Cheap Hotels

by Daisann McLane

""Cheap Hotels"" is a quirky memoir of a life lived under hideous bedspreads, a guide to choosing inexpensive hotels that embody the spirit of a place. Those who fear that travel has become a sterile, globalized experience will enjoy seeing the world through this eclectic parade of rooms.

Genres: Travel, Art, Photography

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Chiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un perfetto coffee-table book. Gli alberghi in stile anni 80 mi fanno impazzire.

[Micha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mix of photographs and blog posts. Pictures make me incredibly nostalgic and the accompanying text was really fun to read. Makes me wanna travel more and stay in cheap hotels

[Rhode PVD · Rating 5 out of 5]

You don't have a copy of this in your guest room? What's wrong with you?

The ultimate book for anyone who has lamented look-alike corporate hotels. It's packed with color photos, as well as thoughtful, almost poetic, accompanying text in English, French and German. I imagine this would be a fun book for a travel-loving language student to read.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is basically a series of photographs of cheap hotels the author has stayed in. There is a little bit of text about the prices paid and location etc, but not much more. The paper and printing is of a very high quality, the kind you would expect from Taschen. It is a quirky and original book, but it is nothing more than a coffee table book.

[Carl · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an odd book based on the writer's adventures as a "Frugal Traveler" for the New York Times. It is very sparse as memoirs go and odd as photo travel books go, and not much of a guide to hotels. There might be an unexpected find in here, but it could be pretty hit and miss. I have stayed a two of these places; they were ok, but not quite as cheap as advertised.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

quirky, interesting, and vaguely gross. and also strangely familiar.