Many more ammenities at the McGee house without extra fees:

• No extra nightly fees or taxes (unlike hotels where extra fees/taxes are common place)
• No daily internet connection fees (broadband always-on internet is included at the McGee house at no extra cost)
• Make free unlimited telephone calls to US and Canada using the phone in the house (unlike a hotel)
• No extra fees for laundry service - at the McGee house, washer and dryer are right there (exclusive use - not shared), and can be used at anytime without any extra costs or hassle (laundry detergent provided)
• Around 100 channels on Cable TV (more selection than most hotels)
• Fully stocked kitchen - save money by not having to eat out all 3 meals every day
• A seperate living room from the bedrooms where groups can gather (seperate from the living area)
• Private outdoor backyard (fully landscaped) (unlike at a hotel)

More Quiet and Private:

• At a hotel, you have so many people coming and going at all hours (making noise) - but at the McGee house, that is not an issue since the house is in a quite neighborhood, and there is only one common wall
• No noisey people in the hotel room above or below you (at the McGee house, there is no living space above or below)
• Two full private bedrooms at the McGee house, rather than one big room with two beds at a hotel

Environmental Health Considerations:

• All sheets/linens are organic cotton (you are not going to find that at most hotels)
• All towels are organic cotton (again, unlike hotels)
• Only low-VOC paints used in the house (unlike hotels)
• None of the floors off-gas: tile flooring in the bathroom, hardwood floors in the main spaces and bedrooms, and all-natural ecological linoleum (with no plastics) in the kitchen
• House cleaned with safe non-toxic cleaners (unlike hotels)
• House is carbon neutral (via the terra pass program)
• Green purchasing policy in place (again, will not find that at many hotels)

Other Conveniences:

• Driving is not required when staying at the McGee house because it close to all Berkeley attractions (download - including the BART station - UC Berkeley campus)
• Sometimes early check-in and late check-out are possible (more often than at hotels)