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Practical stay guides for planning a smoother London visit.
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The Best Budget Hotels in London, Cross-Referenced and Price-Checked
The budget hotels London's lists agree on, each priced on five nights across the year. Most of the central favourites cost more than £150 a night. These are the ones that don't.
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The Best Family Hotels in London, Cross-Referenced Across Every Major List
The family hotels London's parents, bloggers and the travel press actually agree on: which room sleeps two adults and two children, what it costs to add a cot, and whether there's a pool. Prices are for one room for two adults and two children on a November weekday.
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Where to Stay in Bloomsbury — Hostel Bunks to a Grand Hotel, Minutes Apart
Generator's dorm beds and the newly rebuilt Imperial sit about eight minutes' walk apart in Bloomsbury. Every price tier compared, hotel by hotel, with the detail each one leaves off its own listing.
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The Best Hostels in London: What You Get Before You Book
Fifteen London hostels compared on the things booking sites bury: which dorms are en-suite, which have real female-only rooms, the age limits that refuse you, and what costs extra at the desk.
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Best Areas to Stay in London: Where to Sleep, Not Where to Visit
The area you most want to visit is often the worst one to sleep in. London's areas compared on what a room costs, how much you can walk to, and what is open in the evening.
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Where to Stay in Bermondsey and London Bridge — and the Walk Nobody Prices In
Bermondsey hotels from a £180 boutique to a room in the Shard. The night train that actually serves the area, and why its two ends are three-quarters of a mile apart.
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Where to Stay in Covent Garden — and What the Premium Actually Buys
The identical hotel room is £100 in Covent Garden and £70 ten minutes east in Holborn. The hotels compared, the windowless rooms nobody flags, and where to stay instead.
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Where to Stay in King's Cross and St Pancras
Eurostar wants you inside St Pancras 75 minutes before departure and the first Tube is 05:29. King's Cross hotels compared, plus the cheaper areas just outside.
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Where to Stay in Soho and the West End
West End hotels compared — including the windowless rooms that make Piccadilly Circus cheaper than its reputation — plus the quieter areas five minutes out.
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Where to Stay in South Kensington — and Why a Victorian Tunnel Decides It
A 433-metre tiled tunnel runs from the Tube to the museums, and it is the reason to sleep here. South Kensington hotels compared, the evening nobody warns you about, and the areas nearby.
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London Aparthotels: When a Kitchen Beats a Hotel Room
London aparthotels and serviced apartments compared by area: Locke, Native, Cheval, Supercity, Staycity and Wilde, which have washing machines or bedrooms, and when a kitchen saves money.
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London Day Rooms: Booking a Hotel Without Staying the Night
About 245 London hotels sell a room for the day, not the night: fixed windows from £50, 21% to 69% off. Which open at 7am, the Heathrow and Gatwick options, and when it beats left luggage.
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Windowless Hotel Rooms in London: Every Operator, and What the Window Costs
Six operators sell London rooms with no window at all, and all twelve Z Hotels branches have one. What you get, what daylight costs at each, and who should not book one.
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London's Capsule Hotels: What a Night in One Is Really Like
London has five real capsule hotels, not the eleven the listicles claim. What the berth is like, what's shared, the rules nobody mentions, and which one to book.
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Where to Stay in Shoreditch — and the Cheaper Streets Just Outside It
Shoreditch hotels compared, which streets are loud at 2am, and the areas within fifteen minutes where the same night costs half as much.