If you have plans or are scheduled to visit London by you are on a tight budget, all you need is a comfortable place to rest in and freshen up. This is good after a full day of touring the region. In fact, hostels would be the perfect place to stay in.
For people who prefer to allot a majority of his or her budget on tours and going around London, staying in hostels is your best bet. London is the destination well loved and desired by more than half of the globe’s population. This goes hand in hand with all the attractions and personalities that popularized this region tremendously.
It is also undeniable that London is a very pricey destination. The rates here have sky rocketed for the past years. Thus, the rates and prices, especially of hotels, would reasonably coincide with all the best things London can offer.
Hence, staying in Bed and Breakfast lodging is not like staying in a 3, 4 or 5 star hotel. Rarely will you receive any room service or find any amenities that a hotel can give. If you are not particularly fussy on where you will be staying at when on a trip, and is content to have a nice clean room and bath, staying in a B&B will make wonders for your budget. Worst-case scenario is that you will be sharing a room with someone else or using a public bath. It is still your option to select from the best you can get out of your tight budget.
Furthermore, when choosing a place to say in, it would be good to note down the nearest and most accessible transportation that can take you to places you would like to see and visit in London or its nearby cities. Several hostels and B&B are conveniently located near tourist spots. Plus, their staffs are more than willing to point you in the right direction.
Here are several hostels and B&B in London:
1. ALHAMBRA HOTEL
17-19 Argyle Street King’s Cross
London, England WC1H 8EJ
This hostel is situated close to the renowned King’s Cross Station. It is a bed and breakfast hotel that is near many transport links, which can take you anywhere you want to go. With multilingual staffs that speak English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, this family run accommodation will certainly make you feel at home. Hence, you can stay in this chic and classy room for only £23.33 per person a night.
It also has 52 comfortable rooms that are simply decorated. Their rooms also promise utmost relaxation and even offer a full English breakfast and high-speed internet access.
Amenities:
* Wake Up Calls
* Tourist information
* Hotel Safe
* Coffee/Tea Maker
* TV In Rooms
* Family Rooms
* Phone
* Toilet / Shower / Bath
* 24hr Internet Access
* Wash basin
Attractions:
On foot
* Bloomsbury – British Museum and the British Library
By bus
* Renoir Cinema
* Regent’s Park
* atmospheric Camden Town
* Sir John Soane’s Museum
* the House of Detention
* the historic streets of Clerkenwell.
2. HYDE HOTEL LONDON
55 Westbourne Terrace Paddington
London, England
W2 6QA
This hotel is near the Heathrow airport. The Hyde Hotel Paddington is the place to go to if you are looking for a comfortable, quite, and affordable place to stay after a long flight. Hence, for only £19.75 per person a night you have the privilege of staying in a modern and tasteful room.
Aside from this, all the 98 rooms of this hotel are furnished and equipped with a phone, television, private bathroom and breakfast served every morning. It even has sofa beds duly placed inside their family rooms.
Amenities
* Wake Up Calls
* Tourist information
* Hotel Safe
* TV In Rooms
* Shower / Bath
* Restaurant
* 24hr Internet Access
* Television lounge
* 24 Hour Reception
Attractions
* Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
* Hyde Park
* Little Venice
* London Zoo
* Camden
3. REGEANT PALACE HOTEL
Piccadilly
London, England
W1B 5DN
When you stay at Regeant Palace Hotel, overlooking the lights of the Piccadilly Circus, Fantastic shops, delectable cuisine, and pubs are just around the corner. They offer inexpensive rooms. Aside from this, they have an accommodating staff, assuring that your stay with their hotel will be comfortable and pleasant all throughout. The rate they have is only £22.50 per person per night.
With the hotel’s 900 rooms, each room is equipped with a phone, television, washbasin and welcome tray.
Amenities:
* Standard rooms – shared bathroom facilities on each floor
* Regent rooms with private bathroom
* Laundry
* Tourist information
* Hotel Safe
* Coffee/Tea Maker
* TV In Rooms
* Restaurant
* Pay-phones
* Internet Access
* Wash basin
* 24 Hour Reception
Attractions:
* Hamley’s, toy store
* Carnaby Street
* Leicester Square
* Chinatown
* St. James’s Park
* Buckingham Palace
* Trafalgar Square
* the West End
* Oxford Street
* Covent Garden
* Piccadilly Circus Underground
* Irish bar close to Regent Palace Hotel
* Harry Ramsden’s fish and chip restaurant
4. THE ASTOR COURT HOTEL
20 Hallam Street near Oxford Street
London, England
W1W 6JH
Near the Astor Court Hotel, you can find the London Zoo and Madame Tussaud’s Wax museum. Since it is located in Central London, hotel guests can easily find themselves wandering at Oxford and Reagent streets, for some major shopping. Plus, a sumptuous continental breakfast is already included in the room rate that starts from just £21.25 per person per night.
The Astor hotel is newly renovated and has around 45 quaint rooms that are already furnished and equipped with telephones, satellite TV, in room safe, hairdryers, tea and coffee maker. Thus, their staff will be happy to book tickets on shows of your liking.
Amenities:
* Laundry and Dry Cleaning
* Wake Up Calls
* Concierge
* Business services
* Translation services
* Coffee/Tea Maker
* Babysitting/ Family Friendly
* Airport Transfers
* Hair Dryer
* Phone
* Desk
* Shower / Toilet / Bath
* Direct Dial Phone
* Fax Machine
* Wireless Internet Access
* Overnight Shoe Shine
* Sitting Area
* Trouser Press
* Washbasin
* Tourist Information
* Cot
* Central Heating
* Smoke Detector
* Conference Rooms
* Internet Access
* 24 Hour Reception
Attractions:
* Oxford Street
* Regent Street
* Multicultural Soho
* West End theatres
* Regents Park – London Zoo
– Madam Tussaud’s
-London Planetarium
* The Sherlock Holmes Museum nearby Baker Street
* Hyde Park
* British Museum
5. VICTORIA INN LONDON
65 – 67 Belgrave Road
Victoria London, England
SW1V2BG
A converted Victorian townhouse provides a basic and clean place to crash in. Proud of having staffs that offer the best customer service and information facility on local hot spots, Victoria Inn London offers rooms with irresistible prices. From a rate on just £29.67, you can take pleasure in staying at a hotel that feels like home.
Having 43 deluxe, relaxing, and elegantly adorned rooms, all their rooms are outfitted with a personal lavatory, hairdryer, telephone, TV and a welcome tray.
Amenities:
* Non-Smoking Rooms On Request
* TV In Rooms
* Hair Dryer
* Family Rooms
* Wash basin
* 24 Hour Reception
Attractions:
* Buckingham Palace
* Victoria Station can access Gatwick Airport
* Westminster Cathedral