I have not been there (Country Inn at 209A) , of course, but I have driven by it and it seems nice, and I've eaten at a restaurant near it, which had good food, but the name is escaping me. It is actually east of Tally, so if you wanted to run out for something it would be a few miles back (not that many, Tallahassee isn't very big) towards town. I-10 doesn't run through any bad parts of town, so really any that met your budget around the interstate would probably be fine. Hotels at exits 199 and 203 have the most around them. During the football season I am pretty sure the rates get hiked up, so if you are coming during that time, further out would probably be cheaper. I haven't stayed in any of them for a long while, so I am not much help with which hotel, but the Cabot Lodge is where my clogging instructor has people stay for our clogging convention.