On a Trip to Israel, Stay Where the Locals Do-and Save!
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, October, 1999 by Sarah Brodfeld
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By staying in kibbutzim, field schools, and unique hostels, cost-conscious Israelis enjoy a full week's vacation in their country for the same price that most tourists spend for a single night in a standard Israeli hotel. And guess what? By opting for these rather ideological accommodations, they enjoy an infinitely more interesting vacation to boot!
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FIRS, THE KIBBUTZIM Care for a kibbutz? These are egalitarian, cooperative farm communities operated on socialist principles and famous for housing most of Israel's founding fathers and mothers, from David Ben-Gurion to Golda Meir. Regardless of your political views, it's fascinating to witness a way of life so totally at odds with our own prevailing notions of competition and acquisitiveness. Of Israel's kibbutzim (plural of kibbutz), at least 52 operate so-called "country lodgings" and hotels. The somewhat rustic, simple country lodgings in renovated kibbutz buildings bring you closer to the authentic life ...
