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- 2. There aresome certain types of accommodation. Have a look over them and then choose the best accommodation type for yourself. Write your ideas to the padlet.
- 3. Hotels provideprivate serviced rooms for guests. They range from very basic budget-style to extremely luxurious accommodation.
- 4. Hostels (oftenreferred to as "youth hostels" or "backpackers") are a loosely-defined form of guesthouse, generally low-budget compared to other places to sleep. Although often used by youth there is usually no upper age limit
- 5. Capsule hotelsare a cheap form of accommodation in Japan, usually more or less on par with a dorm bed in a hostel, in terms of pricing. The "rooms" are little more than small one-person capsules with only a mattress, radio, and TV (which usually boasts a variety of Japanese porn channels). Note that most capsule hotels are segregated by gender, while many, if not most, don't accept female guests at all.
- 6. Bed andBreakfasts (B&Bs) and Guesthouses provide hotel style rooms. However, they are typically smaller residences and you will interact with your hosts and other guests, often eating together and sharing common spaces. Bed and Breakfasts and Guesthouses are found both inside and out of major centers. Many market themselves as providing a "quiet escape". There are many associations and websites that offer help finding a Bed and Breakfast in your travel area.
- 7. A hospitalityexchange or home stay network is an organization that connects travellers with local residents in the cities they're visiting. If travellers can connect with the right people at the right time, they can get room and sometimes board in the place they're visiting for free or at a deep discount. Network size goes from a few thousands to a hundred thousands, and most networks are growing steadily.
- 8. Car camping, Caravanning,RV camping... it goes by many names, and the experience varies widely, but this form of camping involves carrying your equipment in your motor vehicle, which you drive right to your campsite. Unlike more traditional camping, car camping allows you to carry quite a bit more equipment, and the focus is usually to enjoy the site, cook-outs, day hikes, and other outdoor activities
- 9. Camping isdo-it-yourself accommodation: you carry your roof and your bedding in your backpack or your car. It's often the only choice of accommodation you have when you're travelling off the beaten track, but there are also very popular sites for camping holidays.
- 10. Villas: Whenplanning your holidays you have to take into consideration not only the location, but also the best accommodation that will provide you and your party with value for money according to your requirements
- 11. Vacation rentals.Many residents of popular tourist destinations lease their houses and apartments to vacationers. The residence may have been bought specifically for this purpose or the normal occupants may vacate it during some parts of the year.
- 12. House Sitting.While travelling many people use house sitting as a form of accommodation. It is free accommodation while you get to live in the comfort of a house. This helps keep the costs of travelling lower than other traditional accommodation types. House sitting involves an agreement between the house sitter and the home owner that the house sitter will occupy a house while the home owner is away.
- 13. Exotic hotels in sandstone caves: Goreme(Turkey), Ia(Santorini, Greece) in rock caves: Matala(Greece) on trees: Rafter's Retreat in Kitulgala(Sri Lanka); tree houses in Çıralı(Turkey) on rock cliffs ice hotels: Jukkasjärvi(Sweden), Norway, Canada, Finland and Romania: Ice hotel island hotels: Sveti Stefan (originally a fishers village) underwater bedroom: Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (Maldives)