EXHIBIT 23(A)

The Board of Directors
La Quinta Inns, Inc.

    We  consent to the use of our  audit report incorporated herein by reference
and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.

    Our audit report refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109 in 1993.

                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

San Antonio, Texas
August 11, 1995