Choosing
Best Cheap Stays
All four cheap stay types and all ten roster areas compared on sampled price, ratings and travel time.
Guides
Choosing A Stay
Planning
Budget Hotels By Band
What £49 to £125 a night actually buys across 18 London budget hotels.
Choosing
Best London Hostels
All 12 London hostels compared: dorm prices, private rooms, ratings, kitchens and curfews.
Choosing
Youth Hostels
One YHA, eleven independents, beds from £14: how London's youth hostels compare.
Choosing
Aparthotels In London
The six London aparthotels compared on price, kitchens, zones and ratings, with studio versus hotel room arithmetic.
Planning
Short Stay Apartments
Six London apartments from £110 to £148 a night, with the group-split math that makes them worth it.
Choosing
Guest Houses And B&Bs
Small-hotel and B&B style stays compared on price, breakfast and bathrooms.
Choosing
Cheapest Areas
Ten London areas ranked by sampled nightly price, with commute times and zones factored in.
Choosing
Central London Stays
Zone 1 rooms from £15 a bed and £49 a room, compared by price and journey time.
Choosing
Hostel Safety
Lockers, 24-hour reception, key cards and ID checks: what each London hostel actually lists.
Planning
Earl's Court Stays
The three Earl's Court budget stays compared, with honest context on the area's price premium.
Choosing
Shoreditch And Hackney
Five budget stays in Shoreditch and East London compared on sampled price, ratings and station walks.
Planning
Stratford And East London
Stratford's three budget hotels sampled at £53 to £66 a night, weighed against the extra travel time to central London.
Choosing
Stays Near Airports
No airport beds on the roster, but transfers, TfL caps and Zone 1 stays that make early flights work.
Choosing
Paddington And Bayswater
Eight budget stays around Paddington and Bayswater compared on sampled price, rating and station walk.
Choosing
Near Victoria Station
Three cheap Victoria and Pimlico stays compared: hostel bed, B&B and chain hotel.
Choosing
Cheap Stays Near King's Cross
Two hostels from £18 a bed and three hotels from £62 a room around King's Cross and Bloomsbury.
Prices And Logistics
Logistics
Nightly Rates
Sampled nightly rates by stay type and area, plus the market averages they get confused with.
Logistics
Under 100 Pounds
Every roster stay whose sampled rate starts under 100 pounds, grouped by price band and area.
Logistics
Deposits And Check-In
Check-in windows, cancellation flags and key card fees, straight from the listings.
Logistics
Zones And Caps
Zone by zone costs and TfL daily caps, so you can see which area's stays are genuinely cheapest.
Logistics
Levy And VAT
What the planned visitor levy and the 20% VAT actually add to a cheap London stay.
Planning Your London Stay
Planning
Cheapest Months
Month-by-month sampled medians for London dorm beds and budget private rooms, and when rates spike.
Planning
Last-Minute Deals
Which cheap London stays are actually set up for a late booking: 24-hour desks, bag storage, flexible cancellation and short station walks.