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Vila Hibiscus,in Port Vila,is fairly good,Vt2,500 a single with TV.Friendly place with nice garden & a small kitchen.It's near Room with a View.
In Luganville Unity Park Motel is great value at Vt1,800 a single,nice fale & good kitchen.
Cheap beer in Sanma club (Vt300 a 330ml Tusker with random happy hours).Underneath is a good take-away for fish & kumala chips.

M.V. Havannah runs every 6 - 8 weeks.
The route is Noumea - Loyalty islands - Port Vila - Lits Lits - Luganville - Port Vila - Noumea.
L'ville - Port Vila costs Vt6,000,18 hours;Port Vila - Noumea costs Vt13,000,23 hours;L'ville - Noumea costs Vt14,000

Me and a friend stayed at Vila Hibiscus for 4 days in May 2009 and it was very cheap, but you did get what you paid for. The staff were lovely and very accomodating, and so were all the other guests. We were the only non-melanesian guests staying there, which was really a bonus. Aside from that the hotel was dirty, the kitchen was small and very grimey with cochroaches and lots of millipedes for some reason? These were everywhere, including plenty in the room. Although we were travelling on a budget in a relatively poor and developing nation so none of this bothered us too much, but I just mention it in case people planning on staying there were expecting anything resembling European style hotels.

On the other hand we also stayed at a place called Blue Pango Village, which was brillant and great value for money. Their own swimming pool, private beach and each room had twin/triple beds and a kitchenette. For about 6500 VT I think from memory. Its about 25mins walk from central Vila but we loved it there especially as its a great place to meet the incredibly friendly locals. We ended up having drinks at teh local kava bar with the locals who were brillant and hospitable.