Budget hotels in Maine?

[Toledo Mark]

I am planning a trip to Maine in August on the Valk (from NW Ohio).  Looking for a budget hotel to stay at for about 4-5 nights.  I like the smaller places (privately ownd) at low rates.  Not real picky about where but as close to the water as possible.  Can anyone recommend a place?

[forjj]

I loved the Bar Harbor Area.  We went there a few years ago, and it was great.  it was a 4-wheel trip, but there were some great roads for the corvette, so I know they would be great for the valk as well.  Cheap lobster, and some reasonable motels.  I don't remember where we stayed, but there were a lot of privately owned motels in the area, including some reasonable waterfront places.  Acadia NP is really nice, highly recommend it.

jj

[rider]

Try momandpopmotels.com

[J.Mencalice]

Coast of Maine...in August...prime tourist season?  The closer you get to the watah, the more money you will have to dish out for a room with a view.  Some bed & breakfast joints are a little more "quaint"
(which means that they are a bit mossy) but sometimes you can find a really eccentric, old fisherman and his family running a place that is less pricey than the yuppies from New Yawk that moved up there after bailing out of their stock market jobs and dropping a bundle on their quest for a new life by running an inn.
Remember. the closer you get to Canada, the cheaper it gets, coastal or not.

For seafood restaurants, check out the Boston Globe's story on the best (in their opinion) places up and down the coast from Maine to Connecticut.  Try a Clam Cake.  They wreak havoc on your cholesterol, but you can't get a good one anywhere but New England.  Then, top it off with a couple of lobstah rolls, stuffed quahogs, baked stuffed floundah, a dozen bay scallops, a plate of steamers, and an ice-cold Narragansett Lager Beer (Hi Neighbor, Have a 'Gansett!) or a Sam Adams or three.

Then get out the defibrillator paddles!

Born & bred New Englander; Coloradan by choice.

[MacDragon]

I was born in Maine and lived in New England for a good many years with some short 2-10 year stints in Texas, Virginia and South Carolina.  I'm now back to the homeland... New England.  I agree with the Bed & Breakfast places.  Just a little bit more expensive but, in most cases, a lot more pleasant for both the evening and the morning.  Most have a nice livingroom atmosphere to read or check out the history of the region and how that particular Bed & Breakfast was established.  You can usually have some nice conversation with others that are there and find out where they are from as there are only a few couples there normally... Something you probably wouldn't do at a hotel. For a number of years, my wife and I (and sometimes the kids) would get away to these little places all around New England just for the experience.  I think we've been to around 2 dozen B&B's...  New Hampshire,  Vermont, Maine.  Way better than a stuffy hotel atmosphere.

[Garry 2r's]

Here is a site for you to check and also ditto on the bed and breakfast we stayed in one in Booth bay and was well worth the extra better than a motel.  http://www.motelguide.com/index.html

[bscrive]

Whenever my wife and I travel we always try to stay at a B&B.  The people you meet are always pleasant and interesting and the Hosts and Hostesses are always informative.  Somethings just are not on the web.

[Tony Z]

In 2010, my wife & I road to the Bar Harbor area with Hyprr Dave and his wife. We fell upon this cozy, clean and very friendly place called "Robbins Motel". It's very close to Acadia Nat'l Park, and downtown Bar Harbor.  The prices are unbelieveable. Here's their website:

http://www.acadia.net/robbins/