Fiona....don't know how far you and Jim want to travel but just to give you some idea....if you are travelling down I-81 through New York State and Pennsylvania, we live in Scranton which takes us approximately 3/3.5 hours to get to Baltimore (depending on traffic and road construction) and Binghamton, New York is one hour from us. There are lots of hotels off of I-81--there are lots of hotels around our area (Montage Mountain Road...Hampton, Comfort Suites, etc) and even if you continue down Route 81 towards Hazleton and Harrisburg, you will hit the same kind of hotels, etc. If memory serves me correct (and that is a big "IF", we are approximately 6.5 hours from Canada) to just give you some idea of distance. Have a safe trip and we can't wait to meet you both!! Mary Jo