This Courtyard by Marriott was clean and well maintained. After check-in, I was slipped a small piece of paper with my room keys. The paper slip showed an additional parking charge of $13.00 dollars and instructions to place the paper on the vehicle dash or be towed. The hotel is not located in a downtown area where parking charges are to be expected or near a football stadium, etc. Parking was not valet. The parking lot was not fenced, it wasn’t a gated garage, it did not have posted security. Just a parking lot. Like McDonald’s. My research pre booking did not reveal any parking charges associated with the hotel. Surprise. Like being charged for parking at Walmart. This felt like a disguised resort fee at a budget hotel. Coffee in the morning came with $9.00 charge. I was ambushed by Courtyard by Marriott’s nickel and dime shell game policies. Be better.