Detroit is the Motor City, with the Motown Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Henry Ford museum in nearby Dearborn and a revived downtown and riverfront. Hotel deals are easy to find outside game nights and big events, especially near the airport and in the suburbs.
Finding cheap rooms in Detroit is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Rooms come in more shapes than hotels — in Detroit you can also compare apartments with kitchens, vacation rentals for families, B&Bs and budget hostels in one search.
Some Great Lakes cruise itineraries call at Detroit, so a night downtown can pair with a lakes sailing — check which lines currently stop here.
Near Campus Martius, the stadiums, the casinos and the People Mover.
The museum district, near the Detroit Institute of Arts and Wayne State University.
The city’s oldest neighborhood, with restaurants, bars and boutique hotels.
Home of the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village, with good-value hotels.
Chain hotels by Detroit Metro Airport, usually the cheapest rooms.
A restored 1924 downtown skyscraper hotel, once the tallest hotel in the world.
Check rates at Westin Book Cadillac DetroitZoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
Late spring to early fall is the most pleasant; rates jump around the auto show, big games and concerts, and winter is cheapest.
Downtown or Midtown for sightseeing and nightlife; Dearborn if the Henry Ford museum is your focus.
Airport and suburban chain hotels usually cost the least, though you will need a car.
Downtown and Midtown are linked by the QLine streetcar and People Mover, but a car helps for Dearborn and the suburbs.