Name: Best Western Cades Cove Inn
Address: 7824 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, Tennessee, United States of America, Townsend, Tennessee, US
Price range: US$120–US$274 per night
Rating: 8.02

What guests think

At Best Western Cades Cove Inn, travelers consistently praise the quiet rooms, friendly staff, and satisfying hot breakfast, along with a convenient Townsend location close to Cades Cove and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Many reviews note the outdoor pool is permanently closed, the fitness room is often unavailable, and there is no elevator; parking is straightforward, often right by the room. A number of guests also report maintenance issues such as leaking faucets, slow drains, or limited hot water, plus occasional strong cleaning odors, dirty floors, or pests. A practical base for visiting the Smokies.

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Facilities

Facilities are limited. The outdoor pool is permanently closed, the fitness room is often unavailable and some ice machines have been broken; there is no elevator, but parking is easy and many rooms allow parking right outside.

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10

Jo

2 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Please publish the word that the pool is now a cement pond like on Beverly hillbillies

8

Kristy

5 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The room was great, the staff was nice. Everything was out of order. The fitness center, ice machine, pool. Otherwise, it was a good stay.

10

Nanette

21 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was spacious and clean. Parking was easy.

10

Joanne

15 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very nice parking area. Parked right in front of my room. Room was spacious and well taken care of. Would stay here again!

4

Jan

27 May 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

I don't know how this hotel gets such good reviews. No elevator, no luggage carts, no handicapped parking (at least not at our part of the hotel). Couldn't park by door and had to drag luggage to our room. Bathtub didn't drain well, and didn't have a grab rail to get out of shower. Sinks only had warm water, couldn't get a drink. Room had been bombed with heavy room fresheners, gagging us and making our eyes burn. Front desk was no help, just said to leave our door open! We had to buy a fan to air out the room. Pool was closed and didn't look like it had been used for years. Fitness center had a sign saying out of order Breakfast was decent-eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, waffles, cereal. Guy that was stocking the breakfast bar was friendly and efficient. Hotel is quiet, which is a plus.

8

mary

8 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely, clean, quiet. good breakfast. Comfortable beds. Only drawback was the exercise room. Very hot with no air conditioning or fan, no towels and the elliptical was broken on one side. Tread mill was fine. Don't let this deter you. It was a lovely stay. Quality breakfast!!

6

Edith

25 Jun 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Their pool and their gym was out of order.

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Perry

6 Aug 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

The evening desk clerk at check in was rude but all the other staff was very friendly. Said they had a pool but did not. Turned it into a fenced play area on artificial turf with some games for kids. This also doubled as a dog park where they would use it as a bathroom, so the kids played in the same area with urine and feces. Room was fair but the floors were dirty. Air conditioner leaked water onto the floor inside of the room. Daily room service only consisted of taking out the trash and it was an inconvenience to get towels replaced. A friend who stayed there one night while we were there warned us to check our credit card payment because they attempted to charge him for two (2) nights. Will not stay here again!

10

Emmadene

7 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Front desk staff was professional, friendly & helpful. Our room was exceptionally clean. The only negative comment about Best Western is there are no elevators to get to second floor. If you don't do well on steps, request the 1st floor. The breakfast was good, as well.

10

Barbara

7 Jun 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Clean, convenient hotel. Decent breakfast. Very friendly staff. Pool was permanently closed.

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Cleanliness

Many guests find the property very clean and well kept. However, recurring complaints mention dirty floors, strong cleaning or air-freshener odors, and occasional pests or leftover hair/items.

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Darryl

23 Aug 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The room appeared clean at first but the floors were filthy, in just a few minutes to bottoms of our feet were literally black. The bed was okay. Breakfast isn't served until 7 a.m. so we were not able to try that out because we left out early each morning, our choice on that though. My biggest issue was how dirty the floors were.

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Jorge

9 Dec 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was full of roaches, front desk gave us another room on second floor and had the same problem. I’m very disappointed with this property. I do not recommend this property to anyone. Hopefully they can get this resolved soon.

10

Lori

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean. Well kept. For the price, a great value. Professional and great staff.

10

Teresa

11 Dec 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean, large well appointed room. Great breakfast.

8

Amy

5 Sept 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Spacious room. Cold refrigerator. Shower had good water pressure and hot water. Great pillows and comfortable bed. Excellent breakfast. Personable staff. Easy check in and check out. The only thing that was a HUGE turnoff was the room was over sprayed with Febreeze or some other air freshener. The smell was overpowering and nauseating when first walking into room. Had to leave door open. After the fourth day the smell remained strong when first entering room after being gone all day.

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Caron

18 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

very nice people. Large room. decent breakfast. we were able to check in early, which is always a win. just found hair in the shower, so unfortunate and nasty. otherwise good stay. front desk was very apologetic.

