Hotel rooms 1/2 price - if you stay with a stranger!

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<p>[Easynest</a> helps travelers share a hotel room with strangers](<a href=“http://now.msn.com/easynest-helps-travelers-share-a-hotel-room-with-strangers]Easynest”>http://now.msn.com/easynest-helps-travelers-share-a-hotel-room-with-strangers)</p>

<p>First thought is “ewww!” and “no way”!!! Second thought is, isn’t this sort of what we ask our kids to do when they enter a dorm room with a roommate they do not know?? (ok, not exactly the same, but as a mom this is the way I felt initially - I’m telling my S/D to go live and sleep in the same room with someone they don’t know!!!)</p>

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<p>My son in the summers during college and now makes sure to travel. He (and any traveling companion) stays in hostels with dorm accommodations. I don’t see how this is much different.</p>

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<p>Still ewww!</p>

<p>As for the kids - better them than me. jk :slight_smile: Besides, colleges have a lot more info about the roommate than ID & credit card. Your college roommate is also not likely to do smthg sketchy or worse and skip out.</p>

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<p>“Motel 1/2”? 5 1/2 notches below a Motel 6 is really scrapping the bottom. Bet the desk clerks at “Motel 1/2” look like pimps.</p>

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<p>I agree that rooms are not that expensive that you need to do this.
For conventions and retreats, you already have the option to share.
Very expensive cities have hostels if your wallet is that empty.
If I cant afford to tip, I don’t go out to eat, and if I cant afford a room, I would get a less expensive hotel or stay home.
Next will be an article on how to sniff out prospective hosts at the bar in order to stay for free!</p>

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<p>A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet!</p>