Cheap Hotels - Reviews
"A book of rare insight and - more rare still - one whose price is as frugal as its content."Montgomery AdvertiserUnited States |
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"originell und sehr kultig"Allegra, HamburgGermany |
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"The book is a meditation on the joys and eccentricities of one-of-a-kind gems, leaving little unturned, including the ghastly polyester bedspreads favored by many of the establishments' proprietors.
The book's design is as quirky as the lodgings it celebrates. McLane pokes a well-deserved jab at the design-driven minimalist hotels of the 1990s as 'lifestyle dormitories for the style-obsessed.'" US Today, New YorkUnited States |
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"A book of rare insight and - more rare still - one whose price is as frugal as its content."Chicago Tribune, ChicagoUnited States |
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"Definitely less expensive than an airline ticket, but just as much mileage...."Inpress, MelbourneAustralia |
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"As the Times' "Frugal Traveler" columnist, McLane has travelled the globe in search of lodgings that strike the ideal balance of comfort and cost. A few years ago, she began photographing places she stayed in, and the resulting pictures, documenting rooms and their views from Chicago to Kuala Lumpur, are both colorful and plaintive, their glimpses of urban excitement and exotic tranquillity tinged with the inevitable sadness of transience. A section entitled "Ten Places I Was Happy," in which each photograph is accompanied by a one-sentence reason, offers the satisfaction of a good haiku, and scattered throughout the book are fascinating artifacts of local custom. "All around the world," McLane writes, "each culture holds fast to its own version of hotel room comfort, and to the little detail that it would be unthinkable to overlook, even in the humblest lodging."The New Yorker, New YorkUnited States |
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"die skurillsten und romantischsten Schlafplätze dieser Welt."BildGermany |
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"An excellent guide to choosing inexpensive hotels... a great read for what could otherwise be seen as quite an odd subject."Fused MagazineUnited Kingdom |
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"The photos are intimate and raw...McLane has captured the images and rhythms that most of us feel when we travel..."worldhum.comUnited States |
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"You'll enjoy the hundreds of evocative photos of rooms that straddle the line between exotic and mundane."Rockford Register StarUnited States |
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- Clippings (2 items)
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GEO Saison, Germany, April 01, 2004
GEO Saison, Germany, April 01, 2004
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