Due to hubby being civil service I decided to wait until congress passed a budget and I knew we would have paychecks coming in for the next couple of months (ie: no govt shutdown) to book the hotel for the funeral at Arlington. I also figured if there was a shutdown aside from not having any money coming in from his job, we would only need a hotel up there for one night since everything else would be closed. With a budget until Sept we get paychecks and things will be opened. So I booked the hotel. We'll be staying at the Comfort Inn in Alexandria. It has free internet access (needed since hubby is going to college on line, free parking (I hate paying to park at a hotel), a free shuttle to and from the Metro, and free continental breakfast (bonus). Plus got a deal for prepaying for the stay. The bonus is a savings of around $30 a night, but has restrictions of no cancellations, and they charge the CC within 2 days of the reservation being made.