A hotel in Toronto, as elsewhere, offers what any hotel is supposed to do: a place to rest from a day's labour or rounds of sightseeing within the privacy of the four walls of a cheerless room. That said, be advised that if you travel to Toronto on business or for pleasure, the cost for accommodation is often excessive. The price for a night's lodging at a top hotel in Toronto can exceed three hundred dollars. The cost of a night's stay in a plain room in an ordinary hotel can set you back as much as one hundred dollars. It is tough to believe you are getting good value for accommodation at places charging these steep rates.

There is no reason to squander your money when an alternative exists that offers sizeable savings. Significant reductions in the cost of a trip to Toronto are in store for you, the traveller wise and interested enough to lodge in a quad room (a suite with four bunk beds). You do not have to be a penny pincher in doing so because the benefits for the lodger are not limited to the purely monetary.

Your benefit from a stay with FOB derives from the fact you can be accommodated for a quarter or less of the costs of a simple hotel room. The advantage you gain does not end there. If getting to meet others you count as one of the delights of travel, you will have the opportunity to get to know other youthful tourists and backpackers with a naturalness and depth impossible to imagine had you remained confined to a hotel. (If you make the reservations beforehand, FOB can arrange tours of the region with a spacious motor home.) The benefits to you are clear.

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