valley Metro light rail line, so you can reach downtown Phoenix and the airport rail station without a car. It is livelier and younger than most of Phoenix, which is a selling point or a warning depending on who you are.

How hot does Phoenix actually get in summer?

Hotter than most British visitors are prepared for. From roughly June to September daytime highs sit at or above 40C, and stretches of 43C to 46C are routine in July. In 2023 the city recorded 31 consecutive days at or above 110F, which is 43C, and overnight lows in the worst of it often fail to drop below 30C, so there is no cool evening to recover in. This is dry desert heat rather than humid heat, which makes it more bearable in the shade than the numbers suggest, but it is genuinely dangerous if you treat it casually. Outdoor plans in summer happen before about nine in the morning or after sunset, and everything in between happens indoors, in air conditioning, or in a pool.

Why are Phoenix hotels so cheap in July and August?

Because almost nobody wants to be there. Phoenix runs on an inverted seasonal calendar compared with most holiday destinations: winter is peak and summer is the bargain basement. When daytime temperatures sit above 43C, the resorts that charge a fortune in February discount hard to fill rooms, and the same is true right down the market. If you can genuinely handle the heat, plan your days around early mornings, indoor attractions and a hotel with a good pool, and treat the car as air-conditioned transport between air-conditioned buildings, then July and August in Phoenix are one of the best value luxury deals in the United States. If you cannot, do not book it — no discount is worth a miserable week.

When is the best time to visit Phoenix?

For comfort, roughly November to April, when daytime highs sit in the pleasant high teens to mid twenties Celsius and the sun is reliable — this is why the city fills with North American snowbirds every winter and why hotel prices peak then. March is the busiest and most expensive month of all, because it combines perfect weather with baseball spring training and a run of major golf and motoring events. October and early November, plus late April and May, are the sweet spot: still warm, noticeably cheaper, and free of the extreme heat. June to September is the cheap, brutally hot season, and July to September also brings the monsoon, with dramatic afternoon thunderstorms and occasional dust storms.

Are there direct flights from the UK to Phoenix?

Yes, though the schedule is not as dense as for Los Angeles or Las Vegas. British Airways has operated London Heathrow to Phoenix Sky Harbor non-stop, and American Airlines has also served the route, but frequencies change with the season and airlines adjust long-haul schedules regularly, so check live availability for your own dates rather than assuming. If there is no direct service when you want to travel, the one-stop options are extensive: American through Dallas Fort Worth, Chicago or Charlotte, Delta through Atlanta, Detroit or Minneapolis, and United through Newark, Houston or Chicago. A connection usually costs less and adds three to five hours to the day.

How long is the flight from the UK to Phoenix?

Around ten to eleven hours non-stop westbound from London, and a little less coming home, since the jet stream helps on the return. With a single connection through an American hub, expect roughly thirteen to sixteen hours door to door depending on the layover. Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, which means Phoenix is eight hours behind the UK during British Summer Time and seven hours behind in winter — an unusual detail that catches people out when they book connecting flights or ring home.

Do UK travellers need a visa for the USA?

Most UK passport holders travel under the Visa Waiver Program, which requires an approved ESTA rather than a full visa. You apply online before you fly, pay a fee, and approval is usually quick but is neither guaranteed nor instant in every case, so do it as soon as you have booked rather than the night before you travel. An ESTA is normally valid for two years or until your passport expires, covers stays of up to 90 days, and does not apply to everyone — certain travel histories and dual nationalities require a full visa instead. Check the current rules on the UK government travel advice pages for the United States before you book anything.

How do I get from Sky Harbor airport (PHX) into Phoenix?

Sky Harbor is unusually close to the city it serves — about five miles east of downtown Phoenix, which is a ten to fifteen minute drive in normal traffic. The free PHX Sky Train connects all terminals to the Rental Car Center and to the 44th Street station on the Valley Metro light rail, from where trains run into downtown Phoenix and out through Tempe to Mesa for a couple of dollars. Taxis and rideshare pick up from designated areas at each terminal and are quick and reasonably priced for the distance. If you are hiring a car, the Rental Car Center is a separate building reached by the Sky Train, so allow an extra twenty minutes on top of your arrival time.

