EuroCheapo In The News A smattering of recent press... Bridal Guide Magazine Travel File: The Price is Right July/August 2008 Experts agree the best travel deals can usually be found on the Internet...For car rentals, excursions and hotels, use meta-search tools, suggests Tom Meyers, editor at EuroCheapo.com, an online budget travel site. »  To read more, pick up a copy (on newsstands now). Budget Travel Magazine Affordable Europe April 2008 The blog at EuroCheapo, a worthwhile source for very affordable hotels, also routinely posts articles on hot to find free stuff in Europe. »  Read more. Budget Travel Blog Airfares: Finding Europe's Discounters March 31, 2008 Europe has its own versions of JetBlue and Southwest, and these discount airlines can save you money when you want to hop around the Continent. The website EuroCheapo, best known for its guides to budget hotels and inns, has just launched a guide to budget airlines in Europe: eurocheapo.com/flight. »  Read the post. Seattle Times How to Take a Vacation from the Diving Dollar March 25, 2008 Is all the bad economic news leaving you feeling like you need a vacation? Brace for sticker shock... »  Read the article. Budget Travel Magazine Stretching the Dollar in Europe March 2008 Find Freebies: Scour the Internet before your trip for free museums, concerts, cultural events, and activities--you may be surprised by what's out there...The blog at EuroCheapo--a worthwhile source for very affordable hotels--also routinely posts articles on how to find free stuff in Europe (www.eurocheapo.com). »  Read more. Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog January 22, 2008 "Top 5 most-interesting travel links: #3. Rome: A list of free tourist sights on EuroCheapo.com." »  See the post. Atlanta Journal Constitution See London Without Breaking the Bank January 6, 2008 With the dollar worth about half a British pound, American visitors on vacation in London might as well hand over their wallets at the airport.But you can see London and not break the bank if you base yourself outside the capital... »  Read the article. Men's Journal Travel Websites Get an Upgrade January 2008 "Who it's for: Die-hard Europe addicts What it is: A budget-hotel reviewer turned booking site Why click here? Economics and inside information. EuroCheapo not only lets you book affordable accommodations, it reviews them in 24 cities, from Athens to Seville. The write-ups are quirky and honest. Of Berlin's Hotel Pension Funk, once home to a silent-movie star, they say, 'It's not new, remodeled, or particularly spacious. But we loved the place.' Even the photos are the site's own, rather than some fancy publicist's deceptively luxurious staging. Cool feature: Travel Grams: sweet, thoughtful travel essays written by the founders' globe-trotting grandmother." »  Visit the site The Philadelphia Inquirer Online Traveler: Testing 5 Sites With Fare Alerts December 9, 2007 "With the dollar worth less than half a British pound and about two-thirds of a euro, an American needs to pinch pennies in Europe. EuroCheapo.com helps shave hotel costs in two dozen cities, including New York. What's hot: The prices - rooms starting at $80 in London; in Paris, $72 for a place advertised as a three-star. It has tools for budget travelers, such as train and bus guides." »  read article New York Daily News Make Your Euros Enduro September 9, 2007 "A weak dollar doesn't have to mean postponing a European vacation. Here are 10 ways to save when booking hotels in Europe, according to EuroCheapo.com, the budget hotel guide." »  Visit the site. PC Magazine Top 100 Undiscovered Websites August 27, 2007 "Heading across the pond? Let EuroCheapo's team of expert hotel reviewers show you how and where you can save a buck (or a euro). Search for the best rates by city, peruse photos of your options, and read user reviews if you don't trust the site's own reviewers." »  read article New York 1: Travel with Val Money Saving Tips for European Travel August 23, 2007 "Now here's a Delia's Deal you don't want to miss for budget hotels in Europe, check out www.eurocheapo.com." »  read article The New York Times 10 Ways to Keep Europe Within Reach August 5, 2007 "Think twice about hotels. Eurocheapo.com offers no-nonsense reviews of budget hotels in dozens of cities; in Rome, it recommends the Suore di S. Elisabetta, a convent on a hill just south of the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, for