Budget Hotels
Looking firstly at the budget hotel chains. The cheapest hotel chains are rated One Star (Superbudget Hotels) or in some cases are not graded, like the 0 Star Hotel in a Swiss Nuclear bunker. France is particularly well served with Superbudget hotel chains and also has some of the most competitively priced rooms. Using a budget chain is one of the best bets for finding a cheap hotel in Europe. Over the last few years budget airline pricing has entered the hotel business, so that the best deals are those booked in advance. Do your research, sign up to e-mail newsletters and you can get a room at a very low rate.Almost all of these budget /superbudget hotel chains now have an Internet presence. In most cases their sites enable on line reservations as well as providing comprehensive information on facilities, location maps, directions as well as brochure request. All of the hotels now have colour TV's (some have moved over to LCD screens), so we have replaced that column with Wireless Internet WiFi is also offered in many of these hotels now. Sometimes it is offered free, sometimes through a subscription service.
The next project will be to revise the hotel section of this site in so that the prices of accommodation can be compared more easily. Quite difficult in times of dynamic pricing as the price you are offered depends mainly on when you book. Comparison sites help, but are no substitutes for booking in advance, after being notified of the release of a tranche of cheap rooms.
Map of budget hotel locations in France.
Formule 1 Hotel
Late Booking
Having just explained that the best deals are reserved for those booking in advance, what do you do if you have to go away at short notice? Well all is not lost as there are a number of late booking sites specialising in late booking deals. One of my favourites being LateRooms. In some cases I have stayed at luxurious hotels with character, for the same price as a cheap budget chain. More information on the Late Booking page.Hostels
Hostels are even cheaper. Eurapart now can offer hostels throughout Europe through HostelWorld.com. More and more families are staying in hostels so they now offer family rooms, even doubles in my experience. To look up prices of hostels and some very cheap hotels in most European cities click on the button. The HostelWorld site also give some excellent budget hotel options as well as the expected hostel accommodation.| Budget
Hotel Chains Hotel |
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| Click hotel for further details | Price (Euros) |
European Countries | Room Capacity | En Suite WC | En Suite Shower | TV | WiFi |
| Travelodge(11/09) | €10-€120 | UK, IRL, ES | 1-4 |  |
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Charged |
| Metro Inns (03/09) | From £24.50 (€26.5) |
UK | 1-3 | X | X | |
Free |
| Formule 1 (08/09) |
€28- €40 | F,B,D,GB,ES,CH,NL | 1 - 3 | X | X | |
Charged |
| Quick Palace (11/09) | €30-€62 | F | 1 - 4 | |
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.Free |
| Mister Bed (11/09) | €31-€52 | F | 1 - 4 | |
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Free |
| Stars Hotels (12/09) | €32 -€52 | F | 1 - 2 | |
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Free |
| Premier Inn (112/09) | €32-TBC | UK | 1-4 | |
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Charged |
| Inn Keepers Lodge | €32-TBC | UK | 1-4 | |
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TBC |
| Fasthotel (11/09) |
€33-€65 | F | 1- 3 | |
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Free |
| Balladins (11/09) |
€33-€50+ | F, B, D | 1 - 2 | |
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TBC |
| Premiere Classe (11/08) |
€34 -€52 | F,B,NL,PL | 1 - 3 | |
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Free |
| ETAP (08/09) |
€34-€61 | F,B,D,A,ES,GB,CH,NL, L, PL | 1- 3 | |
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Charged |
| B&B (09/09) |
€35-€78 | F,D | 1 - 4 | |
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Free |
| Sidorme Hotels (11/09) | €36 -€2 | ES | 1-4 | |
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Free |
| Akena (11/09) | €37-€ 92 | F | 1 - 3 | |
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TBC |
| Days Inn | €39 |
UK, IRL | 1-4 | |
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Free |
| Best Hotel (08/09) | €45-€68 | F | 1 - 3 | |
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Free |
| Motel One (11/09) | €49 -€70+ | D | 1 - 3 | |
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Free |