It is a strange setup. You collect the key, then later on you are asked to do the online checkout process. If you are trying to check out after 10:30 (if i remember correctly) you will be charged. The question is it better than a hotel, the answer is No. In a hotel you can talk to someone, ask for extra towel, ask for early check in, or late check out. In many occasions they accommodate you. Here they do not. I would stay in a hotel even with little extra.