Palm Springs is a desert resort town known for mid-century modern architecture, pool-side boutique hotels, golf and the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The wider Coachella Valley has many more resorts and chain hotels, and summer brings very low rates for those who can take the heat.
Finding cheap rooms in Palm Springs is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Rooms come in more shapes than hotels — in Palm Springs you can also compare apartments with kitchens, vacation rentals for families, B&Bs and budget hostels in one search.
Walkable to Palm Canyon Drive’s shops, bars and restaurants.
Mid-century boutique hotels, design shops and cafes.
Next door to Palm Springs, with cheaper hotels and motels.
Big golf and spa resorts further down the valley.
Home of the Coachella and Stagecoach festival grounds, with chain hotels.
A well-known resort with playful, design-led interiors and large gardens.
Check rates at Parker Palm SpringsZoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
Winter and spring are peak season; summer is extremely hot but brings the cheapest rates, and festival weekends in April book up across the valley.
In summer, when temperatures are very high; many resorts offer big discounts from June through September.
The Coachella and Stagecoach festivals in Indio fill hotels across the whole valley.
Downtown is walkable, but a car helps for the tramway, Joshua Tree and the rest of the valley.