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spaz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 15

i'm having some trouble trying to decide which hostal to stay in when i arrive in BA.
i want to book something in advance since i'll have alot of luggage with me and won't want to be searching for something once i get there.
i'd like to stay somewhere where i might find other people that are in the same situation as me - looking for a job/apartment, rather than a place that only has people that are just passing through BA in their travels.
also, i'm looking for a budget place. does this exist??

if anyone has any ideas, i'd really appreciate it.
thanks

sheena maclean · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

Well when I first arrived I ended up staying in a hostel for 3 months before I found my current flat!! I stayed in a hostel called Posta del Barto. It was $14 per night or $12 for a monthly rent. It's no great shakes but all I could afford. most other hostels in BsAs cost minimum of $20. It is in an area called Once and the address is Bartolem� Mitre 2297. Which is about 20 blocks from Microcentro. Don't expect too much for that price tho!!
There were mainly other South Americans staying there, because of the price and not so many travellers passing thru which made it reasonably quiet and not a party hostel which is better for the early classes.
Good Luck anyway. where accomodation is concerned be prepared for a long hard slog!!

DAML · Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 17

I started looking into this Spaz - I googled "youth hostels Buenos Aires" and came up with a bunch of sites. I found a lot that seem to charge lower prices, for ex. Telmotango Hostel: twin private, shared bathroom: $9.82. You can book over these sites as well. Now, I don't know if this is trustworthy or not. I didn't look into the one that Sheena talked about, but there seem to be cheaper ones. There might be some catch to this (false advertising or something) though - do you know anything about it Sheena?

sheena maclean · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:

Hi, well I did extensive research before I came here on the net and asked artound and even when I got here I couldn't find anything cheaper than $14 actually it was $12 when I arrived here but the price went up for the summer. I'm not sure if you are getting confused here. I'm obviously quoting the prices in pesos so I can't imagine how you could find a price cheaper than that but if you do then great. Things are pretty expensive here now that they've bumped the prices up since the crisis and here aren't so many bargains like there used to be.

DAML · Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 17

There's the confusion, you're quoting in pesos, I was thinking in dollars; yeah, that IS pretty damn cheap

sheena maclean · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

Yes because Pesos is the currency here thats why!!!

DAML · Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 17

Sure, yet when looking at websites for hostels, prices are usually quoted in US dollars. Now, let's analyze the situation a bit. Spaz started the thread, and he's currently in North America. I, who am also posting in the thread, am currently in Brazil. That means that the only way either of us can find out about prices is over the internet, which brings me back to those darn websites and their prices quoted in dollars.

In no way am I suggesting that because of Spaz and I the price should be quoted by you in US dollars. However, you should not assume that I know how you are quoting the prices, as, in no way, was it made obvious by you that you were quoting in Pesos.

sheena maclean · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:17 am Post subject:

Well like I said Im here in Argentina so there is no reason I would be quoting in dollars!! The sign for the money here is $ if you re talking in US Dollars the sign is U$S. Well thats the way it is here I guess I can�t speak for other countries.

DAML · Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 17

I think you might be missing the point slightly. I agree, I was wrong in thinking that you were quoting in dollars. However, it is not the unexcusable mistake you make it out to be - the only prices I have access to are in dollars, and I had been looking at whole lists of them before posting. Furthermore, at this point, before my arrival in Argentina, pesos really have no meaning to me. Besides a night at a hostel, what do 14 pesos get me? Admission to a movie? A few beers? A chocolate bar? As I am sure you realize, there's no way of me knowing. Now, I have an inkling Spaz is in the same situation, so you are speaking to two people in a language they don't necessarily understand. But maybe getting the message across is not that important to you...

mr gary · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Bangkok

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sheena maclean · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:16 am Post subject:

$14 is an hour's pay here if you want some comparison.

matttheboy · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 854 Location: Valparaiso, Chile

accepting 14 pesos for an hour�s english teaching is akin to bending over and taking it hard and fast.

Phil_b · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 239 Location: Back in London

This seems to be becoming a rich seam of info.... though maybe I should be trying on the lonely planet site.... but here goes, anyone know of a hostel that has kitchen facilities and double rooms and is cheap (i would say and is in Palermo... but that would be taking the p*ss)

We need to spend about two weeks in BsAs waiting for a visa interview... and seeing as we will kind of be on our honeymoon, I'm a little bit against the idea of a dorm.... but it depends on the $$$

matttheboy · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 854 Location: Valparaiso, Chile

Double rooms in dorms are stupidly expensive in all of the half decent hostels in buenos aires. You'd be better off looking for a hotel (which are a lot cheaper/better value here than anywhere i've been in Provincia), there are loads around where i live (congreso/microcentro) for under 45pesos a double which are perfectly acceptable to stay in. Hostels charge 60pesos+ for doubles and they're not usually that nice. Also, a dorm in a decent hostel will set you back 20-30 pesos per person.

Hotels won't have a kitchen but seeing as there are some great tenedor libres for A$8.50 around the city it's often cheaper to eat out...

And a honeymoon involving a visa interview and a stay in a budget hostel...? you old romantic, you...

dub_vibrations · Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 15