Hi poke-it (love the name lol) welcome to the forum.

There are a few b&b's nearby in the town of Cavelossim which is not far from bettys.. one is Sao Domingos, I was talking to a girl from Australia that was staying there for a month alone last Xmas, she said she felt very safe and Edwin and his lads looked after her well.

Another is Gaffinos, don't know much about that one to be honest.

Or you have the Palm grove - Tightjock one of our other members will be able to give you info and contact details on that one.

Im not sure how much pp per nite they charge though.

Not much help really am I - except I will say you will love cavelossim and don't worry about being alone, we met plenty of people who were there on their own. You will always find someone to talk to.

aww thank you so much for your help.

I will have a look online for those places and see what i can find..fingers crossed one has a website or costs somewhere...thankyou x

Ive just found the email for Laurence at the palm grove

palmgrove1990@yahoo.co.in

Websites - http://www.palmgroveresidencygoa.com/top.htm

http://www.saodomingosgoa.com/

cheers i emailed them to find out rates..

I have heard with places like this they will sometimes charge more for b ooking over net then if turn up?

Im not sure on that one poke.

When are you planning on going?

It will more then likely be 16th october(im hoping monsoon will be over then)...

x

hello poke-it glad you followed the link

Hey vegasone,

Any ideas on price per night for cheap but clean places?

its flakster

The Palm Grove will do a good room rate in October and is very clean. Laurence also has a 6 seater people carrier for day trips and is free of charge within 3km of the Palm Grove which covers Bettys

Thanks

can i just turn up there in October and get a room?

You could though I would e mail or phone Laurence so you can relax as even though it is before "our season" there is still a domestic market, he'll give you a good rate either way.

we have stayed at joes holiday homes in cavelosim last season in november they are basic clean rooms we paid 300r a night but it varies according to the season and how good you are at bargaining joe very kindly put a mossie plug in , in our room while we were out and there is a night man on overnight and joe sleeps downstairs on the floor as well . one of the girls also does laundry for guests at a reasonable rate ,next door at vinny's you can get a really good english breakfast if you feel the need for one he also has a popular english , indian and goan menu