Post #97326 by Trader Woody on Sun, Jun 20, 2004 9:43 AM

Jab,

I wouldn't get too worried. The whole town grew up in the 60's and 70's, catering to (mainly) Brits on vacation. There's a vast amount of accomodation, and November is the off-season. There's still some sun, so it's by no means dead, but hotels are plentiful and cheap.

I went to the Wild weekend 3, and had a room booked for a few days at a decent hotel which names escapes me. Anyway, I decided to turn up a day early, and got a room at the first hotel I visited in the old town. It's the sort of place that even if all the hotels were full, you could ask at a bar and they would organise accomodation for you.

If you have money to splash out, the Don Pancho is plush and full of great fake Aztec stuff. If they had gone for a Tiki theme rather than South American, it would have been a 7th wonder of the Tiki world. There are many many cheaper options, though.

Finally, I wouldn't get to worried about hotels not appearing on expedia and the like just yet, as they only tend to crop up once they realise they aren't going to sell the room themselves, and it's still 6 months away.

Trader Woody
PS, there's always a campsite!