Traveling to England?

Question

In summer 2007, I am going to England. What are the best & affordable hotels in London? Where else is great to visit in England? Where to shop? Tell me everything you know! Thank you!!

Answer 1

Dont forget to bring my boobs

Answer 2

There are plenty of Hotels in London, however they are not cheap and will cost you between $200 and $300 per evening for the majority of them rising up to anything like $2000 for the big ones. Shopping is done mainly in Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road, Regent Street and The Area known As Covent Garden / Seven Dials, all quite close together, all the big UK chain stores are there and a good splash of small independants. However, you May also want to visit Harrods of Knightsbridge, Camden Town areas for some good shops. Then there are the Markets as well dotted around the area and still exist on certain days of the week.
If you go further out of London there are a number of what you would call large Malls at Lakeside and Bluewater but are a little more difficult to go to due to transport links and you will need a car.
Outside of London, I would recommend you take a trip to Brighton (1 hour max by train) and visit 'The Lanes' as well as the rest of the city for a day out at the sea. Oxford or Cambridge (Both again accesable by train) and are lovely, or even Bath which has a beautiful Roman feel.
England ufortunatley due to the strength of Stirling is not cheap for you at the moment so be prepared for a more expensive Holiday.
Always carry a roll up umberella in a bag or a thin waterproof as the weather here is very changeable and unreliable at the best of times, but if you come at the right time can be very agreeable and not necessarily wet, col and miserable like some of the people have said.
If you need further ideas post so more questions. There is plenty to do and see here, it all depends on what you like and how far you are willing to travel.
Enjoy it.

Answer 3

The only hotel I would recommend in London would be the Wembley hotel. It was the only one with an elevator that we stayed in, and it was really really nice, with huge rooms and if you are lucky enough to be on the back side, you can see Wembley stadium out your window along with a beautiful view of London. Best time to see it is just after sunset. I stayed there in 2001, and I think the rooms were like 75 pounds a night. Im sure it has gone up since then. There are several fast food places within walking distance from the hotel and the tube station is just up the hill, so it's a good place to stay.

Answer 4

It depends how long you are staying as if you were to travel to Birmingham for instance it takes about 2 hours on the train to get there from Euston or 3 - 4 hours to Manchester.

London hotels are plentiful and cater to every budget. For best deals look at www.expedia.co.uk then check the hotel you have selected on www.tripadvisor.com to see if it has good reviews from people who have stayed there. London is so huge that you can't just recommend one hotel because we don't know what areas you want to see or what you are into. Time Out shows what is on in london - they have a website - www.timeout.com (I think). Shopping is easy. If you have a car then the bluewater shopping centre or the lakeside shopping centre are the biggest but Oxford Street and Covent garden is where the tourists mainly go. For restaurants go to www.toptable.co.uk where you can see reviews and book tables online as well as see 360 degree pictures of them. For bars go to www.beerintheevening.co.uk and for clubs and other activities go to www.viewlondon.co.uk or www.londonnet.co.uk

there you go - should be enough websites to keep you busy for a while.

Answer 5

OH my God , this could take a long time.
I`m a UK citizen living in the US so my first question would be ...WHY GO THERE?.
Don't know about the hotels but get yourself out of London if you want to experience England,London is geared up for the tourists so you don't get the true flavor.
Have yourself some fish and chips,chicken & mushroom pie & chips or perhaps a Black pudding & chips,its all about the chips over there and boy they`r good.
I came from a place called the Midlands,Derbyshire and my home town was Swadlincote near Burton-upon-trent,Burton used to be the brewing capital of the UK some years ago and it is where Bass beer was made along with a few others.
Visit the Brewery museum there .
Taste the ale there but be carefull,its a lot stronger than over here.
Shops,theres plenty of shops to choose from but they are not as big as the likes of wallmart or lowes or such.
The pharmacy over there is called a Chemist,Boots is a good place as is Woolworths,but there are so many to coose from.
Type these into your search engine and remember to put in UK afterwards.
Have fun but be very carefull , its not a safe place now-a-days,to many racists and young hooligans around.
And take plenty of money `cause its so damn expensive there,people complain about the gas prices here,wait till you see how it is over there.

Answer 6

Prices in London tend to be very high but you can get cheap if you know where to look. If you don't mind roughing it The Generator has a bed in a shared dorm from £15 in July.
A large number of hotels are available for under £50 a night if you book in advance.

Places to visit London has many but can be very expensive take an open top bus tour and a trip on the river. London Eye for the views then take your pick of the top tourist attractions like the Tower.
If you want to get around out of London check out rail passes available for tourists and take trips to Canterbury, York, Edinburgh, the Lake District, Snowdonia, Devon and Cornwall to name a few.

Source : Booking.com http://www.booking.com
The London Guide http://www.londontourist.org/
Britrail http://www.britrail.com/

Answer 7

Sorry but there is little in London that is cheap. You will have the time of your life, but you can't go cheap even if you try. It's the most expensive city in Europe and maybe the world. When a small coke costs $5, you are not looking for a cheap vacation.

Don't let me scare you from not going, it's one of the great cities of the world and you will have a blast. Just don't want you to get "sticker shock".

Answer 8

If I was coming to England I woul stay in what the call the garden of Britain a county called Kent its beautiful thereand its only about an hours drive to london you would get the best of both worlds.

Answer 9

Recommend the "Rough Guide" books. Sure they must do a rough guide to London. The city isn't cheap but there are plenty of places to stay on the outskirts of London.
Again, check out the "Rough Guide to England/Britain.
There are so many amazing places to see in this country; you will have to keep on visiting for years to see it all!

Answer 10

Why come here, the UK is wet, filthy and expensive. You wont get a cheap hotel anywhere particularly in London. Everything you buy in the shops will be about treble the price that you will pay for it in your own country,

And on top of that, it is the only place I know of that 95% of the indiginous population wants to emigrate to a different country. Now that is not a very good advert for the UK my friend, so do yourself a favour, stay home and have fun or come to the UK and get ripped off.

Answer 11

I'd spend a few days in London visiting the famous sights but then go to Wiltshire which is my favourite place in the UK, there's loads of history, lovely little thatched cottages and quaint country pubs, also Northumberland which is where I am from has lovely countryside and fab beaches