A little night light in your motel room:

You may not feel the same, but I don't like my (hm)otel room to be pitch dark when I sleep. The easy solution is to leave the bathroom light on and the door open a bit, but that doesn't work when the bathroom light switch also turns on a loud, noisy fan.

I found another solution. If you have one of those tiny, powerful LED lights on your keyring, just point it away from you and leave it on all night.