Hotel Sharing in DC next week

[Manontroppo]

FIrst of all, I apologize if this is not the right place to post this, but I'm going to be in DC next week for SAIS and Georgetown's MSFS Open Houses, and the hotel prices for Downtown DC are killing me. Are there any admitted students going to be there and want to split a hotel room on April 12 and 13? (I'm a 25yo guy who doesn't have 500 bucks to drop on accomodations, haha)

Cheers!

[secretly_yes]

FIrst of all, I apologize if this is not the right place to post this, but I'm going to be in DC next week for SAIS and Georgetown's MSFS Open Houses, and the hotel prices for Downtown DC are killing me. Are there any admitted students going to be there and want to split a hotel room on April 12 and 13? (I'm a 25yo guy who doesn't have 500 bucks to drop on accomodations, haha)

Cheers!

Hotels in downtown DC are always crazy expensive. Try broadening your search to include places in MD/VA that have easy access to the metro, like Silver Spring, MD and Arlington, VA. Both SAIS and Georgetown are close to Dupont Circle, but those hotels are pricey. There's also the Tabard Inn in Dupont Circle. It's a B&B -type place about a block from Dupont. When a friend came to visit he stayed there for like $100/night with breakfast included. Good deal.

[jmacnomad]

http://www.dchostel.com/

Or google "dc hostels" for other options.

[theatrehippie]

I've had really good luck with the name your own price thing on travel websites. They let you specify star level, general neighborhood, etc. The only catch is that you have to pay before you see what hotel you get. You might check priceline or travelocity or expedia and see how those work for you.

[adinutzyc]

OK, honestly I would probably not ever do this, but I know people this worked well for (I am just too shy/scared for this): http://www.couchsurfing.org/

[HandsomeNerd]

hostels look like a great deal. i think i'm going to go with international student center, or duo housing.