Here in the Boston area I sometimes get the room for my sessions for various reasons.

 
One time I could book a room using some on line price comparison site, and find a good room where I need it at a decent price.    

 
Now, most motels have a 3 PM check-in time (though I'm starting to see 4 PM sometimes) but up to now, if they had a room available and you came by at say, 1 PM, it would not be a problem.

 
No more it seems.   A place wanted $50, about a 30% premium, for the room.   I managed to bargain that down to $25 by joining their special club, but still, I think this is a bad thing for us.   Not only that, but they asked if I needed to park overnight.   I obviously didn't, but had I needed that, another $30!    Mind you this isn't some busy downtown area but a place on the fringe of the city with a large open lot.

 
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that motels will take a page from the airlines at nickel and dimeing, but it really frosts my donuts to see this happen.