No need - I am here!! There is a fantastic youth hostel in Florence with Al Fresco paintings, extensive botanical gardens and fabulous marble floors and stair cases, extremely cheap and well worth staying at. I cant remember the name but it is a very old, grand place. Take a look on the International youth hostel website. The hostel in Pisa is next to a river of what appeared to be raw sewage and a bus ride out of town, not one to recommend but again, extremely cheap (£7 - 10 per night), you dont have to be members. The other hostels in Tuscany are good, would definately recommend LUCCA, hostel is a former monestry and absolutely amazing place!!x