Cool places to stay for under £60 – including a hollow tree and a prison cell
Nowadays, guests can stay in a hollow-ed out tree in Vietnam, a floating hostel in Indonesia and a solitary confinement cell in Canada
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WHO'D stay in a boring hotel room when you could be sleeping in a hollowed-out tree?
Travel companies are getting increasingly inventive in order to stand out among the thousands of properties on offer online.
As a customer, this means that you can stay in some weird places - and it doesn't even have to break the bank.
For instance, there's a World War II jail-turned-museum and boutique hotel in Latvia that lets visitors enjoy a full prisoner experience with an interactive show for just £13 a night.
Alternatively, why not spend the night in a silo in Victoria, Australia, where rooms were made using reclaimed and re-purposed farm structures from £9 per person.
Le Pirate Boatel, Indonesia
Bali Ecolodge, Indonesia
Its cleaning products are chemical-free; staff only come from local villages; and room torches are all rechargeable.
Crazy House, Vietnam
Designed by a Vietnamese architect, it opened to guests in 1990, but it won’t be finished until 2020.
Each of its rooms is individually themed - he Kangaroo Room features a large wooden kangaroo and the Ant Room has a glass ceiling with a spider web design.
Rates start at about £29 a night.
Hi Ottawa Jail, Canada
Inside a 150-year-old former jail, the hostel caters to every kind of traveller with a wide range of room offerings.
For those OK with room-sharing, there are dorms, but if you’ve got extra cash to splash, book a private double room in the old solitary confinement wing.
For the adventurous folk, the authentic jail cell — in a 1m wide by 3m long space — should go down a treat - f.
The notorious World War II jail-turned-museum and boutique hotel lets visitors enjoy a full prisoner experience with an interactive show.
Aranyani Bison Adventure Park, Australia
The property is a 90-minute drive south of Byron Bay in NSW, and stretches across 1.5 miles of bushland.
The Pipe House, Costa Rica
The six-bedroom hostel built from recycled concrete cylinders has been set up a few barefoot steps away from Playa Grande beach, and each room comes with a natural soundtrack of breaking waves.