Hotel in Amsterdam
Jul 7th, 2016, 09:17 AM
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Hotel in Amsterdam
Will be arriving by air Amsterdam in late September. Will be spending 2 nights - start of the week and am looking for a nice hotel, quite neighborhood. Have read a bit on it and right "downtown" due to the noise may not be advisable. Would like to not exceed 100 Euros a night including all taxes. Any thoughts WILL be most appreciated. To get from the airport into town, is bus or rail advisable? Many thanks in advance.
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Jul 7th, 2016, 09:43 AM
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That's a really low budget for Amsterdam, IMHO. there is an easy train from Schiphol airport to the city's main train station, right in the core: the Amsterdam Airport City Centre train, http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/To...inDomestic.htm
Jul 7th, 2016, 09:47 AM
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I used the Connexxion Hotel shuttle from the airport into town (17euro). If you have luggage that makes it easier than using the regular train (which is also an option) plus gets you to or closer to your hotel than the train station would.
100 euro all in is definitely "budget hotel" category in Amsterdam. I stayed at Hotel Kap and thought it was fine, it's a 2-star hotel and for a private bath room there I'm seeing ~$120-140/night in Sept.
100 euro all in is definitely "budget hotel" category in Amsterdam. I stayed at Hotel Kap and thought it was fine, it's a 2-star hotel and for a private bath room there I'm seeing ~$120-140/night in Sept.
Jul 7th, 2016, 10:57 AM
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HotelBoat Angeline is $100 per night if you're up for that sort of adventure. Tiny rooms, twin beds...but friendly and clean and well-located.
Otherwise, City Hotel or Mansion Hotel run about $150 and are walkable to Central Station yet a few blocks from the noise that you want to avoid. Rooms are small.
Also look at Canal Rooms Amsterdam which you can find on booking.com They are small studio apartments in the Jordaan district.
Most $100 rooms would be in hotels that you'd want to avoid, so check reviews carefully if you find something.
Otherwise, City Hotel or Mansion Hotel run about $150 and are walkable to Central Station yet a few blocks from the noise that you want to avoid. Rooms are small.
Also look at Canal Rooms Amsterdam which you can find on booking.com They are small studio apartments in the Jordaan district.
Most $100 rooms would be in hotels that you'd want to avoid, so check reviews carefully if you find something.
Jul 7th, 2016, 11:09 AM
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There is a bus #197 from airport to Leidseplein / museum area, http://www.bus197.nl/.
Keep in mind that the hotels in that price range would probably not have elevators. You carry your luggage up to your room if the front person is too busy or your luggage is too heavy.
Keep in mind that the hotels in that price range would probably not have elevators. You carry your luggage up to your room if the front person is too busy or your luggage is too heavy.
Jul 7th, 2016, 11:52 AM
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Try Priceline or Hotwire if you can put up with being locked into a hotel - no changes or cancellations - and not even know the name of the hotel until after you have booked. Sounds scary, but I have used both (especially Priceline) many times in Europe and several times in Amsterdam over the years. Last year I booked a nice 4-star hotel at the airport for only about $53 USD (including fees) on Hotwire. Yes, that's a really boring, inconvenient location for exploring Amsterdam, but if price is your biggest constraint... There was another Hotwire property for not much more than that closer in but not rated as highly. Obviously, prices on Hotwire and Priceline vary depending on demand like regular hotel prices.
Try the website betterbidding.com to check out what hotels people have gotten recently in Amsterdam with Priceline and Hotwire. No guarantee you will get those exact hotels when you book, but it takes some of the mystery out of the process.
Try the website betterbidding.com to check out what hotels people have gotten recently in Amsterdam with Priceline and Hotwire. No guarantee you will get those exact hotels when you book, but it takes some of the mystery out of the process.
Jul 7th, 2016, 02:58 PM
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Even better: I just got back from another stop in Amsterdam last month. I had two <i>free</i> nights at Hyatt's Andaz Amsterdam, Prinsengracht - a really expensive hotel (retails for over 400 Euros/night) , gotten from a Hyatt credit card promotion. This is an amazing deal - I have gotten this twice now just for signing up for Hyatt's Chase visa card. Used it in Paris a few years ago as well. There isn't award night availability every night, but it doesn't seem that difficult to get.
My 2015 stay at the Dorint Hotel Amsterdam Airport via Hotwire (total cost: $53.54 - just double checked) was convenient because it was only one night and I was flying out the next morning, and hotel has a free airport shuttle. But getting back and forth into Amsterdam from the hotel was time-consuming, and I'm glad I had to do it only once. For more than one night, a slightly more expensive or less nice hotel deal would make more sense.
My 2015 stay at the Dorint Hotel Amsterdam Airport via Hotwire (total cost: $53.54 - just double checked) was convenient because it was only one night and I was flying out the next morning, and hotel has a free airport shuttle. But getting back and forth into Amsterdam from the hotel was time-consuming, and I'm glad I had to do it only once. For more than one night, a slightly more expensive or less nice hotel deal would make more sense.
Jul 8th, 2016, 12:34 AM
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Try Haarlem for something more affordable. Agreeable historical city, not plagued by those tourist crowds which make Amsterdam less and less attractive, and only some 15 mins by very frequent train from Amsterdam.
