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Easy Hotel and the strategy of price


By JemG - Posted on 26 August 2008

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This is very cheap accommodation, and who seek hit by its price, at the expense of things that normally assume charge as part of the fare paid. If you wanted to book a place now in Oktogon Easy Hotel in Budapest, would see that the price is approximately EUR 35, while at other times of year can be achieved by less. It is a fairly economic value, especially Europe.

But that price includes virtually the only room, and nothing else. If they want them cleaned the fourth, the service costs 10 euros. Towels clean, 1 euro. Internet access, 10 euros for a card that gives you 24 hours (real, not just one day) in the PCs on the ground floor or on the LAN to which you can connect the notebook-and, to be honest, I again quite mad because I had many problems connecting. Television, 20 euros for the three-day stay, but barely had a dozen channels, a couple of them in English-never used. Do not serve breakfast, but there are machines in the corridors of coffee, cookies and candies, which obviously must pay his pocket.

By the way, everything in the room is designed in such a way that is economical to maintain. The bed is mounted on a wooden bracket, which includes the table of light and some drawers. The same in the bathroom, all armed in a simple manner.

This is an interesting model. If you really care much for the price, the Easy Hotel will charge very little for basic services. Everything you want, what you pay separately. The only thing I remember was not charged you for the shower gel and toilet paper. By the way, and rather than ask, attention was quite good and the hotel looked clean and well located. But if they go there, remember that this hotel pay all the extras.

The truth is that I did not see a americas America hotels seeking to innovate with such deals, with the exception of Accor's Formule 1, which anyway is present only in Brazil, until I know if already has hotels in other Latin American cities, I warn in the comments. Especially because some cities in the region need more cheap hotels that also give assurance to a minimum of passenger comfort.