THE SEARCH LEDGER · BOISE, IDAHO · HOTELS & LODGING
Every month Boise types 52,660 hotels & lodging searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Hotels & Lodging category in Boise — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 193 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “boise residence inn west” at $5.14.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boise hotels | 5,400 | $4.77 | 12 | commercial |
| 2 | hampton inn boise | 4,400 | $2.61 | branded | |
| 3 | anniversary inn boise | 3,600 | $1.10 | informational | |
| 4 | riverside hotel boise | 3,600 | $3.43 | 9 | commercial |
| 5 | red lion hotel boise | 2,900 | $3.91 | 0 | commercial |
| 6 | residence inn boise city center | 2,900 | $1.52 | branded | |
| 7 | residence inn boise downtown | 2,400 | $2.19 | navigational | |
| 8 | stagecoach inn boise | 1,900 | $0.96 | branded | |
| 9 | the grove hotel boise | 1,900 | $2.17 | 23 | commercial |
| 10 | hotels downtown boise | 1,900 | $3.82 | 17 | commercial |
| 11 | boise residence inn west | 1,600 | $5.14 | branded | |
| 12 | wok inn noodle boise | 1,300 | — | branded | |
| 13 | americas best inn boise | 1,300 | $3.22 | branded | |
| 14 | hampton inn & suites boise nampa at the idaho center | 1,300 | $2.63 | branded | |
| 15 | renegade hotel boise | 1,300 | $1.59 | 3 | commercial |
| 16 | boise grove hotel | 1,000 | $2.40 | 23 | commercial |
| 17 | la quinta inn & suites by wyndham meridian boise west | 1,000 | $3.38 | branded | |
| 18 | hotel renegade boise | 1,000 | $1.60 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | fairfield inn boise | 880 | $3.59 | branded | |
| 20 | cheap hotels boise | 720 | $4.10 | 0 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Grove Hotel | 4.4 ★ | 3,113 | Hotel | YES |
| #2 | The Riverside Hotel | 4.4 ★ | 2,976 | Hotel | YES |
| #3 | Red Lion Hotel Boise Downtowner | 3.3 ★ | 2,427 | Hotel | YES |
| #4 | Super 8 by Wyndham Boise | 3 ★ | 2,139 | Hotel | YES |
| #5 | Ramada by Wyndham Boise | 2.6 ★ | 2,106 | Hotel | YES |
| #6 | Oxford Suites Boise | 4.6 ★ | 2,073 | Hotel | YES |
| #7 | Hampton Inn & Suites Boise-Downtown | 4.5 ★ | 1,511 | Hotel | YES |
| #8 | La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Boise Airport | 3.9 ★ | 1,509 | Hotel | YES |
| #9 | La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Boise Towne Square | 4 ★ | 1,465 | Hotel | YES |
| #10 | Motel 6 Meridian, ID - Boise W | 3.3 ★ | 1,349 | Hotel | YES |
| #11 | Best Western Northwest Lodge | 4.2 ★ | 1,339 | Hotel | YES |
| #12 | Best Western Vista Inn at the Airport | 4 ★ | 1,283 | Hotel | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Boise, Idaho · Hotels & Lodging · 193 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026