The next criteria to consider is, what is included in your room? Is there hot water, or a fridge for example? Is there a television set for those rainy days when the beach isn't the go? If these features are what you're after, make sure you confirm they are available when you are enquiring about a room. As real estate agents will tell you again and again, the backbone of a property's desirability is its location. For example, if you are travelling all the way to Cambodia, and then to the beach, you'll probably want a room within walking distance of that beach. Maps provided on a hotel or guesthouse website can be a bit vague to say the least. Especially if they are trying to give the impression that their place is adjacent to the beach, when in reality you'd need a cut lunch for the trek to the sand!

One thing however that will happily surprise you. Cambodian accommodation is very inexpensive by western standards. A great clean and comfortable room in a place like the Ochheuteal Guesthouse in Sihanoukville Cambodia, (the place for whom I am writing this article), will cost you around $14 per night. only one thing left to do now, and that's book and go!