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CheapoNews: Announcing a big upgrade to our hotel search engine!

The new CheapoSearch displays much more information about the room types on the results page.
The new CheapoSearch displays much more information about the room types on the results page.

Jan 29 Today we’re celebrating a big update to our budget hotel search engine and we want you to know all about it, Cheapos. The quick backstory Code-named “CheapoSearch” when we first took it live five years ago, our hotel search engine lets readers quickly see room rates for all of the hotels we recommend on EuroCheapo » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Europe, Hostels, Hotels, News, technology

Unveiling the new EuroCheapo.com

Unveiling the new EuroCheapo.com

Sep 17 We have some exciting news to share with our fellow Cheapos. Today we’re happy to announce the relaunch of EuroCheapo.com, complete with a brand spanking new site design and all sorts of helpful new features that we think you’re going to enjoy. This is the largest redesign in our 11 year history and it affects » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Cheapos at work, News

EuroCheapo Turns 10: Cheapos who made it possible

EuroCheapo Turns 10: Cheapos who made it possible

Jun 20 By Tom Meyers— Ten years ago this week, we launched EuroCheapo from my apartment in Berlin with a guide to 25 budget hotels in Paris. On June 14, 2001, with three friends huddled around my desk, I clicked “upload,” refreshed the browser, and watched www.eurocheapo.com come to life. True to “cheapo form,” we clinked glasses » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Cheapos at work, Media, News

You’re Invited: A very Cheapo happy hour this Thursday

You’re Invited: A very Cheapo happy hour this Thursday

Feb 01 For all of the New York City-area Cheapos out there: We’re throwing a happy hour this Thursday and would love to see you. We’re co-hosting this event with our travel friends from Jauntsetter.com and have a fun, easy-going evening lined up. No formal RSVP is required, just show up and bring your travel friends. Here » Read more

Posted in Bars, Cheapo night out, CheapoNews, Drinks, Events

EuroCheapo’s Greatest Blog Hits: 2007-2010

EuroCheapo’s Greatest Blog Hits: 2007-2010

Oct 04 Over the past few days we relaunched our blog and gave it a major, much-needed overhaul. We added all sorts of things that didn’t exist previously to make it more navigable, social, and – we hope – easier to use. But sort of like moving out of your first cramped apartment with no windows and » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Cheapos at work, Design, Media, Other, technology

Calling all travel buffs: BootsnAll’s new paid writing program

Calling all travel buffs: BootsnAll’s new paid writing program

Feb 26 Attention all travel-writing Cheapos! Our friends over at indie travel guide BootsnAll gave us a sneak peek at a new writing program they’re launching next week called “The BootsnAll Travel Writing Platform,” and we think you might want to have a looksie. What is it? As Boots-n-Chief Sean Keener describes it, this program “aims to » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Contest

Friday Round Up: Twitter Travel Edition

Friday Round Up: Twitter Travel Edition

Jul 17 It’s so dang hot outside today that we’re having trouble concentrating.  Our office air conditioner is working over time, squirting water on customers entering the Crate & Barrel directly below, yet somehow the line at our favorite burrito cart shows no sign of letting up. Follow Friday To help treat this heat-induced A.D.D., we’ve turned » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, France, Other, round-up, United Kingdom

Flash: We’ve upgraded our budget hotel search!

Flash: We’ve upgraded our budget hotel search!

May 27 Pardon the interruption to our regularly scheduled “Daily Cheapo” programming, but we have an exciting announcement: We’ve unveiled a new release of our budget hotel search engine and think you’re going to love it! Our new search engine includes all the Cheapo “bells and whistles” we could dream up to help budget travelers find the best hotel. » Read more

Posted in Budget Deals, Cheap Hotels, CheapoNews, Cheapos at work, News, technology

How Do You Like Our New Homepage?

How Do You Like Our New Homepage?

Feb 16 Over the last several months, we’ve been quietly toiling away at redesigning the EuroCheapo homepage. After many revisions, tweaks, testing, more tweaks, bug testing and pulling solid patches of hair out of our collective heads, we finally took it live late last night. Hallelujah! What’s with the redesign, you might ask? Well, we loved the » Read more

Posted in CheapoNews, Cheapos at work, Other

4 Cheapo Questions For Sean O’Neill From BudgetTravel.com

4 Cheapo Questions For Sean O’Neill From BudgetTravel.com

Dec 18 Today we’re beginning a new series of interviews called “4 Cheapo Questions For”. We’ll be talking travel with notable travel writers, bloggers, and other travel industry personalities. The format is nice and simple: 4 questions, 1 photo, and maybe – just maybe – a bonus question if we’re feeling snappy. First up to bat is Sean » Read more

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