anyone who doesn’t mind an 11 p.m. curfew or a religious environment. Doubles start at 64 euros, $90, at $1.41 to the euro. "Eurocheapo’s new CheapoSearch, which shows availability for budget hotels in central neighborhoods, recently turned up 187 hotels in central Paris with rooms for less than $150 a night for Aug. 2 to 4." »  read article Frommer's Arthur Frommer's Blog: Travel Talk August, 2007 "EuroCheapo has just dramatically improved its ability to find ultra-cheapo lodgings for your next European stay. It's been around for quite some time. But prior to now, its hotel search engine was limited to surveying the prices offered by various individual low-cost hotels. Now, EuroCheapo (www.eurocheapo.com) has been modified to search other hotel search engines as well (like those of Venere.com, Booking.com, and HostelWorld.com)...However, its focus on the value-for-your-money-end of the lodging market, and honest editorial take on each property, make EuroCheapo and its new price search feature a welcome addition to the online hotel hunt." »  read article Minneapolis Star-Tribune Travelers can stretch dollars despite a strong euro July 30, 2007 "Rethink where you travel and stay. Tom Meyers, founder of www.eurocheapo.com, a website dedicated to budget hotels in Europe, says going to less popular destinations, such as Eastern Europe or small cities, can save big money. "I can't stop talking about Lisbon," said Meyers. It is a great sunny outdoor spot that far beats more expensive Barcelona in his estimation. Florence, he added, has more affordable hotels than Rome or Venice. »  read article BudgetTravel.com EuroCheapo adds hotel search July 26, 2007 "The success of Eurocheapo, a hotel review website, isn't exactly the world's greatest mystery. But it certainly raises an eyebrow, because modest Internet companies aiming to please budget-conscious travelers rarely make a buck, as EuroCheapo does. Founded six years ago, the website now earns enough to afford to have three full-time workers and a handful of freelance hotel reviewers in Europe." »  read article American Public Media's "Marketplace Money" Budget to Buenos Aires and beyond July 14, 2007 "Tom Meyers from EuroCheapo.com says plan your arrival when most tourists are heading home. They even have a name for it: TOM MEYERS: "Shoulder season" is the period in between the high season and the low season. There are fewer tourists, there's better availability in the hotels. You know, if you go to Paris in August for instance, this is the peak season for tourists, but there are no French people around. But if you headed south, if you went to Rio for instance, it's winter there, but you can still go to the beaches." »  read article Kiplinger's Personal Finance Great Values in Overseas Trips July 2007 "During the summer months, locals and tourists alike exit the city to crowd nearby beaches. "Lisbon forces you to relax," says Tom Meyers, editor of the Web site Eurocheapo.com and a frequent traveler to Portugal. A night on the town in Lisbon, where a drink is two to three euros, costs a fraction of a good time in London or Paris. "You don't return to your hotel at night feeling as if you've been robbed," Meyers says. »  read article BreakingTravelNews.com EuroCheapo expands European content February 1, 2007 "Over There Interactive, Inc. today announced it has added Krakow and Bratislava travel guides to its budget travel website, EuroCheapo, extending its coverage to 21 cities across Europe. The new guides provide expert reviews of "EuroCheapo Recommended" hotels, budget travel articles, and extensive photos for these two increasingly popular travel destinations." »  read article The New York Times Budget Hotels In Europe: A Little Style, A Little Room And A Little Price December 31, 2006 "But as Tom Meyers, editor of EuroCheapo.com says, 'Sometimes you just want a nice, clean, air-conditioned, reasonably priced room.' EuroCheapo recommends Ibis hotels in several cities including Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich and London." »  read article USA Today Americans Still Flock To Europe Despite Costs December 8, 2006 When Tom Meyers launched the budget travel site EuroCheapo.com five years ago, he started off in London - where after one day of scouting for clean, affordable hotels, he "nearly broke down in tears...everything was so expensive, my task seemed insurmountable." »  read article