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From hotel savings to better booking engines, alternative accommodations to lodging rip-offs, here is the best lodging advice around
Don't use the most famous booking engines; use the ones with the largest selection and lowest rates
Hotels try to pad your bill with overpriced extras and ancillary fees; here's how to avoid them
Couchsurfing and other hospitality networks allow you to sleep for free in other member's homes
Hospitality networks gather folks who are willing to put up fellow members in their homes for free or for a small fee
★★☆A place to call your own for the night or the week—renting a cottage, house, or villa in the U.K.
Scams and rip-offs at the hotel—many of them perfectly legal. Avoid the minibar, phone, laundry service, and parking garage
Not a tour, but a bundle of airfare, lodging, maybe a car all at wholesale rates
Avoid the scandalously high cost of making a phone call from your hotel room
The hotel garage will often be far costlier than a nearby public garage or other parking option
User review sites are handy, but take their advice with a grain (make that a shaker) of salt
Hotel sites often feature special sales and promotions you won't find on the booking engines and aggregators
A room with "external facilities" (shared bath down the hall) always costs less for this minor inconvenience
A Full English breakfast is lovely and worthwhile; a dull, continental-style one isn't worth the added expense
Hostels, B&B's, apartments, farm stays, castles, university dorms, campgrounds...there are so many of these budget options I needed to create a whole separate section on this website just to fit them all in
Sleep in a religious guesthouse or retreat at abbeys, monasteries, priories, and convents across the U.K. from just £45
Hotels' official star ratings have nothing to do with how clean, central, comfortable, or charming a hotel is—just how many (often pointless) amenities it offers
All the steps you can take to find the lowest price on the perfect place to stay
Programs like WWOOF and Helpx let you barter your services for a free place to stay
If you love sailing, or just have an unquenchable taste for adventure and new experiences, you can sign on to help crew a boat just about anywhere in the world, including the U.K.
A network of free stone cabins where you can sleep off the beaten path in the U.K.
From hotel savings to better booking engines, alternative accommodations to lodging rip-offs, here is the best lodging advice around
Don't use the most famous booking engines; use the ones with the largest selection and lowest rates
Hotels try to pad your bill with overpriced extras and ancillary fees; here's how to avoid them
Couchsurfing and other hospitality networks allow you to sleep for free in other member's homes
Hospitality networks gather folks who are willing to put up fellow members in their homes for free or for a small fee
A place to call your own for the night or the week—renting a cottage, house, or villa in the U.K.
Scams and rip-offs at the hotel—many of them perfectly legal. Avoid the minibar, phone, laundry service, and parking garage
Not a tour, but a bundle of airfare, lodging, maybe a car all at wholesale rates
Avoid the scandalously high cost of making a phone call from your hotel room
The hotel garage will often be far costlier than a nearby public garage or other parking option
User review sites are handy, but take their advice with a grain (make that a shaker) of salt
Hotel sites often feature special sales and promotions you won't find on the booking engines and aggregators
A room with "external facilities" (shared bath down the hall) always costs less for this minor inconvenience
A Full English breakfast is lovely and worthwhile; a dull, continental-style one isn't worth the added expense
Hostels, B&B's, apartments, farm stays, castles, university dorms, campgrounds...there are so many of these budget options I needed to create a whole separate section on this website just to fit them all in
Sleep in a religious guesthouse or retreat at abbeys, monasteries, priories, and convents across the U.K. from just £45
Hotels' official star ratings have nothing to do with how clean, central, comfortable, or charming a hotel is—just how many (often pointless) amenities it offers
All the steps you can take to find the lowest price on the perfect place to stay
Programs like WWOOF and Helpx let you barter your services for a free place to stay
If you love sailing, or just have an unquenchable taste for adventure and new experiences, you can sign on to help crew a boat just about anywhere in the world, including the U.K.
A network of free stone cabins where you can sleep off the beaten path in the U.K.