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Ask HN: An inexpensive way to stay in the Bay Area for a week or two?
I am considering driving down to the Bay Area next week for a week or two for some intensified networking and meetings; being on a very tight budget, can't really afford conventional accommodation options. Any reasonable hacks for staying somewhere around the Bay Area for cheap? :)
- peng 15y agoYouth hostels.
- xcallemjudasx 15y agoDepending on age a youth hostel might not be an option. The ones I stayed in when I was in Europe wouldn't let anybody over 30(25 in some cases) stay.
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- romymisra 15y agoTry airbnb.com if you haven't already :).
- revorad 15y agohttp://www.couchsurfing.org/ http://www.couchsurfing.org/
- xcallemjudasx 15y agoThis is a great resource. It's a little difficult to get started (people won't trust you without references a lot of the time) but if you can find a host in a similar situation you can pretty easily make it work. It just takes one person taking you in to get the ball rolling.
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- nickpinkston 15y agoI'm currently in the same boat as you - staying at an EconoLodge near Oakland airport... Couchsurfing would be great it you're willing to relocate a few times during the trip - unless you find an awesome host (!), and AirBnB is actually more expensive than this hotel for a week... The short term market here is pretty under-served actually - especially since there are probably plenty of people in our situation.
- brudgers 15y agoThere's always camping: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/august%2017%20geoloc%20web_camping.pdf http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/august%2017%20geoloc...
- ronzakay 15y agoDo you have any social network contact here? Plus, where are most of your meetings? Peninsula or the city?