Most also charge a daily rate for car parking. Motels are the best bet for drivers, since they offer similar facilities at lower rates. Good value for a group are serviced holiday apartments, but these are often heavily booked. Sydney' s plethora of backpacker hostels is scattered all over the city, their standards varying wildly, with King's Cross seeing the worst. The scene changes rapidly so check up on the latest news.
Prices are pretty standard, but weekly rates can save roughly one night's accommodation.
For short visits, stay in the city centre or thereabouts, but expect to pay the highest prices for the hotels. A ten-minute walk from the centre is Kings Cross, the travellers' hub, with more hostels and cheaper hotels than elsewhere, and its own train station. Great if you don't mind the sleaze and all-night partying. The adjacent suburbs of Woolloomooloo, Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay are more upmarket and peaceful. To the west, Glebe contains both of Sydney's large YHA hostels, as well as several other backpackers' places and small guesthouses.