These are many reasons why the Fully Furnished Cholla House is a better choice over staying at a hotel long-term - reasons include:

• No extra nightly fees or taxes (unlike hotels where extra fees/taxes are common)
• No extra fees for breakfast
• No daily internet connection fees (broadband high-speed always-on internet is included at the Cholla house at no extra cost)
• 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)
• Fully stocked kitchen - save money by not having to eat out all 3 meals every day
• A separate living room from the bedrooms where groups can gather
• Private large outdoor backyard (with a BBQ Grill) (fully landscaped) (at a hotel, guests have to share the outdoor spaces)

• At a hotel, you have so many people coming and going at all hours (making noise) - but at the Cholla house, that is not an issue since the house is in a quite neighborhood, and because it is a single family home, there are no common walls with other guests.
• No noisy people in the hotel room above or below you
• Two full private bedrooms at the McGee house, rather than one big room with two beds at a hotel

• Cleaner air because there is less blowing sand in Araby Cove as compared to any other location in Palm Springs
• No natural gas is used at the Cholla house - so no harmful combustion products are sent into the air
• Only low-VOC paints used in the house (unlike hotels)
• None of the floors off-gas: ceramic tile flooring throughout the house
• House cleaned with safe non-toxic cleaners (unlike hotels)
• House is carbon neutral (via the Terrapass program)
• Green purchasing policy in place (again, will not find that at many hotels)

• Less wind in the Araby Cove as compared to almost any other location in Palm Springs
• Sometimes early check-in and late check-out are possible (more often than at hotels)