Exhibit 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation:


We consent to the use of our report dated January 28, 2002, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2001, and the related financial statement
schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation, and our reports dated
March 20, 2002,with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar
Hospitality Operating Partnership,L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001
and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, partners'
capital and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2001, the related financial statement schedule of real estate
and accumulated depreciation, and the related supplementary consolidating
information, which reports appear in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form
10-K/A of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation incorporated herein by reference and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in amendment no. 2 to
the registration statement on Form S-3.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Washington, D.C.
May 8, 2002