Skip pricey hotels for dorm-room deals

If you plan to get away this summer and want a cheap place to stay, consider a college. During vacation times, hundreds of colleges in the US rent empty dorm rooms for $15 to $65 per night.

While generally smaller than a hotel room, dorm rooms are private, clean, and secure. The rooms may be further away from the tourist attractions than hotels, but they can be in interesting neighborhoods with bookstores, coffee shops, and affordable restaurants.

Near pricey San Francisco, for example, a single room at the University of California, Berkeley, goes for $50 a night from June 1 through Aug. 15, double rooms for $64. In Washington, George Washington University's "Summer in the City" program offers rooms from the end of May through mid-August. In past summers, doubles have ranged from $25 to $30 per night.

Such deals are not just limited to the US. In Ireland, the Irish University Accommodation Consortium offers rooms at nine campuses throughout Ireland. South of the equator (in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, for example), student accommodations are available during summer breaks, December through February.

(c) Copyright 2001. The Christian Science Publishing Society

You've read 3 of 3 free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Skip pricey hotels for dorm-room deals
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0305/p14s6.html
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe
CSM logo

Why is Christian Science in our name?

Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.

Explore values journalism About us