London is one of the most beautiful cities and enjoys a well-deserved popularity among tourists. During your stay in the capital of the United Kingdom, you need to stay somewhere, so you should worry about accommodation in advance.
Going to London, it is better to book a hotel room in advance for the entire duration of your stay in the city, this will save you a lot of trouble. You can order and pay for a room via the Internet, but this procedure has its own nuances.
Remember that you should book a room directly on the website of the hotel you are interested in, and not in one of the many intermediary offices. When booking a room on the hotel's website, you will pay the lowest possible cost for accommodation, since the payment for the services of intermediaries will be excluded. To find exactly the hotel website, type in the search engine "London Official Hotel Website". If you are interested in a specific hotel, please indicate its name. After looking through a few links, you will surely find the information you are looking for.
The cost of living in London, like in any other city, varies greatly. In the so-called budget hotels, you will pay about 20 to 50 pounds per night. In more prestigious hotels, the cost of a room can reach hundreds of pounds per day, or even several thousand.
If you plan to stay in London for at least a few weeks, it is better to rent a room, it will be much cheaper than staying in a hotel. As a rule, rooms are rented by week, not by month. The cost of a single room in remote areas (zones 4-5) is approximately £ 50 per week. In the second or third zone, you will have to pay about 100 pounds for a week of living, and in the first zone - about 130 pounds. In this case, you will have to pay a security deposit equal to one or two weeks of residence. You will be refunded this amount before you leave, making sure that everything is in order in the apartment. Be prepared for the fact that you will have to pay additional utilities.
When renting a house for a long time, make sure that it really belongs to the person renting it to you. Feel free to ask for title deeds. There are a lot of scammers in London who specialize in defrauding visitors. Therefore, it is better to rent housing through specialized offices, many of them are located near train stations and airports.
