This is one of the reasons why hotels can be much more
expensive than hostels.
Not exact matches
On top of that,
hostels, hotels and restaurants included in the guides will always end up being more
expensive than the average, due to the newly gained fame.
It surprises us that more people don't rent apartments while travelling, either because they assume it must be much more
expensive than the more traditional types of paid accommodation available to travellers (hotel,
hostel, timeshare etc.) or because they simply don't know how to go about finding places to rent.
We don't do fancy resorts, will spend an hour studying local transport options from the airport to our budget
hostel, rather
than hopping a more
expensive taxi or private shuttle, and...
Some
hostels also offer private rooms which, while more
expensive than dorms, are cheaper
than normal hotels rooms.
But i never go lower
than $ 50 in my accommodations haha... but I don't stay in
hostels either so i have more
expensive tastes.
Travel is also much more
expensive than solo travel when you could sleep in less
than stellar
hostels or easily couchsurf and travel in dodgy local buses.