A Girl's Guide to University Sleeps |
A Girl's Guide to University Sleeps |
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United States... But there's no need
to cross the Atlantic. Cross the Pacific instead. Stay in Hawaii
for only $40 per couple per night in downtown Honolulu at the Hawaiian
Mission Academy located at 1438 Pensacola St.
Tel: 808 536 2207 If trendy California is more your style you can stay in Berkeley's Stern Hall for $54 per night or $300 week for a single, or $68 and $375 for a double, from June 4 to August 16. Tel: 510 642 4444 Website: www.housing.berkeley.edu/conference/summervis/ And who doesn't want
to visit Long Island? Hofstra University
in Hemstead, NY, has 3000 rooms for $42 per room per night. Tel:
516 463 5067 Housing in New York
is notoriously scarce but travelers can stay at the Polytechnic
University in Brooklyn, only two subway stops from
Manhattan. Rooms in residential apartments are still available from
June 1 to Aug 18 at a daily rate of $75, weekly $400 or $1200 monthly
for single occupancy and $50, $300 and $900 for a double.
Tel:1 800 POLYTECH. The University
of Chicago has rooms for $15.00. They are very small
and a bit of a train ride away from city center, but for the price,
it's definitely worth it. Information: International House, 1414
East 59th St, Chicago IL 60605, Tel: 312-327-5350, Email:
i-house-programs@uchicago.edu |
| Australia and New Zealand... And if you can't
get away during in July or August, remember that summer is a relative
term. Australia's Sydney University
Village, at 90 Carillon Ave in Newtown, NSW, offers
accommodation between December and March. Stays must be a minimum
of three nights. Rates from $38. Tel:
011 61 2 9036 4000. Website:
www.suv.com.au New Zealand's University of Auckland opens up two halls of residence, O'Rorke Hall and The Railway Campus from mid November to mid February. Rates at O'Rorke start around $24 per person per night or $127 per week. Contact the Residential Manager at 011 64 9 302 0266 or email c.boock@auckland.ac.nz. The Railway Campus is an apartment complex with studios from $48. Enquiries to: m.sellers@auckland.ac.nz or Tel: 011 64 9 367 7100 ex 33098. For information about the facilities visit their Website: www.auckland.ac.nz/accommodation . |
| Canada... Feel like holidaying
in Canada? The University of British
Columbia bills itself as 'Vancouver's affordable
and most accommodating alternative' with a variety of residential
options including standard singles at Gage Towers for $27. At the University
of Calgary, just an hour away from the Rockies,
rooms are available from early May to late August. Singles in dormitory
bedrooms are $23.00 and $32 for doubles. Studio apartments start
at $41. Tel: 403 220
3203 In Toronto there
is a central accommodation option at the University
of St. Michael's, federated with the University
of Toronto. Weekly rates start at $125 for a non-student single
and $106 double. Available May 10 to August 22. Tel:
416 926 7296 Massey College on the University of Toronto campus is normally a dorm for handpicked graduate students, but they accept guests during the summer. They have single and double rooms, simply furnished but comfortable, and cafeteria-style breakfast is included. It's quiet, inexpensive (50-80$CAN), centrally located, and it feels more like a home than an hotel (don't be surprised if permanent residents sit down with you at breakfast). Perks include a common room with at least half-a-dozen daily newspapers and a beautiful park in the quad. Website: http://www.utoronto.ca/massey/summer.html In Nova Scotia, Dalhousie
University in Halifax is available from May 8 to
August 21. Daily, weekly and monthly rates are available in basic
dorm-style rooms. Single tourist rates are $27 per night, $163 per
week, or $43 and $257 double, less for students. And finally, Newfoundland's
Memorial University is located on the edge of a
3500 hectare park at the north end of St. John's. Two residences
offer accommodation from $24 per night for a single or $20 per person
double. Website: www.housing.mun.ca/conf/index.php?content=conf_summeraccom
A Journeywoman reader adds: This is only a sprinkling of choices. Where ever you plan to go, it's worth calling ahead to the local university to see if they offer rooms. Facilities aren't grand, and room service nonexistent, but all those leafy quads, hallowed halls and budget prices just might make you feel very young, indeed. |
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