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Old May 23, 2023 | 10:18 pm
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Originally Posted by yscleo
We have not stayed at a Moxy before. If that sounds like a typical Moxy, then no we won't stay in that kind of hotel. I need to work on my laptop, on a desk, with chair. All the other minuses are inconveniences individually, but all of them do add up to big negatives.

We won't have a car. We'll travel by train Oslo to Bergen, then fly to SVG and CPH before coming home to Toronto.
You won't be happy. Maybe one day, try a Moxy when you are traveling solo. But it's certainly not a place I would stay with more than one person in a room, and probably not for more than one night. It is a minimalist budget hotel aimed at young travelers who don't need much in the way of amenities.

I loved Bergen, but we quickly realized that (despite my usual penchant for chain hotels & accompanying benefits) renting an apartment was the way to go. We found a great one on booking.com at a very reasonable cost, with a full living room and kitchen. I normally loathe airbnb/vrbo-style setups because of all the "rules" associated, but there seem to be a bunch of apartment-style accommodations on sites like booking.com (which I also don't normally use) that operate much like hotel rooms, just without any staff on hand. (You get a code to a lockbox for the key, etc. -- but you can leave your towels and linens as they are when you leave instead of having to start a load or take out the trash or whatever nonsense airbnb "hosts" often make their guests do.)
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