How to Find Affordable Accommodation near Football Stadiums in Durban for the World Cup

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Whether you call it football or soccer, fans worldwide are excitedly anticipating the upcoming 2010 World Cup. However, the tickets for huge events tend to have corresponding huge price tags. But if you're looking for affordable accommodation near the football stadiums in Durban, you can find them. Here are some reliable sources:

1. AA Travel

AA Travel produces a "Quality Assurance Guide," which helps you to find a place to stay during the 2010 World Cup. The organization rates institutions in three particular groups. If you're seeking affordable accommodation in particular, then review the three groups of lodgings:

Quality Assured Recommended

Highly Recommended

Superior

Their website lists details and contact information for thousands of lodgings organizations throughout the country, including some that are nearby the venues for the 2010 World Cup.

2. Main search engines

While tons of information is on the Web about various types of places to stay, sometimes it can be difficult to find websites that cater to football fans. In other words, it's important to get information that provides the big picture about the relative location of the stadium and hotel or motel--to the hub of the city. Furthermore, it can be difficult to locate affordable accommodation by using the Net's main search engines.

3. NAA-SA

This acronym stands for "National Accommodation Association of South Africa." If you're interested in affordable accommodation in South Africa, then this organization would be ideal for you. It focuses on smaller and cheaper types of places to stay, such as B&Bs (bread and breakfasts). Their site lists hundreds of B&B members throughout South Africa, including nearby the venues of the upcoming 2010 World Cup.

4. TGCSA

This is the "Tourism Grading Council of South Africa." In grading various lodgings throughout the country, the TGCSA implements very stringent standards. They list thousands of different institutions, including cheap ones. Their five-star assessment system helps you to find the top place to stay-even without spending a small fortune!

5. Yellow Pages

You can take a more traditional approach when searching for affordable accommodation for the 2010 World Cup-with a new twist. Walk your fingers, but this time it will be on keys rather than by flipping through a traditional phone book. For instance, you could conduct searches for "accommodation, "bed & breakfast," "motels," and so on. This will supply you with numerous listings. Sift through them carefully to select the ones that seem most practical for your needs.

Finally, as a word of caution it's important to secure your World Cup 2010 accommodations sooner, rather than later. As you already know, the World Cup is the Olympics for football fans worldwide. If you're seeking cheap accommodations near the stadium, you want to avoid paying an arm and a leg for a 5-star hotel on the other side of town-because you procrastinated!

So there you have it. By using these resources, you should be able to secure inexpensive lodging near the Mecca of football: the 2010 World Cup. Make sure that you score quality accommodations without losing your shirt!

Treat yourself to a worry free getaway and book your weekend today!