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from Frommer's website:
Jun 22, 2007
Here's how you can stay cheap in Germany, Ireland, Florence and Venice
In these days of a weak dollar, the "private homestay" -- a room in someone's apartment or home -- is the key to living cheaply in Europe. In the first week that this blog appeared, I listed organizations for London and Paris that would enable you to stay for about $40 per person per night in private residences. For London, those were www.happy-homes.com, and www.athomeinlondon.co.uk. For Paris, I suggested www.goodmorningparis.fr, and www.bed-and-breakfast-in-paris.com; for Rome www.b-b.rm.it.Go to this post on Frommer's blog
May 8, 2007
Europe and the sinking dollar: What do we do now?
I'm not sure that the full impact of recent exchange rates -- $2 for a British pound, $1.35 for a single Euro -- has yet sunk into the psyche of Americans planning a European trip. Or that they've considered the radical new tactics that a cost-conscious trip there will require.Because the average guesthouse room -- I'm talking a modest guesthouse and a double room -- is currently renting for £100 in London and for at least 100 € on the continent, the cost for lodgings is therefore $200 a night per couple in London and nearly $150 in Europe. Multiply those costs by 14 nights, and for a pair of Americans traveling together, the average two-week trip can start off with a $3,000 tab for lodgings alone.
So what's to be done? It's clear to me that the cost-conscious American must, from now on, seek out not hotel accommodations, not even guesthouse accommodations, but so-called "private homestays" -- a low-cost, $40-per-person room in a residence whose owners are simply supplementing their income by renting out an occasional room. If you'll go to www.happy-homes.com or www.athomeinlondon.co.uk, you'll find such $40 per person accommodations in London. You'll find the same for Paris at www.goodmorningparis.fr or www.bed-and-breakfast-in-paris.com; and in Rome at www.b-b.rm.it.
Go to this post on Frommer's blog
