Visiting New York for the first time (from Australia) in a couple of weeks. Will be travelling solo, and am looking for hotel and food recommendations. [more inside]
posted by une_heure_pleine on Nov 7, 2009 - 11 answers

Help me plan an October European vacation (starting/ending in Madrid) on the cheap! [more inside]
posted by lattiboy on Jul 13, 2009 - 9 answers

Looking for a quiet and affordable hotel or hostel (w/private room) in Los Angeles and one in San Diego during the first week of June! I really don't need anything nice, just a secure place that's close to a mass transit station (i know getting around via transit isn't the easiest, but bear with me...!). [more inside]
posted by waylaid on Mar 10, 2009 - 2 answers

Need a room in or around Takayama, Japan for April 14-15 - everything looks booked. Mefi, help! Are there any nearby cities? [more inside]
posted by olya on Feb 22, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm going to Rome for one week in February. How can I cheap out on lodging while there? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Dec 9, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm currently backpacking through Europe and was given an invitation to Oktoberfest for this Friday. I'm really excited about this, but can't seem to find any places to stay that aren't booked or very expensive. I'd like to spend Friday and Saturday night there, giving me the opportunity to see the rest of Munich. What are my options in the area to find a place to sleep? Are there non-hostel options or perhaps one that isn't well known?
posted by defben on Sep 23, 2008 - 7 answers

Can we find a room in Chicago for $100/night? My wife, 14-year-old son, and I are flying there for the first week of April. We'll split time between one sister in the distant suburbs who has room for guests and one in the city who does not have room. The sister in the city suggested City Suites in the Belmont-Sheffield neighborhood where she lives, which sounds nice, but it's close to $200/night. Can we find two beds for under $100? [more inside]
posted by lukemeister on Mar 13, 2008 - 18 answers

We're biking from Rome to Naples, do you know good places to stay or eat in between? [more inside]
posted by fidgets on Apr 3, 2007 - 1 answer

I'm a college student, being flown up for a job interview in Manhattan this Friday. I asked the firm I'm interviewing with to schedule my return flight for Saturday morning instead of Friday night so that I can explore the city, but now I'm finding out how expensive lodging in the city is. [more inside]
posted by btkuhn on Oct 25, 2006 - 14 answers

Are there travel booking sites that have really cheap hotels that aren't hostels? [more inside]
posted by lampoil on Apr 14, 2006 - 15 answers

Dear New York City Mefites, I've got a bit of an unexpected trip to your fair city and am looking for recommendations for hotels or hostels. I'm hoping you can recommend places that I'm missing because they either don't have a web page, or are buried beneath massive piles of seo inflated sites. [more inside]
posted by lpqboy on Mar 17, 2005 - 19 answers