View Full Version : To all the UKers, need your help!
RadioMaster
13 Jun 2006, 17:20
Hi,
Me and a friend are planning to come to London end of July/beginning of August.
Now we´re searching for a cheap but good hotel in London. The center would be best.
Does anybody know which hotel we could go to?
Thanx!
R.
PS: Can You tell me how to get tickets for Whistle down the wind? Heard that it´s played there..
Last time I stayed right in the centre of London I used this website ...
http://www.london-discount-hotel.com/budgethotels
Whistle runs until Aug 12th, London Theatre Direct (http://www.londontheatredirect.com/bookingprocess/selectdate.asp) seems to have the best deals on tickets that I can find (following a v quick google search)
London and cheap in one sentence contradicts itself. :wtf:
RadioMaster
13 Jun 2006, 22:10
Not especially about the hotel, but booked the flight some minutes ago:
Altenburg (near Lipzig) to Stansted
both flights together for 15€!:D
God bless Ryanair!
Edit: booked the WDTW-tickets special price: best seat for 20punds/30€!
London and cheap in one sentence contradicts itself. :wtf:
An oxymoron one might say.
needmoremeat
14 Jun 2006, 21:15
www.travelodge.co.uk
Try this! if you're going end of July it means everyone will have left the hotels after Wimbledon so there should be rooms available!:mrgreen:
RadioMaster
14 Jun 2006, 21:21
Can you give me something like a possible good price for a double room, 3 nights?
We´re still searching and found very different offers.
A good rate in central London would be about £70 a room. Not many of them around though.
This ones pretty good value. A load of us stayed there last summer during the HOTD tour.
http://www.kensingtonhogarthhotel.co.uk/
They were renevating then and we had a few nightmares with no air con when it was hotter than hell inside and out. But i'm sure that must be over now. Its a nice hotel and decors good and its clean.
Deb
waiting for some sarcy comments :-P
Heres another one. A lot of the wwry fans use this. It;s pretty close to where Whistle down the wind is on as well.
http://www.ridgemounthotel.co.uk/
Ageing Bat
15 Jun 2006, 00:05
Um.... Stanstead airport's quite a way out of London..... just thought I'd mention it.
RadioMaster
15 Jun 2006, 00:17
Yes I know, we´ll have to go by train to the center.
A ticket to stansted is 25€(Ryanair), a ticket to Heathrow is nearly 100€(Lufthansa), so I think it´ll still be cheaper.
AndrewG
15 Jun 2006, 00:24
Yes I know, we´ll have to go by train to the center.
A ticket to stansted is 25€(Ryanair), a ticket to Heathrow is nearly 100€(Lufthansa), so I think it´ll still be cheaper.
Not if you take a taxi!
BTW trains are quite expensive going into London also. When I take a train from where I live to the center of London (which is about 40-50 miles or so) I pay £55 return during peak times !!! :shock:
The Stanstead express goes from Stanstead to london so should be ok. Don't think it's as expensive as normal train fares.
Deb
The stansted express will cost you around £25 return and this will take you into liverpool street, from here you can get the london underground, the bus or a taxi to get you anywhere in our great city.
RadioMaster
15 Jun 2006, 18:54
Had a problem to purchase the WDTW tickets. Is here anybody who did this before?
They ask for a username/password, so I have to register on there site, but I dont know where and how, cant find anything:confused:
Had a problem to purchase the WDTW tickets. Is here anybody who did this before?
They ask for a username/password, so I have to register on there site, but I dont know where and how, cant find anything:confused:
Try here:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/947850/?search_redirect=whistle%20down%20the%20wind&tm_link=tm_header_search
RadioMaster
16 Jun 2006, 13:56
OK, here the latest news:
Found a fitting hotel, it´s in Hammersmith, called "Hotel 65" it seems to be cheap and clean, that´s enough for us.
Can anybody explain the difference between english breakfast and continental breakfast?
R.
Continental Breakfast - Cereals, Fruit Juice, Coffee/Tea, Croissants, Bread, Cheese etc
English Breakfast - Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Tomatoes, Baked Beans, Hash Browns, Fried Bread, Heart Disease, Black Pudding, Mushrooms, Lard, Toast, Cholesterol, Coffee/Tea, Fruit Juice, Cereals ...
Ageing Bat
16 Jun 2006, 14:58
Go for the English breakfast.... you won't need to eat anything for hours (possibly days) afterwards! Continental breakfast and you're hungry again in 30 minutes. Well, I am anyway!
