Hotel Or Resort?

[EDDIE51]

The Jamaica thread prompts to to ask something I have been thinking about for a while.
Back in my youth , a holiday was all about the resort or city you were going to. The actual hotel was secondary. Now it all seems to be about which hotel you are going to. When I went on holiday the hotel was just a roof over your head while you explored the city or resort. Now the idea seems to be that you just stay in the Hotel apart from a day trip or two.
Years back I simply arranged a 3 day stop over in Cairo. I just got off the aircraft and took a taxi into the city. I asked the taxi driver to find me a cheap hotel.He said ''$10 OK?'' I thought $10 a night was cheap and agreed. When I came to pay the 3 nights bed and breakfast bill it was $10 for the entire 3 days.They just loved US$ it was hard to get anyone to take Egyptian £s. I did a tour to the Pyramids and Luxor, again they wanted $ not Egyptian £.
After the 3 days I got a flight to Kenya and just got a bus into Nairobi and walked around looking for a cheap hotel. Again I found one at a very good price and the price in $ was a lot less than in Kenyan Shillings.

[EDDIE51]

237sj There is no problem with insurance for a hire car , so I don't see it as a major obstacle . You can I know, hire camper vans so that is another possibility , it would be more expensive but less hassle.