Help with a hotel along I-10 shortly after El Paso heading East (Cedar Park: new home)

[gb0610]

We'll be driving a moving truck out to our new home in Cedar Park here in a couple of weeks. We will need to stop for a night somewhere along I-10, within a couple of hours east of El Paso.

Can someone recommend a nice and safe hotel that is not along the US/MX border? What town should I look in, is is it just about the middle of nowhere?

Thanks!

[stillkit]

There are several in Van Horn, which is about 120 miles east of EP. Not much in between, though.

[paradoxcop]

Given your criteria, your best bet - and about the only realistic choice - is to stop in Van Horn, TX, which is right off I-10. It's less than two hours (about 120 miles, as Stillkit said) east of El Paso.

You won't find four and five star lodging in that region , but there are a number of national chains in Van Horn that should work. On the way to Phoenix last month I stopped at a brand-new Hampton Inn there; it's clean, has good rooms, a decent free breakfast, and offers free internet. I've also stayed at the Holiday Inn Express. It's a step below the Hampton IMO, but it's still a decent choice. Those are the only properties in Van Horn I can personally recommend. It's wide open desert once you get out of the El Paso orbit, so besides Van Horn, the next closest town convenient to I-10 that can offer any real choice of lodging is Ft. Stockton, and that's an additional 120 miles east.

[jtur88]

Heading out of El Paso, there is a motel in Fabens and one in Fort Hancock, which is about half way to Van Horn. There is absolutely no reason to think that a motel will be unsafe merely because it is near the Mexican border.

There are 14 motels in Van Horn, so you will surely find something.

[gb0610]

Originally Posted by jtur88

There is absolutely no reason to think that a motel will be unsafe merely because it is near the Mexican border.

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If you were in my line of work, you would know otherwise.




Thanks everybody for the suggestions! Van Horn it is...

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by gb0610

If you were in my line of work, you would know otherwise.
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If you know something we don't know, tell us what it is. Also, tell us your line of work, so we can all avoid trouble-magnets like you.

[gb0610]

Originally Posted by jtur88

If you know something we don't know, tell us what it is. Also, tell us your line of work, so we can all avoid trouble-magnets like you.

Unless you need help, or are the one causing trouble, you have no reason to ever meet me while i'm at work.

Lets just say that I have a wealth of experience at the US/MX border.

Some folks run from the fire while others run to it. But I try to do my best to avoid dangerous areas in my off time.

Thanks again for your suggestions...hotel reservation at the Hampton Inn has been made!