Cheaper Alternatives

Cheaper Alternatives

If you looking for cheaper deals consider using hostels, low cost hotel chains or B&B’s. Hostels are cheap alternatives for young people due to their shared accommodation. If you want to have the privacy of a hotel room , but without the cost, you can stay in a private hostel room.

Hostels are great for young people as they are very sociable places allowing people from all over the world to meet and interact while using the shared facilities.

Hostelworld.com

  • Database of over 80,000 hostels worldwide
  • Provides reviews written by fellow backpackers reflecting on their own personal experiences

Hostelbookers.com

  • Book hostels in over 2500 countries
  • No booking fee   
  • A free phone card, with credit, is issued with each booking
  • Reviews appear when 6 or more users have stayed at the hostel

Travelodge.co.uk

  • Saver rates available if you book 3 weeks in advance
  • The company aim to provide a “comfy bed, a good shower and a night’s sleep” and to do this at the lowest possible price through cutting out the luxuries experienced in other hotels.

Travelstay.com

The website works as a normal search engine but includes halls of residence which can be great alternatives for travellers on a budget.

Easyhotels.com

This is EasyJet's expansion into the hotel market – expect orange rooms but very cheap prices

Londontown.com

Soley for hotels in London but promises that if you can find a hotel cheaper in the capital within 48 hours of booking via the website, you will be given a refund and £100 in cash

Eurocampings.co.uk

This site has information about camping sites throughout Europe with most of the 8400 sites reviewed. The site has a loyalty scheme enabling low-cost camping with discounts available of up to 50%.

Ensure you stay up to date with any new hotel openings. Often there will be cheap rooms available allowing guest to test the facilities or special prices available during the low season. Check both hotelnewsresource.com and hoteldesigns.co.uk for more info.





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