I remember those massive multi-floor hotels around Crystal City, and Northern Virginia is very large so there are tons of traditional highway-oriented chain hotels there.
Any status on whether MARC or VRE trains will be running? Certainly D.C. government liberals have no power over them, right? There are other options besides WMATA, especially Amtrak.
I can street it anywhere, any time. Learned how to when I was actually homeless.
It's useful not to be afraid of stepping outside convention. It's really not that bad as long as you're intelligent about it.