What is EuroCheapo?

EuroCheapo is the free Internet guide to sleeping cheap in Europe.

EuroCheapo investigators show up unannounced at inexpensive hotels all over Europe, check out the rooms, and get a feel for the place.

If we like it, we write a review and list the hotel on our site. Plus we give you full, up to date information, so that you can book a room immediately.

How to use EuroCheapo: Our Mission

Our mission is to make your time in Europe affordable and memorable.

We have scoured Europe's most popular cities to find hotels that are both welcoming and wallet-friendly.

The hotels we recommend are perfect places to settle in for a few days while exploring Europe's most popular cities. The hotels we recommend most enthusiastically are hotels where you'll interact with locals and learn about the place you're visiting.

We're very proud of our honest, opinionated hotel reviews as well as our budget travel advice. We do far more than simply help you find a bed. Our city guides include budget advice and insider information that will get you off on the right foot.

We continue to expand EuroCheapo to add invaluable guides to European rail passes, budget airlines, bus networks, car rentals, and alternative accommodations. We are also constantly updating and sharing our savvy budget travel tips.

What makes EuroCheapo different from other travel sites?

Our listings are based on careful reviews and are never designed to advertise hotels. We are not trying to sell you a room in a hotel but rather give you a rich and helpful description of the hotels we like enough to list. By linking our hotel reviews to a booking service, we allow you to reserve a room immediately.

We also offer a range of budget tips and insider information in our city guides. Taken with our hotel listings, our city guides offer a comprehensive budget-minded portrait of our cities.

The EuroCheapo Philosophy

The world is out there, and it's less expensive than you think.

One of the big myths of travel is that you've got to be loaded to get on a plane and see the world. We know better.

Budget travel should be about traveling well. Traveling well on a budget means traveling simply and creatively, interacting with places and cultures without spending too much.

Budget travel isn't about crappy hotel rooms, and nor is it about soulless cookie-cutter chain hotels. Why? In every city we cover we have found hotels with local charm and character which won't ruin your budget.

We believe that flexibility is the key to successful budget travel. By remaining open with dates and seasons, you can take advantage of lower hotel rates, flexible rail passes, the best low-cost airfares, and other accommodation deals.

The world is out there, and it's less expensive than you think. So what are you waiting for? Use us, pack your bags and get going.