The company immediately responded by changing the name of the new hotel chain to "Sleep Inns," which will offer a night's lodging for $20 to $29.

Because the closest hotel accepting animals was eight hours north on Interstate 55, the Sleep Inn in Memphis is where they ended up.

This is the case with Sleep Inns.

Unlike the convenient Sleep Inn, the Ridgeway was on the eastern edge of the city, where much of the city's middle class resides.

Among other brands in the Choice group is Sleep Inns, a super-economy line begun in 1988.

At its Sleep Inns, Choice's growing chain of economy hotels, telephones are connected to restaurants that promise to deliver in 30 minutes.

The 1,292 Comfort Inns offer a large free breakfast; the Sleep Inns have a smaller version.

She said 85 percent of the Sleep Inns provided free access, and 50 percent of the motels in the other chains.

The Sleep Inn has no restaurant and virtually no lobby.

The rate at the Sleep Inn was $33 - for two in a room, $37.