Australia tourist information on accommodation, tours, cheap flights and car hire.

Budget accommodation in Australia

Budget accommodation in Australia is available everywhere, from cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to more remote locations like Cape Tribulation, Fraser Island, Alice Springs etc.
Backpackers hostels are no longer basic places to stay these days, many are like resorts and have bars, restaurants and swimming pools and are a far cry from the old style YHA hostels with cleaning duties.
Australia has quite a few budget resorts and it is often hard to say what is a backpackers hostel and what is a resort, most importantly; lots of budget accommodation for you to choose from!

Budget accommodation and backpackers hostels in Australia

HostelBookers has hostels, motels, hotels, B&Bs and apartments.

What's the quickest and easiest way to find budget accommodation in Australia?

You can of course Google for budget accommodation but you spend a long time surfing through different websites, which are all designed differently and often for good looks, and it can take considerable time to find out the practical basic information of what the room prices are, what the facilities are, what the location is, and what previous customers thought of the place.
Whenever we travel anywhere we use a comparison website that shows you all the choices available, together with prices, location maps, and guest reviews, laid out right next to eachother, so it is easy to compare and make a choice.

The first one we would like to introduce to you is Hostelbookers.com. DON'T THINK THEY ONLY HAVE HOSTELS !
Especially in the bigger cities they have everything from B&B to hotels to motels. The search features on the site make finding your ideal budget accommodation a breeze, after choosing your city and dates you will be presented with a page like below, and then you can refine your search by using a slider to set your price, and choose from accommodation types such as hostels, motels, hotels, apartments and even campsites!
Hostelbookers charges no extra booking fees, all you pay at the time of booking is a 10% deposit and the balance on arrival.

Hostelbookers gives annual awards to the best hostels, and Australia is well represented with good value hostels. click here to see the Australian winners....

Choose your city and book your bed in minutes with Hostelbookers.com ! No extra booking fees!

This is an example of how user-friendly Hostelbookers is with all accommodation, prices and reviews laid out:

Our other favourite is Rentahome. They also have the full range from apartments to B&B to motels and hotels, all conveniently laid out to make a quick comparison and choice. And they also have their Rental Guarantee to cover you in case of problems.

accommodation in australia from apartments to hotels to B&B

Example of how easy it is to compare prices and facilities on the Rentahome website:

hotel, motel, B&B accommodation in australia

Cheap hotels and standby rates in Australia

Standbyrates.com.au is a great place to shop for some last minute discounts, to give you
find luxury accommodation for the price of budget accommodation !

Use Accommodation Line to find all the best discounted rates.

Camping in Australia

Camping is a great form of budget accommodation and Australia is the perfect country for camping, a good climate, lots of room and spectacular scenery.

Nothing beats camping out in the bush, having a cold beer admiring a wildly coloured outback sunset and a dinner cooked on the campfire under the magnificent starry skies.

Ofcourse you can do it with a car and a tent but it is more comfortable to rent a camper van so you can just pull off the road, relax with a beer, and your bed is ready!

Discovery Campervans is an Australian owned and operated company that specialises in organising campervan rentals in Australia but also in New Zealand.

Their fully qualified team handle your reservation queries and overlook all rentals placed. The benefit to you of having a dedicated team is that it provides a level of professionalism, product knowledge and experience to ensure that your rental goes smoothly, and you can enjoy your trip without any hassles. Yes, REAL People work here!

Discovery Campervans has been built and developed with the support and continuing assistance of the largest campervan rental companies in both Australia and New Zealand....
By booking your campervan hire through the Discovery Campervans website, you get to take advantage of our clever technology - showing up to date, competitive comparitive prices - and have the security of renting with established and leading brands in the campervan hire market.
Compare Britz, Maui, Backpacker, Kea and Apollo on one easy to use website.
Save Quotes, look at the layouts and full specifications and compare prices and package inclusions.