Cheap Hotels

Most hotels in Amsterdam are located centrally of the canal ring. A nice bunch of cheaper budget hotels are scatter south of the Amsterdam Central Station. Prices vary obviously depending on location and quality but you can have a nice room for as little as €15 to 40 Euro. Well said, as very low budget end for 15 Euro you defiantly share with a couple of mates but for 40 Euro you easily get your own little space. Amsterdam’s city centre is not too large so that’s to your advantage when finding a cheaper place but not right next to the red light district for example.

Amsterdam has over 400 registered hotels of varying standards from budget tourist to some of the most expensive hotels in Europe. Advance booking is recommended, especially for weekends and holidays. Mosts hotels are in the centre of the canal ring, especially south of Centraal Station, or near Museumplein. Hostels are also found around the Warmoesstraat, in the red light district. Prices: a bed in hostel starts around €15 in weekday winter time and might be up to €30 on a summer weekend. A twin room in a budget hotel, 1-2 stars, might cost around €40 in winter time on weekdays, and up to €100 on summer weekends. In a three and four star hotel, the prices would range from €100 to €200, depending on season, and five stars hotels can cost between €150 and €400 a night.

Hotels in Europe generally speaking are clearly not the cheapest on this planet. This has to do with Europe having very high standards in the hotel industry and consequently quality has its price. If you don’t plan correctly in advance its easy to travel in Europe and spent an entire budget for the month within just several days on hotel accommodation. The best thing to do is to sit down and plan out your holidays before you start your trip to Europe. In order to save money on accommodation it’s good practise to prepare your mind to stay in no-star accommodation for the biggest part of your vacation period. That usually means staying your nights in either very cheap hotels where you share at least the shower or even your room. In Spain they are called hostales. Which is not a hostel and not really a hotel but something in between. You could compare it with Bed and Breakfast accommodation. The second option certainly is to stay most of the time in hostel dormitories, sharing your room with lots of budget travellers and backpackers.

There are about 20 to 30 hostels and cheap budget hotels in Amsterdam scatterd close to the city centre. The Rembrandtplein Hotel, the Amigo Hostel Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Cribs B&B just to name a few offer budget accommodation from around 20 to 40 Euro also for single rooms with bathrooms and TV etc. You don't have to spent a lot of money in central Amsterdam to get a decent accommodation for a few nights. Hostel owners and staff know their backpackers very well. Often you will find that staff members of hostels have been backpacking themselves for years and know about their customers needs and budget limitations. Once booked in one of the hostels, in “hang-out” mood its tempting to stay for a while in a hostel. The atmosphere is usually extremely sociable and even the shyest person will open up within a day and start meeting other backpackers. Its extremely tempting to stick around a hostel for a while especially when cheap hostels offer very cheap stews, sandwiches, drinks at the hostel bar and simple plates. Its common practise to team up with another backpacker or group of budget travellers and head to the supermarket for cheap food and drinks to party outside or in the hostel common room.

A cheaper alternative to staying in a hotel is to rent furnished accommodation. This can be done on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis – the longer you rent the better the rate. There is a wide variety of standards and accommodation size in all area of a city. One of the big advantages going for an apartment rental instead of a cheap hotel room is that the apartment can make you feel more home and independent. This is particularly so on longer stays such as long term holidays or for people that first arrived and work on short-term contracts and need clean and cheap accommodation quickly while they sort out something longer term. Apartment rentals are usually fully furnished, including everything from bed lining, a fully equipped kitchen plus a cleaning service. Additionally, there may be additional features as part of the package deal such as the use of sports facilities, gym memberships, swimming pool in the building or outdoors.