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Bunking With Scientists

There are hundreds of biological field stations around the globe, and a select few of them are now letting visitors rub elbows with staff researchers and spend the night inside the—no advanced degree required.

• Uncommon Lodging: It's a Yurt Spurt
• Ecotourism: Four Questions to Ask
• Bud Travel: World's Weirdest Hotels

Chicago at a Price That's Right

Budget Travel editors have picked reliable, affordable places to stay in a wide variety of Chicago neighborhoods. Here are ten properties worth considering, from retro inns to apartment-style hotels.

• New York City at a Price That's Right

Five Hotels: Paris B&Bs

Faced with too many visitors, the city of Paris asked its citizens to open their homes as B&Bs. It doesn't get more authentique than that.

• Paris at a Price That's Right
• My Paris Is Better Than Yours
• Picky and Proud of It: Paris's Top Baguettes

Room for Improvement

Two economy-hotel companies, Motel 6 and Microtel Inns & Suites, are turning to design experts to spiff up their rooms. The goal is to increase their coolness and give guests more functionality—without raising prices.

• Awesome Art Hotels
• 39 Affordable Hotel Chains Only Locals Know

Secret Hotels of the Dordogne

France's beautiful Dordogne River valley offers plenty of stylish hotels where even a weak dollar goes far.

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Hotel Database

Find a hotel at any price by searching our easy-to-use list, pulled from the magazine's archives and updated monthly.

• 10 Celebrity-Trashed Hotel Rooms
• 14 Romantic Hotels
• 39 Affordable Hotel Chains Only Locals Know
• 50 Charming Hotels Under $150
• 50 Utterly Charming Hotels
• AAA Website Now Open to Nonmembers
• A New Spanish Chain Has Personality
• An Introduction to B&Bs
• Awesome Art Hotels
• Best Values 2008
• Book a Room With Your PDA
• Brand News: Boutique Hotel Chains
• Bud Travel: Weirdest Hotels
• Confessions Of...An AAA Hotel Inspector
• Confessions Of...A Hotel General Manager
• Ecolodges: Top 10 Places to Stay
• Ecotourism: Four Questions to Ask
• Europe: Smoke-Free Hotels
• Extended-Stay Hotels: Home Suite Home
• Extra Mile Awards 2007
• Farmhouses Among the Fjords
• Finland's Self-Service Hotels
• Five Hotels: Bangkok
• Five Hotels: London
• Five Hotels: San Francisco
• Five Hotels: Vienna
• Government-Sponsored Bargain Lodgings
• Happy Campers
• Hotel Reward Clubs Get Personal
• Hot Property: The Hoxton
• How to Book Family Lodging Overseas
• Hut Hiking 101
• Hybrid-Friendly Hotels
• Kid-Friendly Hotels and Resorts
• Lighthouses of Croatia
• Máncora, Peru
• Maui Shuts Down B&Bs and Rentals
• The Motel Gets Its Groove Back
• New Hotels in NYC
• New York at a Price That's Right
• Online Resource Guide: Accomodations
• Paris Hotels at a Price That's Right
• Renting in Pantelleria
• Rome at a Price That's Right
• Secret Hotels of Big Sur
• Secret Hotels of the French Riviera
• Secret Hotels of Ireland
• Secret Hotels of Sicily
• Ski Condos for Slackers
• Stay Here Next! Secret Hotels
• Tipping Guide to 10 Countries
• A Treehouse Adventure
• Unique Hotels and Alternative Lodgings 
• U.S. Chains Offer Boutique Brands
• A Week in Venice, Maybe Two
• Who Deserves Your Loyalty?
• Your Tour Operator Went Out of Business
• Yurts are Everywhere