4

Ilya

6 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The smell of cleaning chemicals was so intense, we had to leave the door open. No windows either, there’s corn hook which is great but rather loud & joining rooms which was not something we expected. However, the strong chemical smell is really only notable issue.

10

Sharon

15 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great breakfast. Comfortable bed. Very clean.

10

Victoria

27 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. The room was spotless; one of the cleanest rooms I’ve stayed in. Very quiet location.

4

Jacqueline

29 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was dirty and we saw 2 roaches. Beds were nice and comfortable. The unit that holds the fridge didnt latch and kept swinging open which made it unsafe for our toddlers.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally spacious and comfortable, but repeated maintenance issues include leaking faucets, slow drains, and intermittent hot water; some mention poor lighting, noisy AC, or occasional TV/internet problems.

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Mary

16 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This is an older property that has been nicely modernized. The rooms are spacious and extremely clean. The bed is very comfortable.

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mark

26 Apr 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The water was brown when we got there and took longer than 35 min. to heat up. It took over 35 minutes to run it through. The tub didn't drain well at all. These issues shouldn't be solved on arrival of guest. They should be customer ready.

10

Joanne

15 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very nice parking area. Parked right in front of my room. Room was spacious and well taken care of. Would stay here again!

8

Kathryn

7 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Really happy with this hotel. It was clean, comfortable, and quiet. I withheld one star over all because there was not a lot of hot water. This was late evening tho. It seemed better in the mornings. The Staff and breakfast were really great.

6

Michael

9 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Well if water would not have sprayed out of the toilet after every flush it would have been better. Also finding the driveway after dark kinda sucked.

10

Sam

22 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room was excellent. Plenty of space, bed was awesome, very clean, bathroom was huge and water pressure was absolutely great! Will definitely stay again👍

8

Steven

15 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Good location, good price. However, the bathtub faucet had a bad leak, which the hotel new about and rented the room anyway. Unfortunately, there was more water coming out of the faucet than there was coming out of the shower head.

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Dave

30 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We checked in and were given a handicapped room...no idea why. The bed was extremely high so luckily we are about average in height. There were some maintenance issues that were beyond annoying. The A/C until rattled and made obnoxious noises. The tub faucet would not shut off and literally ran a steady stream the entire time. The sink had a broken stopper and was just left in the sink. As for the shower, there was only a handheld sprayer with very low water pressure. Remember I mentioned we are both average in height, the sprayer was positioned in the corner of the shower and hit us about eye level. The bed wasnt terrible. The breakfast was decent.

6

Rocco

14 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The person managing the breakfast room was very attentive and helpful. Our room, while spacious and very clean was very damp and had a tub faucet that would not shut off.

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James

20 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Super convenient location for the GSMNP. The hotel could use some upgrades. Lighting was poor in the room, shower provided only lukewarm water, and the internet and tv went out our final night about 7:30 and was still out the next morning.

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Service

Staff are frequently described as friendly and helpful, especially at breakfast. Some guests report rude or unaccommodating front desk interactions and billing or policy frustrations.

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Marnie

9 Oct 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

The hotel was very clean and neat! Staff was very friendly.

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Marion

3 Aug 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Upon arrival there was no one at front desk. Waited ten minutes for a rude man to show up and he was mad at the world. Not friendly at all. I have a service dog and at breakfast was asked by the person at the front desk to sit away from the food area because of my service dog. The young man bringing out the food followed me around making sure I closed the food and laid down the utensils in the right spot. Never been treated so rudely.

6

SANJEEV

1 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff at the front desk do not match the quality of the Best Western. I asked the front staff if I could get a “light blanket” to sleep in as I was feeling hot and he said “we are out of stock”. Then I asked if I could get a “sheet” to take on me and off course he plainly refused. This is the first time that a hotel like BW didn’t want to accommodate. And at the breakfast time the lady was watching everyone like a “spy”. How can you enjoy your breakfast if you are being watched. Ridiculous people. I like and love the BW but it may change after today.

10

Bobbijo

20 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The front desk staff were so friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this hotel

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Perry

6 Aug 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

The evening desk clerk at check in was rude but all the other staff was very friendly. Said they had a pool but did not. Turned it into a fenced play area on artificial turf with some games for kids. This also doubled as a dog park where they would use it as a bathroom, so the kids played in the same area with urine and feces. Room was fair but the floors were dirty. Air conditioner leaked water onto the floor inside of the room. Daily room service only consisted of taking out the trash and it was an inconvenience to get towels replaced. A friend who stayed there one night while we were there warned us to check our credit card payment because they attempted to charge him for two (2) nights. Will not stay here again!

4

Lou

25 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

No one in lobby when I arrived - waited more 8 minutes for staff to show - was not in area. When checking in staff asked for address - several times! Could not get spelling correct. Then he asked for drivers license! If he had done that first he would have had the address correctly! He also had a poor attitude like he was too busy to be bothered with my needing to check in.

