In addition to the hotels listed, some pricier hotels (such as Mango Inn and Trudy’s Hotel) also have dorm rooms for US$10 or under.

The price that can’t be beat is at Harbour View Hotel (tel. 504/425-3772, tatianaluna22 [at] yahoo [dot] com), where rooms rent for the bargain basement price of US$2 per person. While the bathrooms are shared, and the water is cold, the place is clean enough, and conveniently shares the pier with a couple of the most popular establishments in town, Tranquila Bar and Indian Wok restaurant. Harbour View is affiliated with Parrots Dive Center and gives priority to divers and nondiving friends who are accompanying them.

Another good deal is Loma Vista (tel. 504/425-3243, US$7 pp), with clean, sunny rooms with communal kitchen facilities (sink and burners, but no fridge) and a porch with a picnic table and hammock.

The simple rooms at Monkey Tail Inn (tel. 504/425-3155, US$5.25 pp) are in need of a paint job, but there’s a small porch and wireless Internet throughout the hotel, and it’s also home to Cyber Monkey Internet café. It’s acceptably clean, although flip-flops are recommended for the concrete cold-water showers.