The goal for this category is to serve as a guide to short-term places to stay in Michigan.
Places to stay may include hotels, motels, guest inns, bed and breakfasts, vacation rentals, timeshares, RV parks, campgrounds, and other temporary guest lodging facilities within the state, but not including long-term home, apartment, or condominium rentals, which would be listed under Property Sales & Rentals.
Additionally, specific places to stay would be listed in the Cities & Towns category representing the geographic location of the hotel, motel, guest inn, or whatever.
For the most part, this category will include directories of hotels, bed and breakfasts, or campgrounds, hotel associations, or similar organizations or sites representing multiple places to stay within the state. Websites representing multiple short-term rental properties within the state may also be listed here.
For example, the site, West Michigan Stays, represents short-term rental cottages in West Michigan. Although not statewide in nature, the site currently lists properties in the Silver Lake region, which includes the localities of Holland, Mears, and Pentwater. Thus, this site may be listed here, and the specific pages of the site representing properties in these individual communities may also be listed in the Cities & Towns categories that correspond to these localities.
On the other hand, another site, Michigan's Paradise, currently lists five hotels or motels, but each of them is in the unincorporated community of Paradise, Michigan. If a Cities & Towns category exists for Paradise, this site will be listed in that category, instead. Otherwise, it may be submitted here.
Stay On The Lake is a website specializing in waterfront vacation lodging in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. As it includes lodging facilities in several localities and would be an ideal candidate for this category.
The Michigan Bed and Breakfast Association, the Bed and Breakfast Association of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the Southern Michigan Bed & Breakfast Association include listings for member sites in multiple Michigan localities and would be appropriate for this category, as would the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association. However, the latter does not appear to include a list of member lodging facilities.
Other websites focus on overnight camping facilities and campgrounds, for tent or recreational vehicle campers, and these may be represented here, as well. These include Camping in Michigan, which includes a campground map and a list of campgrounds throughout the state, as well as the MARVAC site, which features information about Michigan RV and campgrounds, publishing a travel guide of RV campgrounds, parks, dealers, and service providers, available online or in print.
Niche directories focusing on Michigan hotels, motels, guest inns, bed and breakfasts, vacation rentals, timeshares, RV parks, or campgrounds may also be found here.
For information about places to stay in specific Michigan locations, view our Cities & Towns categories to see if the location you're looking for is included there. That is probably you are most likely to find listings for specific hotels, motels, and so on.
Recommended Resources
Airbnb: Places to Stay in Michigan
Airbnb is an online marketplace for private citizens to offer homestays or other guest lodging facilities, in which the company acts as a broker, receiving a commission from each booking. Available lodging in Michigan is featured on this subsection of the site. For each listing, photographs are shown, and a description of the facilities is given, along with its check-in policies, hosting arrangements, cancellation policies, and prices. A list of amenities is included.
https://www.airbnb.com/s/Michigan--United-States
Bed and Breakfast Association of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Bed and breakfast homes, inns, and country inns throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are featured and may be found on an interactive map of the UP or by navigating its directory of facilities, sorted into Western Upper Peninsula, Central Upper Peninsula, and Eastern Upper Peninsula. For each listed B&B, the location, phone numbers, email, and web address are given, when applicable, and its rates, amenities, setting, history, and unique features are discussed.
https://upbedandbreakfasts.com/
Best Western International owns the Best Western Hotels & Resorts brand, which is licensed to hotels worldwide. Michigan hotels affiliated with the chain are listed here by region, including Northern Michigan, Central Michigan, Southern Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula. Discounts and exclusive offers may be available through the site, which also highlights attractions, sports, festivals, and other events, outdoor adventures, museums, theaters, and tours within the state.
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/hotels/destinations/united-states/great-lakes/hotels-in-michigan.html
Featuring Michigan state parks, state forest campgrounds, national forest campgrounds, county campgrounds, township campgrounds, city campgrounds, and private campgrounds, the camping resource includes an interactive map of the state, as well as a list of campgrounds sorted by the type of camping facility. Listed campgrounds include details about the facilities, including the location and directions, features and amenities, activities, rates, and other details.
http://www.campinginmichigan.com/
Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds
MARVAC is a division of the Michigan Manufactured Housing, RV and Campground Association, a full-service, non-profit, state trade association that represents all segments of the recreational vehicle and private campground industries in Michigan. Its membership includes RV manufacturers, dealers, suppliers, private campgrounds, lending institutions, insurance companies, and special service firms. A guide to Michigan RVs and campgrounds is available online or in print.
http://www.michiganrvandcampgrounds.org/
Michigan Bed and Breakfast Association
The MBBA is a trade organization of bed and breakfast inns within the state. Representing several B&Bs around the state, the organization partners with a variety of travel industry organizations to promote tourism in Michigan. Its board of directors, awards, and membership policies are published, along with a list of inns for sale, a private innkeeper login, and a directory of member B&Bs, listed by region and by city. Within each region, inns are shown on an interactive map.
https://laketolake.com/
Pure Michigan was created by Travel Michigan, a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, to promote travel and tourism in Michigan. Its Places to Stay section features bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, resorts, hotels, motels, and vacation rentals in the state, which may be found by lodging type or through an interactive map of the state. Featured accommodations are listed by number on the site’s index page.
https://www.michigan.org/places-to-stay
Southern Michigan Bed & Breakfast Association
Representing B&Bs in Southern Michigan, in a corridor north of the Indiana-Ohio border, and the southern third of Michigan, including member inns in Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Marshall, as well as Shipshewana and South Bend, Indiana. General information about B&Bs is published to the site, and member inns are listed by name or by city. For each listed B&B, a description and details are offered, with online bookings.
https://www.southernmichiganinns.com/
Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula waterfront lodging is featured in this directory, with properties listed by lake or lake region, as well as by city, county, or region. Specific categories for Cadillac, Gaylord Area, Houghton Lake, Traverse City, Eastern Upper Peninsula, Mackinac Island, and Western Upper Peninsula are included, along with a photo gallery. Other regional pages sort listings in additional categories. For listed locations, photographs, details, and contacts are included.
http://www.stayonthelake.com/
Specializing in rental cottages in West Michigan, particularly the Silver Lake region that includes Mears and Pentwater, the business offers cottages able to handle from eight to seventeen people for seven-night stays. Specific properties are highlighted, with photographs of the interiors and exteriors, a list of features and amenities, descriptions of the properties and surrounding areas, and an overview of the booking process and a request form, with rental agreements available on request.
https://westmichiganstays.com/