Do I need a hire car in Phoenix?

For most trips, yes. Greater Phoenix covers a vast area of low-rise sprawl, the attractions are spread from South Mountain to Desert Ridge and out to Scottsdale, and in summer walking any distance between them is not a realistic option. A car also unlocks the reason many people come at all — Sedona, the Grand Canyon, the Superstition Mountains and the saguaro country south of the city. Petrol is far cheaper than in the UK, roads are wide and easy, and hotel parking outside downtown is often free. The exceptions are a short city break based downtown or in Tempe using the light rail, or a summer trip where you intend to stay by the pool. If you do hire, remember Americans drive on the right, that the insurance sold at the desk is expensive, and that a UK photocard licence plus your passport is normally all you need.

Is there public transport in Phoenix?

There is, and it is better than the city's reputation suggests, but it only covers one corridor properly. The Valley Metro light rail runs roughly north to south through central Phoenix and then east through Tempe to Mesa, linking downtown, midtown, the airport rail station, Arizona State University and a string of neighbourhoods, and it is cheap and easy to use. There is also an extensive bus network. What none of it does well is reach Scottsdale, north Phoenix, the resorts or the trailheads, which is where most visitors want to go. Treat the light rail as genuinely useful if your hotel sits on it, and as irrelevant if it does not.

What are resort fees and will I have to pay them?

Resort fees, sometimes called destination or amenity fees, are a mandatory daily charge that many American hotels add on top of the room rate, usually collected at the property rather than at the time of booking. They are common at Phoenix and Scottsdale resorts and can add a meaningful amount per night, nominally covering things like wifi, pool towels, fitness rooms and local calls whether you use them or not. Parking is often charged separately again. Budget motels and most limited-service chains do not charge them. Always read the fee section of the room description before you book, and factor the fee plus parking into any comparison between a resort and a city hotel — it can close a surprisingly large gap.

Are the prices in this guide the final price I pay?

They are live from-prices for the cheapest available room on the dates we searched while writing, and they are not fixed quotes. Two things move them. First, Phoenix rates swing enormously by season, so the same room can double between July and March. Second, American hotels add state, county and city lodging taxes on top, which across the Valley typically come to somewhere in the region of 12 to 15 percent depending on which city the hotel sits in, and resorts may add a daily resort fee and parking as well. Tap any hotel in this guide for today's real price on your own dates, with taxes and fees shown up front.

What currency does Phoenix use and should I pay in dollars or pounds?

The US Dollar. Cards are accepted almost everywhere and contactless is normal, so you need very little cash beyond small notes for tips. If a card machine or a hotel offers to bill you in pounds rather than dollars, decline it — that is dynamic currency conversion and the rate is almost always worse than letting your own bank do the conversion. Watch for the American habit of quoting prices before tax: the number on the menu or the shelf edge is not the number on the bill.

How much should I tip in Phoenix?

Tipping is not optional in the United States in the way it is in Britain, because service staff wages assume it. Around 18 to 20 percent is standard in restaurants with table service, and card terminals will usually suggest amounts. At a bar, a dollar or two per drink. For housekeeping, a few dollars per night left in the room. For taxis and rideshare, roughly 15 to 20 percent. A dollar or two per bag for porters, and the same for valet parking. Check whether a service charge has already been added for larger groups so that you do not pay twice.

Is Phoenix safe for tourists?

Greater Phoenix is a large American city and the usual big-city rules apply rather than anything exotic. The tourist areas — downtown, the Biltmore and Camelback corridor, Old Town Scottsdale, Tempe and the resort districts — are busy and generally trouble free. As anywhere in the United States, quality varies sharply street by street rather than district by district, so at the very cheap end of the market read the most recent reviews carefully and check exactly where the property sits on a map. Do not leave anything visible in a parked car, particularly at trailheads. The single biggest genuine risk to a visitor here is not crime, it is the heat: people are hospitalised every summer for underestimating a midday hike. Read the current UK government travel advice for the United States before you go.

