Vancouver 2010 Olympic organizers setting up low-cost hostels
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Vancouver+2010+Olympic+organizers+setting+cost+hostels/1620912/story.html
Vancouver Olympic organizers will set up one or more temporary low-cost hostels in Metro Vancouver to accommodate up to 400 youth travelers and people seeking employment during the 2010 Games.
The hostels will operate from Nov. 15, 2009 to March 15, 2010 and charge a "modest fee," Vanoc announced today.
Vanoc has posted a request for expressions of interest from organizations with expertise in running hostels and will provide $250,000 for the creation and operation of the facilities.
Interesting info about the rates:
The Vancouver Central Hostel on Granville Street, which charges $31.50 a night for a dormitory bed this summer, will charge $40 a night during the Games. About 50 per cent of the 136 beds are already booked for the Games period.
At the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, one hostel boosted its rate from $12 a night to $200 a night.
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