lsquare

I'll be in Toronto from 4 December 2017 to 8 of December 2017. I won't be driving and I intend to take public transportation. Any suggestions on a cheap room near a subway station?

Thanks!

GUWonder

Using a cashback portal like topcashback.com in conjunction with an "opaque" booking on Hotwire.com or on Priceline.com (via Name Your Own Price) has hotel rooms available for under $100/night in Toronto.

jc94

I used AirBnb and stayed fairly central. December is off peak which helps. An actual hotel is tough for that price.

Looking at one of the several price checking apps reveals places for not much more (say $115), depends how far out you are willing to be. Any end of the TTC line (average 30 mins) will be cheaper. Can be busy at rush hour.

I can see motels a few km from Kipling for about $70. An Uber for 4km is ~$10 in my experience. Or you can walk. I'm not an expert in that area though ive never personally felt unsafe there (been there around 8-9pm a few times).

dulciusexasperis

That is really difficult for a hotel in Toronto. What about a hostel? A well located downtown hostel where your $100 will get you a private room might be a better choice than a run down motel in some suburb that is a 30 minute ride away from downtown.

I've lived at both ends of the lakeshore TTC lines and I would choose a hostel downtown over a motel at either end for sure. Not because of safety or transportation costs, just because neither end is where I would want to be as a visitor to Toronto and because any motel room I could find for under $100 would not be better than a decent hostel private room downtown. Everywhere you want to go will be a trip if you stay farther out, whereas if you are right downtown, places like the Distillery District which opened its Xmas Market yesterday will be just a walk away possibly depending on where you are staying downtown.
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Antonio8069

The Bond Place Hotel is $125 CAD = $98 US. I like its location - which is walking distance to Dundas Metro Station and on a east-west major streetcar line. Also walking distance to Chinatown = cheap eats.

Mauibaby2008

I don’t think it would be that hard. Do you have Wyndham points? There is a very central Knights Inn for 3K points and $59 Canadian dollars.

lsquare

Thanks for the tips guys!