What is the cheapest area to stay in Phoenix?

North Phoenix along the Interstate 17 corridor and around Bell Road and Deer Valley, followed by the west side towards Tolleson and Glendale, and the streets immediately around Sky Harbor airport. That is where the £40 to £60 rooms in this guide sit, and almost all of them are recognisable American chain motels with parking, air conditioning and a pool. The trade is that you will be driving everywhere, because none of these areas is walkable to anything a visitor wants to see — but with cheap fuel and a hire car that matters far less in Phoenix than it would in London or Rome.

How much does a hotel in Phoenix cost per night?

Across the 49 real, bookable hotels in this guide the from-prices run from about £40 a night at the cheapest extended-stay motels up to about £651 a night at Royal Palms Resort and Spa, the most expensive property here. In practice a clean chain motel with parking and a pool sits at roughly £40 to £60, a comfortable four-star or a mid-tier resort at roughly £58 to £110, a well-known downtown or Camelback hotel at roughly £106 to £170, and the landmark resorts from about £330 upwards. Every one of those numbers moves with the season — the same room is dramatically cheaper in July than in March.

What is the most expensive hotel in this guide?

Royal Palms Resort and Spa, part of Hyatt, at around £651 a night on the dates we searched. Arizona Biltmore, LXR Hotels and Resorts at around £335 and The Global Ambassador at around £334 come next, and the four-star Hyatt Regency Phoenix Downtown returned an unusually high £562 on our search, which almost always means a major convention or event weekend fell inside the window. That last one is a useful lesson about Phoenix in general: check your own dates, because event weeks and the winter peak move prices here more than in almost any other American city.

Can I do the Grand Canyon as a day trip from Phoenix?

You can, but be honest with yourself about what it involves. The South Rim is roughly 230 miles north of Phoenix, about three and a half to four hours each way by car, so a self-drive day trip means eight hours of driving for perhaps four hours at the canyon. Coach tours do exactly that and leave before dawn. It is far better as an overnight: drive up, stay in Tusayan, Williams or Flagstaff, see the rim at sunset and again at sunrise, and come back the next day. Many people combine it with Sedona on the way, which turns it into a very good two or three day loop.

How far is Sedona from Phoenix?

About 115 miles north, which is a two hour drive up the Interstate 17 and then across on the 179 — one of the easiest and most rewarding day trips in the American south-west. Sedona sits among red sandstone buttes at around 1,300 metres, so it is meaningfully cooler than Phoenix, which makes it a genuine escape in summer as well as a beautiful one in winter. Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, the Chapel of the Holy Cross and Oak Creek Canyon are the standard stops. Go on a weekday if you can, because the town and its car parks fill badly at weekends.

What else is worth a day trip from Phoenix?

Plenty, and this is one of the strongest arguments for hiring a car. The Superstition Mountains and the Apache Trail are an hour east and give you classic desert scenery without the drive to Sedona. Montezuma Castle, a cliff dwelling beside the motorway near Camp Verde, is an easy stop on the way north. Jerome, a former mining town clinging to a hillside, and Prescott, with its old western square, pair well together. Tucson and the giant saguaro forests of Saguaro National Park are around two hours south. And Page, for Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, is four and a half hours or so north and really needs an overnight.

What is there to do in Phoenix itself?

More than its reputation as a stopover suggests. The Desert Botanical Garden in Papago Park is the single best introduction to the Sonoran Desert. The Heard Museum holds one of the finest collections of Native American art anywhere. The Musical Instrument Museum is genuinely world class and surprises almost everyone who goes. Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak give you hard, hot, spectacular city hikes, and South Mountain Park is one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. Downtown has Chase Field for baseball, the Footprint Center for basketball, and the Roosevelt Row arts district for murals, galleries and bars. Add Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's desert home and school over in Scottsdale, and you have several full days without ever leaving the Valley.

