10 Best Budget Friendly Hotels in London
London, UK capital, is one of the coolest, most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities on the planet with a virtually endless array of attractions for all tastes and ages but unfortunately, London hotel prices stop many travelers from visiting this great city. If you are willing to keep your expectations in check and look at your hotel as a place to sleep while you enjoy the city, good hotels can be found that are budget friendly. Here are ten recommendations that may help you start planning that trip you promised yourself.
1. The Hoxton Hotel
Hoxton is a hip and gentrifying area near the East End and the Financial District. The bars of Shoreditch and the shops and restaurants of Spitalfields Market are within a short walk. This 205-room hotel offers you cheap phone calls, pre-packaged healthy breakfasts delivered to your room, and a fridge filled with free mineral water and milk. The high-ceilinged, exposed-brick lobby has a minimalist, shabby-chic feel, and the focus is on useful amenities, no gym or overpriced minibar. All rooms are identical, with wood paneling, flat-screen TVs, and down duvets and pillows. Great Eastern Street is heavily trafficked so it can be noisy. Request a room overlooking the courtyard or quieter Willow Street. Advanced bookings get you the cheapest rate.
2. Umi
Fashionable Notting Hill, London's answer to New York City's West Village. The hotel sits on a residential block, a 10-minute walk from Portobello Road's famous weekend market, this hotel has a room for every type of traveler. Umi is made up of six 150-year-old private town houses that have been converted into a single hotel. The lobby is homey, with comfy brown sofas and carpeting, and art by local illustrators. The 117 rooms include singles well-suited to solo travelers just looking to bunk down. If you're traveling with a group, doubles, triples, and quads are available and some with bunk beds. All rooms have a private bathroom. The young, sharply dressed hotel staff goes out of its way to be helpful and accommodating.
