Hi guys I posted a similar thread a few months back asking for you advice on London accommodation- your suggestions were helpful and i ended up staying in LSE uni halls over the summer. But they are not available during term time so now i'm trying to look for other places. I will be going back and forth between London (British Library) and Glasgow- i will probably have to stay i London 3/4 nights a week (i know, it would be better to just move there permanently but that's not n option at the moment)
I wanted to ask, other than B&Bs, are youth hostels any good? by that i mean are they safe, clean. As you've probably guessed i am on the tightest budget imaginable! In particular i was thinking about a youth hostel that is across the road from the British Library, which is ideal.
Thanks.
Its difficult to get a hostel room to yourself; sharing with strangers is OK for a night or two when you're on holiday, but might be a bit much over a long time when you don't really want to be woken up at 2am by a load of drunk people on a stag/hen trip! Also, you might not want/be able to leave your stuff there etc, or work in the evenings?
20x4 daysx4 weeks = £320 pm. Could you perhaps find a small (and for that price VERY small) room for a bit more than that? Obviously there's the cost of London-Glasgow, and a tube ticket to a cheaper room probably in zone 4 on the tube...
Maybe try www.gumtree.com.
if you can afford the B&Bs around Kings Cross it might be safer and more restful--I have stayed in a few of them from time to time coming or going through London, and had no complaints. I was very comfortable, the rooms were cosy, but clean, and in all but one I think I had my own bathroom ( en suite). Keep in mind with a B and B that you are getting a breakfast, as well, and you might want to factor that in your costs--because no doubt your other large expense is going to be eating! A good hearty breakfast can carry you through hours of study.
PS
you can check out B&Bs around Kings Cross area on www.smoothound.com.
Uh oh, don't say that HP sauce is an endangered species at a B and B!!!! :-(
I adore HP sauce. We haven't got it in the US--I don't think---maybe our Worcestershire sauce is close? And for the record, no one in America is QUITE sure how to say Worcestershire--you get WoosterSHIIYRE and Wochestershire, and Wistishir...
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I saw an advert for Easyhotels (as in Easyjet, but hotels!) there are four in London and I think they're £25 per night. I don't think they're in King's Cross though... one is in Victoria and it's very easy to get to King's Cross from there.
EDIT: Easyhotel website: http://www.easyhotel.com/
They're in Victoria, Earl's Court, South Kensington & Paddington. It looks like the price goes up nearer the time so you'd have to book in advance to get a room for £25.
Travelodge. Book online as far in advance as possible. Rates vary, but I never pay more than £29 a night - and in central London (King's Cross, City, etc). If you can come down on Sunday (for Monday morning), you shouldn't have a problem. And I recently had a run of central London rooms for £9 and another for £19. These are perfectly good, no frills, private ensuite hotel rooms, sold budget airline style
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