Accommodations range from first-class resorts to very basic locally owned properties. When it comes to safety, cleanliness and service, you get what you pay for: To avoid unpleasantness, check into the best hotel available (even then, expect electricity and hot water to be intermittent).
In Port-au-Prince, the Oloffson Hotel combines historic surroundings and a fascinating cast of characters, and it's one of the city's few spots for nightlife outside the Petionville area.
Haiti's beach resorts include some wonderful properties, and they're available at a low price compared with other Caribbean islands. Most resorts offer substantial reductions in the low season (15 Apr to 15 Dec). Visitors wishing to be insulated from Haiti's harsh realities can stay at the Club Med resort in Montrouis, a 90-minute drive west of the Port-au-Prince airport.
