Cheap London hotels for less If the very phrase ‘cheap hotel London ’ strikes horror into your heart, you’re not alone. if you get your choice wrong you can face the spectre of filthy sheets, rude staff, paper-thin walls and unidentified stains on the carpet. Fear not! Here are my top tips for finding budget hotels in London – the cheapest rooms available, while still being somewhere I wouldn’t mind my mother staying. actually searching three entirely different sets of information. And that means you have a much wider view of where the good deals are: hotels.com, travelocity and expedia all have substantially different portfolios of hotels on their books. Keep at it. Once you've got an idea of the best prices and best places on these three sites you should now have good 'benchmark' prices –now it's time to try and beat them! C. Go for the budget specialists Ok, now head over to a site called Travelstay. It's squarely aimed at the budget end of the market, and you may not have heard of it but actually it has a vast database of the more Cheap london hotels on it. It's actually got some great bargains on it – but definitely, definitely read the traveler reviews on the site as it also features the very very cheapest options - some of which are less than salubrious. You'll be fine as long as you read the reviews carefully and avoid any properties that you don't like the feel of. D. Take stock of what you've found. You've probably got a mass of information by now, and before moving on it's a good idea to review your prices, what other travelers say about them, and look at the facilities in each hotel. You can also check out further reviews on TripAdvisor and independent guides to some hotels are available for free on the Good Hotel Guide. You have to register to see them, but it’s free. If you're happy with one of your hotel options already then you can book it this stage, but if you really want to make sure you've got the very best deal, it's time to move onto stage 2: looking direct. Now, just double-check on this list before booking it: Is there a tube (underground) station nearby? Check the hotel postcode onGoogle maps and see. Underground will be your main form of transport in London, so it's good not to have to walk too far to one. Is the tube station in zones 1 or 2? You can look at a map which has the zones on it here;if it's not that means it will be more expensive and take longer to get to the sites when you want to see them. Are the reviews you've seen largely positive (always making allowances for some bad reviews)? Does the hotel have the facilities I need? Would I rather pay more for a better location or more hotel facilities? Am I paying too much for stuff I don't need and won't use? Is it a price I'm prepared to pay? If you still haven't found anywhere that matches what you need, then it's time to look direct. This takes longer, because you have to search each hotel operator one by one, but you may be able to find a bargain not listed elsewhere. 2. Cheap london hotels: Booking online Now: With benchmark prices in hands, check out the big budget hotel chains and a few select budget hotels, just in case they’re cheaper than the search results you already have. Many of these don't appear on the hotel search engines above so may be cheaper. These are all big chains that I’ve stayed in personally and would happily allow my mom to stay in! They’re all ‘good value’ rather than ‘cheap and horrible;’ as a rough guide, they're a 'Days Inn' level of quality.