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Hotel Dorms Trend Continues in Canada

Where: 111 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5B 2G3

What does a hotel suffering from lack of guests due to SARS and a university that expands its enrollment have in common? Extra needed student housing and an empty hotel creates a match made in heaven.

The Best Western Primrose Hotel opened its doors to students some years ago and some have literally lived in the hotel for all of their undergraduate years, though the hotel staff calls them "long term guests."

So what's the advantage of living your dorm life in a hotel? WiFi signals, concierge, lobby bar are among the top. But as the Globe and Mail explains the situation is in fact rather boring. Even worse, the hotel apparently houses the geekiest of all the nearby Ryerson Business Management School's students:

"I assumed that a hotel would be a nice place to live," says Mr. Barron, who shares his spartan 325-square-foot, two-bedroom suite (decorated with posters of Hilary Duff and Harry Potter) with a roommate. They each pay $725 a month.

There are several things wrong with this from Hilary Duff to the price. But the students who live here like the safety and the fact that its so quiet. As for the short term guests, complaints of an always busy elevator are the norm. If you avoid school hours it should probably help.

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Related Stories:
· Four years in a hotel? Suite [Globe and Mail]
· Primrose Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor]