Tag: cheap hotel

India: Budget hotels: Will the business of economy pick up in India?

Cheap hotels. There is a guilty pleasure about them. You can’t help feel wistful about the occasions when you did or did not choose to stay in one. But if you are an hotelier, veteran or newbie, the guilt will likely be that you didn’t do it. For the business opportunity in low-cost lodging has been the hospitality industry’s worst kept secret for nearly a decade. Strangely, few have jumped at it. Consider the latest numbers: in 2010, 740 million Indians travelled from place A to B. They weren’t struck by wanderlust. Most moved about for work reasons. If even… Read More

Budget Hotel Rooms for Super Bowl Going for $1,000 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Getty Images/Jeff Zelevansky At a certain point, sleeping in your car with the heater on has to sound like a good idea—at the very least it would be cheaper than staying at a budget hotel. You can now add that to things we thought we would never write. Reuters’ Victoria Cavaliere reports that budget hotels near MetLife Stadium are renting rooms at ludicrous prices thanks to that Super Bowl you all are so eager to watch. Cavaliere writes that rooms in the West Orange, NJ, area normally going for $100 a night are being offered for $1,000 during the week… Read More

10 Cheap hotels in Queens for a New York City vacation

Need a reason to stay at the best cheap hotels in Queens? Queens, NY, is getting really, really cool, much to the chagrin of the Brooklyn hipster, who swore this day would never come. The borough that stayed out of the spotlight as Brooklyn’s star burned bright is now rising in its own right as a veritable stand-alone destination in New York City. It’s definitively the most ethnically diverse borough, with the best restaurants in Queens serving some amazingly authentic food, not to mention its up-and-coming bars, skyline views and the quick transportation time to Manhattan. If you’re looking to… Read More