Why didn't I get the pois I wanted

I found an interesting tid bit on my 1490T. I wanted to see motels past a certain city on my current route. I had programmed the city I planned to stop at and requested hotels near on my current route. I only got a few hotel/motel listings. On a thought I checked how far the city I wanted to stop near was from my current location. I next programmed a destination 200 plus miles beyond the city I wanted to stop near. I then looked for motel/hotels near my current route that were beyond the distance to the city I want to stop at from my current location. I had dozens of new listings just over the range of the city. I then realized the garmin didn't look beyond its destination for additional hotels when looking at near my current route. Hope this makes sense. I like the favorite near my current location, and wish it would be in the top 5 selections so I didn't have to hit the down arrow to select it. Also would like to see a program favorite buttons that remembers several search selections to save keyboard entry while on the road.