Hi all,

Heading to Chicago in late September. Will definitely be there Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th, but haven't decided about the Saturday night yet.

We're really struggling to find accommodation in our price range that seems to be in a 'commutable' location. We want to spend less than $80/night, and if we can't be downtown, we want to be somewhere that's no more than 30 minutes from downtown by bus or train - and somewhere we can get to even late in the evening.

We don't want, or expect, anything fancy, but not a hostel - a cheap place within walking distance of a train station would suit us just fine. Can anyone suggest areas I should be looking at?

We will try Priceline for a hotel closer to the city centre, but having had a look on betterbidding.com I'm not hopeful we'll get very far.

Any help much appreciated - even if it's to say we need to be looking at spending $100 realistically!