If you can choose your hotel do some research, if you're going to be there for a while a suite is much better. Having a kitchenette, a seperate bedroom from your study area, and laundry machines for the guests (doing laundry is therapeutic). Also check the local are for events that might be happening in the area, I was in DFW for a couple of weeks once and didn't realize the proximity to Cowboys Stadium. The Cowboys had a home game and the hotel went from a relatively peaceful place to a madhouse, had the same problem in Palm Springs once, I didn't realize "The White Party" was being held less than a mile away. Or if you enjoy people watching seek those places out, both were annoying and entertaining. And never look for a room in the Pheonix area during MLB spring training, I once stayed at the Mayo Clinic there as the last option. I was a smoker at the time and they were not impressed.