Hostels / Budget-Rooms / or any other Cheap Accommodations to stay in London?

Question

I'm traveling to London, so can you advice me in some hostels / budget-rooms / or any other cheap accommodations i could stay in (as long as it's nice and not in some scary neighborhood).

If you know the specific place tell me a bit about your experience. What you thought of the accommodations. And how much did it cost.

Thanks i advance.

Bye. xxxxxx

Answer 1

Unfortunately London is not known for its great hostels. I have stayed in many and for the most part they are dirty and dodgy.  I would go to http://www.hostelworld.com and find the one with the highest cleanliness rating in your price range.  If you have not used this site before, it is one of the most reliable hostel locating sites on the web.  Trust the user ratings and comments!

Specifically, I would stick to YHA (youth hostel association) hostels in London. Though you need to pay a small fee to become a YHA member to stay in some of these hostels, the fee is well worth it since YHA hostels are well maintained, clean and have helpful and friendly staff in London and throughout the UK. http://www.yha.org.uk/ There are 7 YHA hostels in London and you can find their locations and more info at the website!  All the one's I've used have had great atmosphere's with young travelers and enthusiastic staff.

I think that Bed and Breakfasts are the best way to go in London when it comes to central and inexpensive lodging. Plus you get free breakfast.  London B&B's aren't as charming and homey as the ones in the country, they're much less expensive than large hotels and offer private ensuite rooms that are quite clean.

I've stayed in the Vegas hotel (http://www.vegashotel.co.uk/) near Victoria Station. This room was bizarre since you entered through the loo to get to the bed, however, at least it was ensuite, cheap, clean, included breakfast and had a television. That area around and behind Victoria has dozens of similar B&Bs, and the same is true of areas surrounding most of the city's main central train stations, King's cross area has loads, it's not quite as close to the city center but it is close to excellent transportation. Staying near Victoria is a good idea because of all the great transportation connections and it's a safe area. www.4hotels.co.uk is a good place to start B&B shopping. It also lets you browse by region of London. The bigger sites like www.hotels.com, www.expedia.com, etc. usually have some B&B listings for London as well.

I'd also recommend the Hotel St. Simeon B&B in Kensington http://www.stsimeon.com/. This B&B had spacious rooms, gorgeous lobby, great breakfasts and was in a really nice area of the city, right off Gloucester Road tube station.

Rates for these types of B&Bs usually start at around 40 pounds ($80) for a double room. And since they include large breakfasts they help stretch your food budget as well!

Answer 2

try searching on google....loads of websites for ever need...from 4 pounds to 4000 pounds per nite available...

Answer 3

I lived at Edgware road ( central close to Oxford street and Baker street) there is planty hotells on the street there and you can also find some in Paddington area and the Base water station ( it is all close to Edgware road) In the small hotells there you can always negotiate weekly rate that will be cheper than per day.

Answer 4

Go to SUBMARINE SITE!

Lots of ideas!

LUZ!♥