Inexpensive hotel/motel (or couch!) in Keene?

[error]

The week after the NH Liberty Forum I plan to be in Keene on Monday and Tuesday looking for an apartment. Maybe as late as Wednesday depending on how it goes. My question is, where can I stay in Keene which isn't absolutely horrible and isn't going to break my (rather small) bank?

[Caleb]

I know this sounds weird, error, but you're better off not staying in Keene.  The cheaper motels are in Brattleboro, Vermont, which is about a fifteen minute drive away from Keene.  So when you visit New Hampshire, stay in Vermont. 

[error]

I know this sounds weird, error, but you're better off not staying in Keene.  The cheaper motels are in Brattleboro, Vermont, which is about a fifteen minute drive away from Keene.  So when you visit New Hampshire, stay in Vermont. 

Hm. Since I'm not driving, that may not be a viable option...

[David]

I will initially be staying in Manchester.  But hope to move to Keene soon thereafter. 
If you are open to it, error, or anyone else, I would like to room up in a two bedroom apartment with someone else.  Share the costs in some fair way. 
I have no pets, don't smoke, and am quiet. 
Just something to keep in mind. 

[error]

All right, my travel plans are finalized. I'll be in Keene on the 26th, right after the Liberty Forum, and leaving the 28th. (Still have to find a place to move in to!) I'll have time to drop by Panera Bread, I'm sure.

But I'm still highly annoyed at the outrageous hotel prices. $100 a night for a roach-infested dump that won't hold heat? This is the sort of thing I'm finding. Where's the government program responsible for this?

Anyway. Does anyone have a couch I can crash on for a couple of days?

[Dave Ridley]

cheapest chain motel in new england is probably the motel 6 in brattleboro vt,  at about 35 bucks a night

[error]

Oh yes, they're MUCH, MUCH cheaper in Brattleboro. But I'm not bringing a car, as I said just above, so that's probably not going to be an option. (I'm not moving to Brattleboro! At least, I hope not.)

[Russell Kanning]

you can probably crash at our house

[error]

you can probably crash at our house

Thanks. That's probably all I'll do, since I expect mostly to be out looking at apartments, etc.

By the way, why exactly ARE the hotels so outrageously expensive?

[Dreepa]

you can probably crash at our house

Thanks. That's probably all I'll do, since I expect mostly to be out looking at apartments, etc.

By the way, why exactly ARE the hotels so outrageously expensive?

Because there are not a lot of them....: )

[error]

Odd. There aren't all that many of them in Brattleboro either, but they're less than half the price. Maybe Keene needs another hotel...too bad it's not my line of work.

[Quantrill]

Good luck, error!  Will you have a source of income when you get there, or will you be looking for that too? 

I could probably get to NH in a month but the whole "money" thing is keeping me back right now.  I'm planning on spending a few days there this summer handing out resumes before making the move.  Have you checked out the PORC house in Manchester?  Seems like there's always 1 or 2 bedrooms available...

[burnthebeautiful]

you can probably crash at our house

Thanks. That's probably all I'll do, since I expect mostly to be out looking at apartments, etc.

By the way, why exactly ARE the hotels so outrageously expensive?

Could be because of New Hampshire's 7(?)% rooms and meals tax, the rooms part essentially being a sales tax on the rental of hotel rooms. I don't think Vermont has an equivalent of that. That would only explain 7% of the price difference, though.

[error]

Good luck, error!  Will you have a source of income when you get there, or will you be looking for that too? 

My source of income will be traveling with me.

[Amos Keag]

error, you're welcome here in manch, w/ my fake shriner wife and i