London Weekend Break
Finding and booking your hotel in London
London has more hotels than any other city in Britain and the task of finding the right one
can be daunting. Ultimately your budget will decide the level of accommodation that you select, but hunting around can throw up some excellent deals.
London weekends are also good value because commercial customers are absent and the hotels always want your business. Staying on the outskirts of the city generally offers the best London hotel deals, but you can get some excellent bargains in the city centre if you look around in advance.
The golden rule is to hunt around in order to find out which reservation booking companies and hotels want your business at the time that coincides with your visit. There are always hotel rooms available in London, so you should be able to make a booking, even at the last minute.
Last minute deals can be a money saving option, but do not leave it too late or your plans may fall apart.
See our London Weekend break "tips list" further down this page to find out how to get the best possible deals at the most affordable prices ......
Key things to remember are that - booking early normally saves you money - booking on-line and through a booking or reservation company usually proves cheaper than contacting a hotel direct - and many large booking companies offer access to over 500 hotels in London though a single website. This makes your task much easier.
How to select your hotel in London
- If you use the links above and below this text you will have access to over 1000 different hotels in London - a daunting number. Today most hotels use online booking agents to facilitate and economise on the reservation process and this means that -
- You can select from a vast number of hotels using just one search system on one website and
- By using multiple booking companies you can cross check the prices of the same hotels through different online reservation companies. In other words, you really can get the best price available and all at the cost of a few minutes spent on the internet.
- You can of course phone hotels directly, but in most cases the price is higher, the result of their having to enter the booking into their reservation company’s system themselves.
- Once you are on an online hotel reservation site always look for a link or button saying something like, Special offers or Last minute deals, most hotel websites have these and they can offer significant discounts.
- When you have narrowed down your search to 2 or 3 hotels, make sure that you check out their details thoroughly.
- Do they have secure parking
- Are they within the congestion charge zone
- Are they on the opposite side of London to where you are travelling from
- Is there a tube station close by.
- Finally, check your book-in and book-out times and find out if the hotel offers on site secure luggage storage for any time you spend in London once you have checked out of your room om your last day.