If you want to stay at the best hotel in the United States, head to the French Quarter Inn in Charleston, South Carolina. And if you’re looking for the best bargain hotel stay in the world, it’s in a small town in northern Spain. That’s according to TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, which just shared the best hotel ratings for multiple categories heading into 2019.
The hotel rankings are based on millions of yearly reviews from ordinary travelers paired with the average hotel rates. TripAdvisor compiled separate best hotel lists for the U.S., the world, bargain hotels, and more. For the most part, regardless of price and location, all winners consistently provided the best quality, service, and value in their area—but also stood out more broadly. Accordingly, the best in the U.S. and best in the world are slightly pricey.
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Here are the best hotels across the top categories, starting with bargain hotels, which you don’t often find reliably ranked.
Editor’s Note: TripAdvisor is SmarterTravel’s parent company.
The 25 Best Bargain Hotels in the World
Keep in mind that rates in many tourist areas are highly seasonal, and a “bargain” rate offseason might become much less of a bargain at peak season.
Hotel Lurdeia: Bermeo, Spain Pax Guest House: Dingle, Ireland The Elm Tree: Llandudno, United Kingdom Doonmore Hotel: Inishbofin, Ireland Riverside Oasis Villa: Hoi An, Vietnam The Trails Inn: Eureka Springs, Arkansas Hotel Villa Sirena: Casamicciola Terme, Italy Popular Residence Hotel: Siem Reap, Cambodia The Escape Inn: South Yarmouth, Massachusetts Dar Hafsa: Fes, Morocco Cabo Vista Hotel: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Lazy Lizard Motor Inn: Port Douglas, Australia Splash Inn Dive Resort: West End, Honduras Kaiya House: Varkala, India Posada Margot: Tucacas, Venezuela Posada del Sauce: Villa General Belgrano, Argentina Falcons View Manor: Knysna, South Africa Phocas Cave Suites: Cavusin, Turkey Hotel Quero Quero: Gramado, Brazil Coconut Row: Hopkins, Belize Black Rock Lodge: Black Rock, Belize Jade Hotel Hoi An: Hoi An, Vietnam Udaya Residence: Siem Reap, Cambodia CC’s Hideaway: Karon, Thailand Hotel Venus & Suites: Kalamaki, Greece
This is an eclectic mix. Five of the 25 are in Southeast Asia, only two are in the U.S., and most others are spread around areas that are mostly recognized as low-cost visitor destinations. Rates at most are less than $100 a night, less than $50 at many, and in the $20 range for a few. But Belize’s Black Rock Lodge and Coconut Row, South Africa’s Falcons View, Ireland’s Pax Guest House, and England’s Elm Tree are in the higher $125 to $200 range.
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