What $2 can get you in Philippines Hotels (wackyarchives.com)
I don't want to sound like a grumpy, old backpacker, but I HAVE traveled independently through 60+ countries during the last 10 years or so, and this kind of room standard is pretty usual to encounter. Actually, I've seen worse, but those places were too small and/or too dark to be photographed.
And frankly, if you're surprised by getting something like that for 2 dollars, I think you should lower your expectations a bit, or save up so that you can go up a notch or two in accommodation classes.
fishbicycle 37 points 2 days ago[-]
Going around the world looking for the cheapest hotel rooms seems like a good way to end up dead.
automatedresponse 48 points 2 days ago[-]
like you need a big room to fuck underage hookers?
stonedonkey 12 points 2 days ago[-]
But for that extra $2, you get diseased rats to chew on your face while you sleep.
samseed101 10 points 2 days ago[-]
You should see what $1.83 gets you in Bratislava!
brownstone 17 points 2 days ago* [-]
Not a bad deal for $2 - it even comes with a toilet in the room for no extra charge.
I've paid far more than $2 to sleep on the floor, in a hostel, in a room full of strangers, with the closest toilet 50 yards away.
pingwax 5 points 2 days ago[-]
If you are happy with this, you should read their story on the room in china for $2/night. http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-cheapest-hotel-room.html
representation3 2 points 2 days ago[-]
Not a bad deal for $2 - it even comes with a toilet in the room for no extra charge.
In America, this is called a maximum security prison.
pavel_lishin 1 point 2 days ago[-]
Yeah, but they stick you with a roomie.
sheeprevolution 0 points 1 day ago[-]
With a shiv on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, his penis on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and both on Sundays- a special treat to be sure.
mexicodoug -1 points 1 day ago* [-]
Cush, but there's no glory hole behind the toilet in the jail, and that's a serious flaw.
HerbertMcSherbert 1 point 1 day ago[-]
It can also buy you a Martini in a bar, four bottles of beer, a 750ml bottle of spirits, or quite a few other things.
Plenty of better things to do with $2 here than spend it on a police cell like that.
ketchuponmyketchup 8 points 2 days ago[-]
It's Filipino.
Jim_in_Buffalo 6 points 2 days ago[-]
How much extra is it to have the bellhop wake you up in the morning by dumping a load of rotting fish all over you?
Kilgore_Trout 12 points 2 days ago[-]
Five dollars is all my mom allows me to spend.
JarvisCocker 2 points 2 days ago[-]
that's not terrible for the price
campigenus 1 point 2 days ago[-]
Oh? If you had to pay a day's wages for your accommodation would you still say that? Think about it.
What does $2650 get you at the Peninsula Manila? A private butler, among other things.
pumpupthevolume 1 point 2 days ago[-]
i doubt it does. but you do get the odd tank crashing through the hotel lobby.
pavel_lishin 2 points 2 days ago[-]
No, that's the master bedroom suite.
You don't want to see the guest room.
$2 a night is a bargain compared to this:
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stonedinxs -2 points 2 days ago* [-]
you've got to be an idiot to pay even 10 cents to take up a room without seeing it first.
philippines: - cheap room for the night: $2 - petite filipina hooker for 4 hours: $20 - look on your face when you see that its not the hooker who is giving you head but a rat who's chipping away at it rather bloodily: PRICELESS
mnic001 12 points 2 days ago[-]
all that effort and they write a single paragraph? lame...
mnemonik -1 points 2 days ago[-]
FOR REAL