Hostel or Private Accomadation.?
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Well it really depends on how long you're planning to stay.\nI'm an ex-erasmus myself and I strongly advice you to go and live with the locals in order to appreciate the experience.\n\nLiving in a hostel, even the University hostel could be interesting, depending on the state of the place ! \n\nIn Scotland however, people often share their appartments.\nYou could then rent a room in a house with 3 other students.\nThe accommodation office of the university will provide yo with a list of potential rooms. You simply phone and visit. \n\nOnce again it depends where you're going : Glasgow, Edinburgh, aberdeen ??? The prices aren't the same !
468505
go where you can. \n\nPissed over my verandah many a time
56637
stay indoors if possible
765451
I suggest that you opt for on campus boarding.Though it might look expensieve but has many hidden benefits .Such as you can be sure that you are better protected,you can avoid diseases(as some spread through,it matters where you rent an apartment or house,etc),In winter you can be protected from cold,Etc.\n\nAnd yes many many congrats on getting admission in good university.best of luck for your higher studies.
977851
Private property.  Keep out!
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This will very much depend on your budget.  A good starting point will be http://www.boarding.org.uk/
413008
Moderate is such a vague term.  A good option is to actually go down to a hotel that you like and that's the right size for you.  Ask to talk to a manager or someone a little higher than the front desk.  If they're not too busy, ask them for the information that you need and you may get some helpful information.
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If I were renting from a stranger, and they said I could only rent under those conditions as you described, I would walk away from the deal. Here you are family, and aren't even getting as good a treatment as a stranger would. Get out from under their thumb. They want to see the grand kids, then they will have to travel to see them, nothing wrong with that. Find another place for rent, and move there, otherwise you will never grow-up. You won't have the privacy a stranger would get renting. They will have access with a key to waltz in there any time they wish and unannounced. You will constantly have to explain yourself or feel like you do to them all the time because its their place you would be renting. Don't do this! Tell them, thanks for the kind offer (*cough*), but you prefer to find your own place to rent.
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check out priceline and quote your own price... you will get a good hotel in an area of town you want at a price you can afford.  that is what we do if we aren't sure where to stay and it has never lead us wrong.
692952
Call your local German Travel/Tourism office and "make nice" with the people that work there; they're bound to know of local B & B's or maybe even a friend/relative who would be willing to rent out a room(s) if you can supply referances from your employer or "other" people.
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check http://www.cityera.com/\nin this web page you can find people that they can offer u a place to stay for free or by paying a small fee.\nCheck about the place you want to go, and then ask the people in that place how they can help you!! I have travel half of europe by this!! Have in mind that u have to provide some information about you to this people and generally to anyone that you want them to offer you accomodation!! No one knows who you are.If you want more information or how to give your information you can mail me
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I live in the south, South Carolina to be exact.  Its about the cheapest place, and about the safest too.\n\nWe don't have hostels.  You would have to get an apartment or hotel.  You can get a hotel for between $130 and $250/wk depending on where you stay. You could get an apartment for anywhere between $350-$550, but then you still have to pay the bills.  Hotels tend to be a better deal.  They have long-term stay discounts you can get.\n\nFood can be as cheap as you want it to be.  Our state mandated daily food reembursement (the amount of money employees can receive for food each day if they are out of town for work) is $32, and that's more than enough money.  Just depends on what you want to spend.  And most people don't need 3 meals a day either.  For a month, if you bought groceries to keep in your hotel, you could make it off $200. (I don't know what the guy that answered earlier is eating for $60/month.  My dog eats more than that.)
1155693
bed and breakfast.\n\nthere are other variations,but this is the traditional one!
986704
well if you don,t have a friend to go with,I would go by yourself.I enjoy having someone but  you can also have fun by yourself
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I have always heard that the universities,colleges, etc. rent out the empty dorms during the summer. Another idea,not sure how close it is or if it is in NYC,Youth Hostel,depending on your age or Senior Hostel if that fits the age category.
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In Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. in the older barracks, for the males, they sleep in bays the with anywhere between eight (which is where I stayed) to 16 people.  The newer ones are just open "starship" bays with up to 50 people in them.  \n\nThere is plenty of room, and a good part of the BCT experience.  You wont see more private accommodations till you get to Advanced Individual Training (AIT) and even better after you make it to your first duty station.
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Food and a place to live/sleep