nooris wrote:I can't ever seem to get less than 100euro/night.
I don't see how. Even for the upcoming bank holiday weekend, when you'd expect things to be pricey at short notice, there are three and even four star hotels available for that sort of money on Trivago or Booking.com. But if I want stars, I look at the heavens; in Mokum there are places where the lack of lifts, say, will keep the stars down, but that's character, isn't it? Lifts always seem to me to be cheating over there.
Made me think of what one wants from a hotel. I'd like a clean room, either central or in de Pijp, with breakfast, the facility to have a smoke and a television, because I never watch it at home and eurocrap is a guilty pleasure for me on holiday, the way dope is for some lightweights. But depending on what's available, I might sacrifice some of that. I didn't want a TV in Leeuwarden enough to pay over the odds for a room with one, and being allowed to smoke trumps ensuite toilet at a pinch, as at Bema and Abba, as long as the shared facilities are reasonable.
The worst place, from my point of view, was EasyHotel. A double for €25 early last year was a bargain, and they've got a lift – but the sodding windows don't open, and there's no breakfast, only a drinks machine (which I refused on point of principle, but my Dutch companion of the time surprised me by getting coffee from.) I'm not human without morning caffeine, and in A'dam I want my wake 'n' bake. It wasn't until we'd staggered out for coffee at a café on Zieseniskade, and shortly afterwards to Noon for some blueberry and more coffee, that I was set up for the day.
). Food and drinks around £150. Incidentals bring it up to around £650 for three fun filled days and nights. Absolute bargain. 