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Bobbie

5 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

All the staff were friendly and welcoming but thoroughly impressed with the staff who was responsible for preparing , upkeeping and welcoming the us and the other guests at breakfast . He never stopped and always with a smile ! He deserves praise !!!!!!

10

Carie

6 Nov 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Always love staying at Best Western. Hotel is clean and upkept. Beds are very comfy, staff is very friendly

10

Kevin

15 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This was an excellent experience from check in to check out. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Room was very nice and clean. Breakfast was delicious and staff was there to welcome and assist as needed. Highly recommend.

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Jimmie

20 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Check in was a real aggression. You wou think it was a govt secured facility. One desk clerk refused to help. Another stepped in and completed the registration.

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Location

Quiet Townsend setting with easy access to Cades Cove, the national park, and the greenway; walkable to some restaurants and the visitor center. Most find it convenient for exploring the area.

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Michael

15 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Property is in Quiet Townsend. I love the location. The property is good. It was clean and comfortable. Can tell its an older property with some recent updates it seems. I liked the laminate floors, cleaner than carpet. Ceilings and walls could use a fresh coat of paint but overall happy with stay. Would stay again. Did not take advantage of breakfast, checked out before time for it. Close to the mountains and out of the crowd of Pigeon Forge and Gatlingburg. Close to Cades Cove and the National Park.

10

Lisa

11 Apr 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very quiet and safe location. Convenient to attractions. Food and staff were phenomenal ❣️

10

Giovanni

10 Oct 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Great staff | Access to National Park | Quiet | half hour drive to Gatlinberg & Pigeon Forge

10

Carie

11 Dec 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean room great location

10

Sandra

19 Apr 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

The staff was efficient and friendly. The room was clean and the area quiet. The hotel is located within a few miles of the National Park's entrance and within a reasonable driving distance of Cades Cove.

8

Richard

18 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

It was convenient to Cades Cove.

10

Joseph

20 Apr 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Location

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Hugh

10 Dec 2023

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Stayed 1 night

I highly recommend this motel if you are staying in the Townsend area. It is very clean and quiet. It is conveniently located on the greenway trail. You can actually walk to the grocery store and restaurants. Very nice motel with friendly staff!!!

10

Savannah

30 Dec 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Great place to stay and best location!

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Steve

14 Nov 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff was very friendly and helpful. Conveniently located to Cades Cove, only 11 miles to entrance. Would stay at this hotel again.

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Dining

Breakfast is widely praised for being hot, well stocked, and attentively managed. A few guests note the 7 a.m. start time or occasional limited/average offerings.

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kenneth

27 May 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great breakfast

10

Teresa

11 Dec 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean, large well appointed room. Great breakfast.

10

Cindy

29 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The room was clean. The breakfast was good with plenty of choices. The staff were all very friendly. It is walking distance to the festival event grounds.

8

Barbara

16 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great hot breakfast!

10

Sharon

15 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great breakfast. Comfortable bed. Very clean.

10

Susan

2 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The room was comfortable, the hot breakfast was very good and the breakfast host was attentive and friendly.

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Denise

27 May 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Clean. Breakfast was terrific! The gentleman in the breakfast area from Jamaica was exceptionally pleasant, cheerful and efficient. Didn't get his name. The women who checked us out am of 05-26 was lovely to talk to and has a great sense of humor!!

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Kevin

15 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This was an excellent experience from check in to check out. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Room was very nice and clean. Breakfast was delicious and staff was there to welcome and assist as needed. Highly recommend.

10

Timothy

21 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Nice stay. Great Breakfast

10

Ashley

11 Jan 2026

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Stayed 3 nights

Everything at this hotel was welcoming and inviting. My family and I enjoyed our stay. Our favorite part was the delicious breakfast buffet. They room were comfortable and clean.

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Month	Average price
January	US$81
February	US$76
March	US$106
April	US$125
May	US$146
June	US$125
July	US$120
August	US$137
September	US$123
October	US$146
November	US$109
December	US$92

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $224	2 $210	3 $199
4 $155	5 $170	6 $140	7 $170	8 $170	9 $190	10 $193
11 $170	12 $155	13 $159	14 $155	15 $170	16 $229	17 $232
18 $169	19 $166	20 $172	21 $173	22 $182	23 $243	24 $249
25 $170	26 $170	27 $170	28 $170	29 $170	30 $238	31 $238

Best Western Cades Cove Inn

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Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave

Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub (With Sofabed)

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Refrigerator & Microwave

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Bathtub

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13	14	15	16	17	18	19 $178
20 $143	21 $143	22 $143	23 $120	24 $162	25 $273	26 $274
27 $133	28 $143	29 $144	30 $238