having been to the US on 2-3 occasions to hour build i would strongly recommend it. No landing fees, people are really friendly and deals can be found. I even teamed up with some other pilots at the flight school and we went off exploring in 1 a/c sharing flying duties.
If you want to stay away from base on 1 or 2 nights then Best Western do deals for pilots usally about $35/night for a room, get the FBO to call them.
Good luck