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In addition to arranging accommodation through websites like Booking.com etc, some European hotel chains will offer additional discounts (10-15%) if you book direct with them. Make a note of these sites:

B&B Hotels

AccorHotels group
This chain include Economy and Budget brands, such as:

- Hotel Ibis
- Ibis Budget
- Hotel Formule 1 (F1)

.. plus Mid-range and Upscale brands.

Campanile Hotels
Offer surprisingly good one-off deals from time-to-time.

Not to mention loads of lovely little privately-managed hotels and B&Bs ('Pensions'). Oh, and don't forget Airbnb.com

You will be spoilt for choice!
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I would say yes, realistically you can find a hotel just about anywhere, especially by making use of two advantages:

1) The fact that you don't necessarily need to be in a big city. Finding a cheap room in Barcelona? Difficult. Finding a cheap room half an hour's ride inland? Probably fairly easy.

2) Europe has free roaming now, so get a local SIM and you will always have access to Booking.com etc.
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As for Germany: There's an Inn (Gasthaus, Wirtshaus) in just about every village. Very often they offer B&B at budget prices.
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I would say yes, realistically you can find a hotel just about anywhere, especially by making use of two advantages:

1) The fact that you don't necessarily need to be in a big city. Finding a cheap room in Barcelona? Difficult. Finding a cheap room half an hour's ride inland? Probably fairly easy.

2) Europe has free roaming now, so get a local SIM and you will always have access to Booking.com etc.
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You will always find a bed for the night just start looking around say 5.6 pm leave it latter you don't get to many options , have a great trip if you are in Bezier are France drop me a line .
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In addition to arranging accommodation through websites like Booking.com etc, some European hotel chains will offer additional discounts (10-15%) if you book direct with them. Make a note of these sites:

B&B Hotels

AccorHotels group
This chain include Economy and Budget brands, such as:

- Hotel Ibis
- Ibis Budget
- Hotel Formule 1 (F1)

.. plus Mid-range and Upscale brands.

Campanile Hotels
Offer surprisingly good one-off deals from time-to-time.

Not to mention loads of lovely little privately-managed hotels and B&Bs ('Pensions'). Oh, and don't forget Airbnb.com

You will be spoilt for choice!
A lot of these hotel chains are French owned.
There is also www.contact-hotel.com for instance which is yet another of the chains in that country.
I have used all of those listed here and they can be of variable quality, depending on what use the particular premises have been used for e.g. those near/in large cities may have been used as cheap accommodation for "contractors". Some of them can be 'very tired' and in need of the proverbial makeover.

Throughout France there is also the Logis chain which are all privately owned premises that market themselves via the use of the Logis branding.
Best Western, the USA based brand, can also be found across many parts of Europe; again, privately owned hotels using the single, recognised branding for marketing purposes.

Within the UK, there are two prominent chains in addition to all of the above i.e. the above have a presence in the UK to one extent or another.
The big UK brands are "Travelodge" and "Premier Inns".

Despite all of these developments in the accommodation business, there remain plenty of privately owned premises, such as the gasthaus mentioned.
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You can add airbnb to the list of sites to check.
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Hi NC....
As everyone has said...you should not have any problems really. I motorcycle, walk and cycle all over Europe and the app that I've found most useful is Archies Campings. There is a website at Archiescampings or you can track it down on app store. I have found that it is very rare to come across a website that is not on there. If you add to that google a campsite near me and you're pretty much covered. I've found that if you keep things respectful you can also get away with a lot of free wild camping. Add to these Booking.com and google accompodation near me or Airbnb and you're sorted mate..!! So relax and have a great time....cheers...Barney.
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