Is Phoenix good for families?

Yes, with the right base and the right month. The big resorts here are built for families in a way European hotels rarely are — water parks, lazy rivers, kids clubs and multiple pools are standard rather than exceptional, and the Arizona Grand Resort in particular is close to being a water park with rooms attached. The city has the Arizona Science Center, the Phoenix Zoo, an aquarium out in Scottsdale and the Botanical Garden, and the day trips are exactly the sort of scenery children remember. The caveats are the heat, which rules out midday outdoor plans for a large part of the year, and the driving, which means car seats and a lot of time in the car.

Is Phoenix good for golf?

It is one of the great golf destinations in the world, with well over 150 courses across the Valley and reliable sunshine for most of the year. Scottsdale has the famous names, and Phoenix itself has plenty of resort and municipal courses, including the courses attached to several hotels in this guide. Green fees follow the same inverted calendar as the hotels: highest from January to April, and heavily discounted in the summer heat when tee times start at dawn. Book early for the winter months, and particularly around the big professional tournament that fills Scottsdale every February.

What is spring training and how does it affect hotel prices?

Every February and March, fifteen Major League Baseball teams hold their pre-season training in the Phoenix area, in a set of stadiums collectively called the Cactus League, and tens of thousands of American fans follow them out. It is a big, cheerful, very American event and the games are relaxed and affordable to attend. It is also a large part of the reason March is the most expensive month to book a hotel in this city. If you are travelling on a budget and do not care about baseball, avoid late February and March entirely; if you love it, book your accommodation months ahead.

How many days do you need in Phoenix?

Three or four nights covers the city itself comfortably — a desert garden and museum day, a mountain hike, an evening in Old Town Scottsdale and a day by the pool. Five to seven turns it into a proper trip with Sedona and an overnight at the Grand Canyon built in. Two nights is enough only if Phoenix is a stopover on a wider American south-west route, which is how a great many UK visitors use it, pairing it with Las Vegas, Los Angeles or a national parks loop.

What should I pack for Phoenix?

Light, loose, covering clothes rather than as little as possible, because the sun is fierce and shade is scarce. A wide-brimmed hat, proper sunglasses, high-factor sunscreen and a large refillable water bottle are essentials rather than nice-to-haves. Bring trainers or walking shoes with grip if you intend to climb Camelback or Piestewa Peak, because both are steeper and rockier than they look in photographs. Pack a fleece or light jacket for winter evenings, which get genuinely cool once the sun drops, and for the Grand Canyon and Sedona, which are much higher and colder than Phoenix. Air conditioning indoors is aggressive, so a layer for restaurants and cinemas is sensible year round.

Are Phoenix budget motels safe and clean?

The good ones are, and this guide only lists real, currently bookable properties. American budget accommodation is a different product from a cheap European hotel: expect a two-storey exterior-corridor motel or an extended-stay block with a car park, a kitchenette in many cases, air conditioning, a small pool and a limited breakfast. Standards vary far more within brands than between them, so the reliable approach at this price is to read the most recent reviews rather than the average score, favour properties with hundreds of reviews rather than a handful, and check the exact location on a map. Several of the cheapest options in this guide carry well over 1,000 reviews, which is the best evidence available at this end of the market.

How do I book these exact hotels at the prices shown?

Every hotel name in this guide links straight to that hotel's live page on JetMeAway, with real-time rates, all taxes and fees shown up front, and a date picker so you can match your own trip. The from-prices quoted here were pulled on live searches while writing, so your dates will differ — tap through for today's number. No markups and no booking fees either way.

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Every one of the 49 hotels above links to its own live-price page — real wholesale rates, taxes and fees included, no markups and no booking fees. Budget stays start at around £40 a night out on the I-17 and around Sky Harbor, the landmark resorts top out at around £651, and the whole scale slides with the season: cheapest in the 40C summer, dearest in the perfect winter and through spring training in March.

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