I'm bumping up for hostelling. I did it for a few days in Portland this year. As much as I love the couchsurfing concept, if I'm in a town to do work I'd rather pay for a service to let me sleep for cheap than feel compelled to entertain a couchsurfer host.

People usually recommended a Hostelling Internatonal hostel as you can usually expect them to be pretty clean and organized, although I haven't tried a non-HI hostel yet to justify this claim.

I'm considering working remotely soon, my plan is to hostel somewhere for a week or two at my destination, then hopefully find a good place to stay at for a few months.

I've stayed in loads of hostels in the US and other countries during my travels. The HI ones are generally better in my experience.

The hostel up near Hidden Villa is pretty nice, and you can often times pick up a ride with some of the volunteers who work there.

That and there's some awesome kittens running around right about now.