Monastery Stays is an accommodation booking service for lodging in authentic monasteries and convents in Italy. Accommodation is open to all (so no need to become a priest or nun) and there 500+ authentic monastery and convent guest houses to choose from, ranging from the classic cities to idyllic countryside locations. www.monasterystays.com
Iglu-Dorf
Stay in an Iglu at the Iglu Dorf Igloo Villages in Switzerland, Andorra and Germany. You can sleep overnight or just visit the village. Igloo-Villages are open from 25th of December until April and bookings are available from mid October. www.iglu-dorf.com
Jumbo Hostel
Jumbo Hostel is a Boeing 747 that has been converted into a hostel. The 747 is parked at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. www.jumbostay.com
Icehotel
The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden is a hotel made entirely of snow and ice blocks. This was the world’s first ice hotel and the hotel lasts for about 5 months before melting away by June. www.icehotel.com
HostelBookers
HostelBookers are an independent hostel booking site. Book hostels online with no booking fees. www.hostelbookers.com
CouchSurfing
CouchSurfing connects travellers with locals who have a spare couch/bed to sleep on. Not only is this a great way to save money, it is also a great way to introduce you to a local, and to really see how a local lives by staying in their home. I have used CouchSurfing myself and I […]
HotelsCombined
HotelsCombined.com is a hotel aggregation site that searches room availability and rates from all major travel websites at the same time. Instantly compare hotel details, rates, availability and taxes from such websites as Hotels.com, Travelocity.com, Expedia.com, Booking.com (and many more) all in one set of search results. www.hotelscombined.com HotelsCombined.com searches the following hotel sites: AccorHotels.com […]
Hostelworld
Hostelworld.com is the worlds largest online hostel booking site. The site enables online confirmed bookings for backpacker hostels around the world. which beats the old way of hostelling where you would just show up to town and hope there was a spare bed. Hostelworld.com also features city guides, sightseeing tour bookings and backpacking information for […]
Airbnb
AirBnB is an online marketplace that can turn your place into a B and B. Anything from a spare room to an entire apartment can be listed. You can set your own price and you can accept or decline each application. For prospective lodgers, you can search for destinations and read user reviews of listed […]
Sleeping in Airports
If you are on a tight travel budget or have a flight to catch at stupid’o’clock in the morning then why not consider sleeping at the airport. Sleeping in Airports was conceived by Donna McSherry in 1996 (older than Google, as the site points out) and features thousands of reviews of airports that readers have […]