HELP - need a London hotel bargain asap!!

Ruby_Roo

Hey.

I'm in London on 23rd to 25th May and have a hotel booked, but all of a sudden not that happy with the area - I'm a woman on my own, its not in the city centre, half a mile from the tube etc.

So i might change it - are there any last minute bargains around for London hotels?

Thanks

hcb42

not usually, the later you leave a booking the more expensive it gets normally. Unless a hotel panics and discounts, but most london hoteliers have nerves of steel and know people will book last minute.

I booked a PI about two weeks ago for mid June, and I was staggered at some of their prices even. I got one, in Beckton, which looks ok, and suited me for location, that was £76.50 a night Room only.

RichyRich

which hotel are you in? some of us london based folk might be able to advise on the quality of the area...

Ruby_Roo

I'm in Travelodge City Road - usually stay at the Covent Garden one but it was quite a lot more, though wish I'd booked it. I've got no problem in daylight, I just want to know we'll be safe coming back from the theatre when its dark.

terryw

Ruby_Roo wrote: »

I'm in Travelodge City Road - usually stay at the Covent Garden one but it was quite a lot more, though wish I'd booked it. I've got no problem in daylight, I just want to know we'll be safe coming back from the theatre when its dark.

Any number of buses stop outside this TL. Check out with TFL.

paddyrg

I don't know if it helps, but I usually use an independent hotel The Thanet between Holborn and Russel Square, by the British Museum. It is one of the nicer ones on that stretch, and is close to the city centre (10 mins walk to Soho). Rooms are small but clean. Quiet street by British Museum, they have some garden-facing rooms which are quiet enough to leave a window open and hear the birds. £85. Any good to you?

brook_son

Just googled it - it looks ok quite near the barbican and near a tube station unless I am looking at the wrong one. Sorry cannot help with anything cheaper. Hope you have a good visit.

on the info it says basic and noisy - I stayed in Travelodge by St Pancras and it said similar but I have found all the rooms are the same and it wasnt that noisy.

Ruby_Roo

Pheeew - I'm pleased to hear that buses stop right outside the hotel, I'm sure we can get on a bus in the evenings if the tube turns out to be as far as it looks on googlemaps.

I'm expecting the hotel to be basic with traffic noises - we stayed in the Covent Garden one last year and the website said the same but it was clean and we slept like babies

terryw

Ruby,

I have stayed many a time. I have had never had any problem with noise. In fact, the main criticism is that with it being the city district, the area is quite dead at weekends.

I have got buses outside to Kings Cross and Liverpool street, but here's a link to TFL so that you can find out about buses to the CG area.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

The famous pub "The Eagle"

Up and Down the City Road
In and out the Eagle
That's the way the money goes
pop goes the Weasel

is just along the road and well worth a visit .

jordylass

I've stayed there before, but another option is https://www.airbnb.com rent a room in someones home. They are often very central.

susancs

I have travelled back from late meetings near where you are staying and felt quite safe walking to the tube on my own. It is only about 5 mins walk from Old street or Barbican tube stations, both via main roads to the TL. You can go on googlemaps click on walking person and put in the TL postcode and put in the tube station names and do a virtual walk using zoom on googlemaps. If you really don't want to travel back via public transport from the Theatre district you could get a taxi as it is only a 10-15 minute journey from Covent Garden to the TL.