That's RIGHT BY MY HOUSE
Literally, like 2 minutes!
The only drawback for those that won't have cars is that you would have to take the public transportation to get downtown. I don't believe they have private shuttles. It is, however, WAYYYYYY closer to the beach than the other one.
From what I can tell from betterbidding.com
http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=1960&
it looks like it's the Comfort Suites hotel which (ironically) is where my DF and I 'lived' for 2 weeks when we first moved here until we could get into our condo. We got a Hotwire rate of $50 per night!!! It's a cute hotel. Nothing fancy or spectacular, but the rooms are nice, they do have breakfast, and the rooms are fairly large and have the little kitchenette. It's in a little plaza area with a couple restaurants and shopping areas that are literally right outside the front door of the hotel. We loved it! If you don't mind taking the risk and you don't mind being about 10-15 minutes from downtown, go for it!!
I would suggest looking at Hotwire again and looking at the betterbidding link I gave you. If all the amenities and the star rating match up, definitely take the risk!
Let me know how it goes!!
Here was my review that we posted after we used the site and got that hotel:
I just wanted to post about our stay. The hotel was GREAT! The location was wonderful and was only a 4-5 minute drive to the main beach area. The room was very clean and HUGE and the back of the door actually listed it as being a $249/night room !! The complimentary breakfast included items such as eggs, grits, home fries, cereal, fruit, bagels, waffles, orange juice, muffins, cinnamon buns, bacon, sausage, milk, etc... and was served from 6:30-9:30am. They had a fitness center, a pool, and a business center which we actually used frequently since we were there for job interviews. There was no charge to use the internet or print pages. We didn't receive any type of check out confirmation from the front desk, though. They told us that it was all handled through Hotwire and that they would mail us something after we checked out. I asked if they could at least give me the total that was charged to my card, and they said they have absolutely no info except the reservation number. Is this typical? I'm just nervous that I won't be charged what I was supposed to be.
Anyway, we got a great deal! Thanks everyone on here for the help and the discount codes