London Accommodations

Recommended by Rick Steves in Knightsbridge/Chelsea area, 7 min walk to V&A Museum, and 17 min walk to Harrod's. 16 min by tube to National Portrait Gallery. 18 min by tube to Saville Row (£90 and £180 depending on season). Aster House, 3 Sumner Place, London, SW7 3E.
Outside UK: +44 20 7581 5888 Reservations@AsterHouse.com. See map.  ( South Kensington, via Piccadilly or Circle line)

The Zetter Townhouse Marylebone is a well located and moderately priced (for central London) boutique hotel. It is highly rated by The Telegraph for its Victorian charm and first rate cocktail bar. 28-30 Seymour Street, London W1H 7JB. 020 7324 4544 (£175) ( Marble Arch)

Captain Bligh House, 100 Lambeth Rd. London SE1 7PT +44 20 7928 2735 (£55) map ( Lambeth North - 5 minute walk!)

Jesmond Hotel, 63 Gower St. (£79. 15% discount for one week stay) map ( Goodge Street - Northern Line; Euston Square - multiple; Russell Square - Piccadilly; Tottenham Court Road - Central Line).

Mowbray Court Hotel, 28-32 Penywern Road, Kensington, London SW5 9SU. +44 (0) 20 7373 8285. (£190) info@mowbraycourt.com. ( Earls Court - 1 minute walk from the hotel!!) I stayed here. Tiny room but clean and fairly new. Continental plus breakfast included. Best value for the location.

Better than Mowbray for cost is Park Grand London Kensington which only a 3 minute walk from Earl's Court tube station and is almost half the price of Mowbray (~$220). I stayed at the Mowbray because it was last minute and the only reasonably priced one available. I need to book further in advance.

Travelodge (John recommend - cheap especially when booked ahead)

Ridgemount Hotel, 65-67 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HJ, England +44 (0) 20 7636 1141. (£85). Highly recommended on Trip Advisor ( Goodge Street - Northern Line; Warren Street - Victoria Line; Tottenham Court Road - Central Line).

Rhodes Hotel, 195 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park. +44 207 2620 537. (£80). Highly recommended on Trip Advisor ( or  Paddington)

hub by Premier Inn | London Goodge Street, Brook House, Torrington Place, WC1E 7HN. Ultra modern decor! (£96) ( Goodge Street)

The Premier Inn chain (as the above at Goodge Street is) has many hotels in central London  and the rest of the UK on various levels of quality and size. They have three categories - Premier, Hub and Zip. All seem to be very reasonably priced for London. The Zip hotels are the very small, almost Japanese style accommodation.

Premier Inns London

London Lodge Hotel, 134/136 Lexham Gardens - highly recommended on TripAdvisor (£125). map ( Earl's Court; Kensington High Street)

Yotel Clerkenwell, 96 - 100 Clerkenwell Road, London, London EC1M 5RJ 44-203-146-1310 (£125) ( or Farringdon)

Darlington, 111-117 Sussex Gardens, Paddington, W2 2RU. Recommended by a couple that I met from Calgary as a very good place to stay in London. Located near Hyde Park.(£250) ( or Paddington)


MINIHOTELS

For very cheap accommodations (£30-40) in London see the Easy Hotel chain. Croydon, Shoreditch, Luton, Paddington, Heathrow, South Kensington and Victoria. (Most get a 3 out of 5 rating on TripAdvisor.) 

AIRBNB

There are dozens of AirBnBs in London. Here are a few select ones I have checked out that are in Central London.

Comfy Single in Marylebone Village, Bentinck St. ($125) ( Bond Street)

One room with private bathroom in Bloomsbury, Greek Street ($130) ( Leicester Square)

Lovely House in Bloomsbury Central London, Montague Street ($147) ( Holborn)

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