ask the internets

Posted on 1 July 2008 at 8:52 by vika. Categories: travel.

Internets,

I need to pay for one night in any place with private rooms (hotel, b&b, whatever) in Amsterdam in early November. Naturally, I’d like to pay as little as possible while still having a door to close and no cigarette smell in the bed. Any suggestions?

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Comment on July 2nd, 2008.

I really liked the Hotel Freeland, a gay-friendly B&B at Marnixstraat 386. I stayed there in March pretty much at random having surfed around the web looking for a place to stay. Convenient to the tram, with nice staff and pleasantly decorated rooms.

The only warnings I have are that the rooms are small and the stairs are typically Dutch (steep), but they let me keep my big suitcase downstairs in the reception area so I didn’t have to drag it up to my room.

(http://www.hotelfreeland.com/home.en_US.html)

Best of luck!

Iain
Comment on July 2nd, 2008.

I don’t have any specific recommendations, but here’s a meta-suggestion: venere.com (new Italian travel site, or at least new to me) seems to be great for finding really cheap hotel rooms. They don’t charge you in advance, either. I just used it successfully to get a decent cheap room in New York, but they have much better coverage in Europe.

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