We had a late-night flight into Goa, and I didn't want to incur the extra night-taxi charges or have to travel for an hour to get to Calangute in the middle of the night, so I booked a thatched hut at the Beach Bay Cottages, about a mile from the airport on Bogmalo Beach. What a delightful place! I wish we had stayed there longer--the beach was lovely and empty, the hotel staff were all very helpful, there were mostly Indian travelers (no sunburned Brits to be found!), the wifi was robust, and the breakfast was delicious. Plus, the thatched hut was like a giant blackout curtain--we slept until the alarm went off at 8:30am, with only some lovely birdsong and the sound of the waves as accompaniment.