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The Five Best Budget Brands in Europe

juliab — 2009-09-08T10:59:48-05:00

In need of a cheapo vacation? Thinking that the $100 and $150 deals we were talking about here are out of your price range this time round? It’s time to rediscover the joys of the budget hotel.

And while Europe doesn’t have quite as many as America (in other words, there isn't a choice of about five chain motels at every motorway exit), it’s still possible to know roughly what’s in store when you book into a budgie room. Here are our Five Best Budget Brands in Europe. Tune in tomorrow for our picks for the worst.

EasyHotels Unveil New Room Design

jennm — 2009-02-24T09:01:10-05:00

Remember last week when we told you about easyHotel's efforts to significantly reduce the amount of orange in their hotel rooms? Well, we now have our first glance at that plan. (It's, er, above, in case you didn't notice.)

Here's a brief description of what you are looking at:

in-room luggage storage, improved clothes hanging facility, shelving and space for all those 'knick-knacks and new, more flexible, lighting options to improve comfort and functionality.

So what do you all think? Love it? Hate it? Don't care because you'd never be caught dead at an easyHotel anyway? Speak up in the comments below, because according to easyHotel, these changes came about from customer feedback.

EasyHotels To 'Significantly Reduce' Their Orange Color Scheme

jennm — 2009-02-16T16:31:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/EasyHotel_Room.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels">EasyHotel</a>, much loved for its reasonably priced rooms but equally loathed for its cramped, cruise cabin-like quarters, is getting closer to being the budget-minded hotel chain of all of our dreams. Starting with its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/16/231452/01/hotels/Newest_easyHotel_Taking_Bookings_for_Heathrow">London Heathrow</a> property, the chain is redesigning its rooms to be more spacious, stylish and functional. Working with London-based architects ZMMA, new easyHotel rooms will: <blockquote>...Aim to build on the existing room model with the addition of in-room luggage storage, improved clothes hanging facility, shelving and space for all those 'knick-knacks and new, more flexible, lighting options to improve comfort and functionality. Working with ZMMA, easyHotel have also introduced a new, contemporary and complementary colour scheme, which will see the

Larnaka: EasyHotel Cyprus Wants to Play Beach Bingo With You

jennm — 2009-01-21T16:18:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/347489432d12e699631.jpg" class="top">With <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Valentine%27s%20Day%20Hotels">Valentine's Day </a>right around the corner, some hotels just know the right buttons to push to get us in the mood. Take <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels">easyHotel</a> for instance, talking up "balmy summer evenings" and "cool cocktails" "in the sun." In an effort to pimp its latest hotel in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/easyHotel+Larnaka%2C+Cyprus/local/1439">Larnaka, Greece</a>, easyHotel is offering rooms for 30 euro (about $38). Seemingly, this is the chain's first hotel geared toward the leisure traveler (<a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/16/231452/01/hotels/Newest_easyHotel_Taking_Bookings_for_Heathrow">Heathrow</a> and <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/19/155526/887/hotels/Kensington_Hotel_Guide_easyHotel_South_Kensington">Kensington</a> are all about business) and rooms are said to be bigger than the usual easyHotel accommodations. The property is just a five-minute walk from Phoinikoudes beach, as well as some area attractions like the Medieval Fort, St.

London: Newest easyHotel Taking Bookings for Heathrow

amandak — 2008-11-18T16:05:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/EasyHotel_Room.jpg" class="top"> Last we heard about the easyHotel Heathrow, it should have been open already--<a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/1427/41433/hotels/easyHotel_Finds_Expansion_Easy>October, in fact</a>--but now its just started taking bookings for a January 1, 2009 opening.In the tradition of <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels>easyHotels</a> this one is cheap and, well, tight. If you want to watch TV, need an extra towel or want to use the internet, youll have to pay extra for everything. But the room itself: just £25 ($37) per night, or at least thats their opening special price. Being at Heathrow is obviously handy if youve got an early morning flight or are transiting to somewhere else in Europe.The biggest catch that we see with easyHotels is not that you have to pay something for