budget accommodation

Meaning

Inexpensive lodging options such as hostels, motels, guesthouses, or low-cost hotels. This term is widely used in the travel industry and by travelers to describe affordable places to stay without sounding overly negative.

Examples

• Backpackers usually look for budget accommodation like hostels to keep their trip cheap.

  Backpackers usually look for budget accommodation like hostels to keep their trip cheap.

• There is plenty of budget accommodation near the train station if you want to save money.

  There is plenty of budget accommodation near the train station if you want to save money.

• We had to settle for budget accommodation because we spent most of our money on plane tickets.

  We had to settle for budget accommodation because we spent most of our money on plane tickets.

• Finding clean budget accommodation in London can be quite a challenge.

  Finding clean budget accommodation in London can be quite a challenge.

• The website has a great tool for filtering searches to show only budget accommodation.

  The website has a great tool for filtering searches to show only budget accommodation.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We are looking for a budget accommodation.

  ✓ We are looking for budget accommodation.

  In standard English, 'accommodation' is uncountable, so you should not use the indefinite article 'a' before it.

• ✗ The city has many cheap accommodations.

  ✓ The city has plenty of budget accommodation.

  'Accommodation' does not take a plural 's'. Additionally, using 'budget' is more polite and professional than 'cheap'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since we are traveling on a tight budget, we need to find some ___.

  💡 A polite term for cheap places to stay.

  Show answer

  budget accommodation

• Hostels and guesthouses are popular forms of ___ for young travelers.

  💡 The general category for low-cost lodging.

  Show answer

  budget accommodation