Tag Archives: Hotel
The Liminal Space of Premier Inn
For a couple of decades HOB and I slept in budget hotels and guest houses. In some countries (memorably Albania) the cheap rooms were clean and sometimes even lovely. In other countries (looking at you, France) there seemed to be a national effort to make these rooms poorly heated with sketchy beds reeking of body […]
Hey budget travelers, where do you like to sleep?
Me? I prefer a cheap, centrally located, private room. These days—thank you world wide web—finding a cheap sleep is quite straightforward if you know what you want. Most people assume that since I’m a budget traveler I use hostels. Hostels are cheap and often centrally located, but I don’t usually stay in them due to the lack […]
ibis budget and easyHotel: your cheap chain hotel BFFs
Ambiance is overrated. There are times when sleeping in Granny’s rented spare room and being woken up by the singing of her parakeets is just the ticket. But more often than not, a cheap, generic, chain hotel experience is exactly what you need. Enter ibis budget and easyHotel. We’ve stayed at plenty of ibis […]
Picnic at the Cathedral 