We were driving home to Ft Worth TX feom Pensacola FL; my wife, myself and our 2 dogs (chiwawa and Tripod Boxer), pulling an enclosed trailer; somewhere in Mississippi truck issues and couldnt go over 35 mph without issues - LaQuinta is out #1 choice when we travel, the Hattiesburg location was 20 miles away; my wife made a reservation while i limped us there. When we checked in the guy at front desk was awesome and super friendly; he waived the pet fee for my tripod (figured 3 legs would be less risky then 4), room was perfect, everything was as clean and as presentful as expected. We informed them of our truck issues at arrival, kept them informed as we got it to Firestone and eta for repair. Our only complaint was the late checkout - I dropped truck at shop at 9am, walked back, they extended our check out to 12 noon; we decided to book the room another night with no word from shop by 1130a, just in case. Then shop said 3p for pick up time I went to get it, my wife advised them we were leaving at 3p and wouldnt need it for the night they said we still had to pay the whole night rate, they couldnt pro-rate the time, stated manager rules (wouldnt even call rhe manager to see if this woyld qualify as special circumstance. So we ate the cost because we still had 8 more hours to drive, and work at 7am the following day. Overall, we were happy but we disnt get that "cherry ontop".