• Carteret, New Jersey faces Staten Island, is located on Interstate 95, and provides a convenient place to live and stay if you're working in the city or passing through New Jersey. You'll find several chain motels in and around Carteret, offering various degrees of luxury. According to the city's website, Carteret was once a rural community, but you won't find much evidence of that today.
  
  

Carteret Holiday Inn

• The Carteret Holiday Inn comes with free wireless Internet, a full fitness center and a fancy restaurant, Julian's. For an added bonus, kids under 12 eat free there with an adult family member. You can receive a newspaper delivered to your room, and take advantage of valet service if you don't want to carry your bags. Your room comes with cable TV, a work desk, in some cases, and its own bathroom. You'll also have a coffee machine, fridge and microwave. If you have kids, it's possible to request a cot, too.
  
  Carteret Rahway
  
  1000 Roosevelt Avenue
  
  Carteret, NJ 07008
  
  732-541-9500
  
  holidayinn.com
  
  

Best Western Riverview Inn & Suites

• Your continental breakfast is free at the Best Western motel in Rahway, five miles northwest of Carteret. The hotel's rooms and suites come with a fridge, microwave, cable TV with premium channels and free Internet, too. Make a cup of coffee in the morning or freshen up your clothing with the iron and ironing board. Amenities include a heated indoor pool, hot tub and exercise room. The hotel also accommodates up to 49 people for meetings and offers a business center.
  
  Best Western Riverview Inn & Suites
  
  1747 Paterson St
  
  Rahway, NJ 07065
  
  732-381-7650
  
  bestwesternnewjersey.com
  
  

Rodeway Inn Rahway

• The Rodeway Inn in Rahway provides a free continental breakfast, free wireless Internet and free local calls. Business travelers may appreciate the use of office machinery, too. Rooms vary, but among the amenities available are fridges, coffee machines, hair dryers, microwaves and jacuzzis. Rodeway Inn Rahway has 37 rooms, all with their own bathrooms.
  
  Rodeway Inn
  
  1650 Route 1 South
  
  Rahway, NJ 07065
  
  732-396-9300
  
  rodewayinn.com