visiting london

smorgan

myself and hubby are planning a trip to london oct 2011. where are they best and cheapest hotels located? best deals for shopping and dining. i have family in cambridge but my aunt really has no time to go exploring. we will be in london 10 long beautiful days. all suggestions and helpful hints are needed

phatbear

This question is woolier than a back combed wookie!

Do you want the best hotel or the cheapest hotel the two are very different.

Best deals for shopping and dining, given that none of us know you im gonna say primark and happy meals at mcdonalds are the best deals.

The point im trying to make is you need to be more specific about your questions.

lingolady21

I stayed at The Hide recently. It’s about 20 minutes out of central London by tube, which is 2 minutes walk from the hotel itself. It’s a really nice hotel, good staff, good breakfast (included in the price!) and a massive cost saving based on the same star hotel in central London.
As for eating out etc why not look at the vouchers that are on the forum in the Restaurant section? Also, if you go to London by return train go on the daysoutguide website which is run by the train companies, register and print some of the vouchers there. As long as you have a return train ticket in and out of London that you can show at the ticket office, or a valid train ticket for the day you are visiting the attraction, you can get 2 for 1 tickets at certain places…. We went armed with restaurant and attraction vouchers but it did save us a fortune. :beer:

alanrowell

You could write whole books on what to do and where to stay in London.

But as a start I suggest you look at your local version of https://www.tripadvisor.com which has lots of reviews of hotels and several million suggestions on what to do in London.