A good rate in central London would be about £70 a room. Not many of them around though.
This ones pretty good value. A load of us stayed there last summer during the HOTD tour.
http://www.kensingtonhogarthhotel.co.uk/
They were renevating then and we had a few nightmares with no air con when it was hotter than hell inside and out. But i'm sure that must be over now. Its a nice hotel and decors good and its clean.
Deb
waiting for some sarcy comments :-P
You need to bring MUCH time with you for this hotel to discuss everything at the reception desk!! :lmao:
But a good hotel though..... :-P .... I have great memories!
Not especially about the hotel, but booked the flight some minutes ago:
Altenburg (near Lipzig) to Stansted
both flights together for 15€!:D
God bless Ryanair!
Edit: booked the WDTW-tickets special price: best seat for 20punds/30€!
Hi there,
you should have in your mind to be a little bit carefully about Ryanair!
A group of my German friends did miss a Meaty show in London 2004 because Ryanair canceled the flight very short-dated!!
Go for the English breakfast.... you won't need to eat anything for hours (possibly days) afterwards! Continental breakfast and you're hungry again in 30 minutes. Well, I am anyway!
I still can't believe we got that free one in Luton!! I couldn't finish it! :lmao:
RadioMaster
17 Jun 2006, 19:01
In all hotels that I´ve tried up to now were no more rooms available, but now I´ve found one.
177punds for 3 nights.
Very central.
Just have to ask the other part of this travel-team and then I will book it!
AndrewG
17 Jun 2006, 19:03
Hi there,
you should have in your mind to be a little bit carefully about Ryanair!
A group of my German friends did miss a Meaty show in London 2004 because Ryanair canceled the flight very short-dated!!
Nice. :|
You need to bring MUCH time with you for this hotel to discuss everything at the reception desk!! :lmao:
But a good hotel though..... :-P .... I have great memories!
:lmao: Great, but hot memories Eva ;)
RadioMaster
19 Jun 2006, 19:10
OK, the work is done!
Thanks for your help.
Now that I´ve booked the hotel, i can tell you what it is: :twisted:
It´s called Fairway
500m distance to King´s Cross
An en-suite double room with English breakfast for 60 Punds per night.
The booking is confirmed,
got the tickets for the flight
got the tickets for WDTW( I would take photos of the show, but that´s not allowed:-().
Now nothing can go wrong anymore!
Again, thank you all very much!
R.
(PS: To the mods around, if you want, feel free to :lock: this thread, cause everything is done now)
Ageing Bat
19 Jun 2006, 20:07
Sorry Radiomaster, but I think you've jumped the gun a bit there in asking for the thread to be locked ...... have you organised your 'Short Occupancy Dispensation - Official Fleeting Freedom' documents from the Queen? You need to do this as you intend to be staying in the City of London, rather than just 'London'. It's an ancient form of visa document. I think you need to apply to the Lord Mayor of London (Ken Livingstone) for it. Wouldn't want you to travel all this way and have to leave immediately.
RadioMaster
19 Jun 2006, 20:18
That´s a joke???
Really hope so.
Know of some friends who have been there and they never said something about that...
:confused:
Edit:
Ok, got me! I really thought about it.
sometimes I think everything is possible in bureaucracy.
According to my travel guide and Google something like that doesn´t exist.
Ageing Bat
19 Jun 2006, 21:37
Sorry, couldn't resist..... had wonderful visions of you phoning Ken Livingstone and asking him to 'sod off'!
Hope you have a lovely time in the UK. One attraction well worth a visit to is the London Eye.
You do know Kings Cross is in the red light district of London don't you:shock: Could be why it's so cheap :shock:
*Makes herself a mental note not to ask in open forum any tips on UK traveling. It appears that most UKers descended from Monty Python*
The Flying Mouse
19 Jun 2006, 22:39
*Makes herself a mental note not to ask in open forum any tips on UK traveling. It appears that most UKers descended from Monty Python*
:twisted: Care to buy a parrot madam? :mrgreen:
Ageing Bat
19 Jun 2006, 22:41
.... he's not dead, he's restin'
The Flying Mouse
19 Jun 2006, 22:43
.... he's not dead, he's restin'
:twisted: Is this RJ we're talkin about after his full English? :mrgreen:
My dear sir...
This parrot has expired...this parrot is no more...
BUT
Beautiful plummage, ain't it???
RadioMaster
19 Jun 2006, 22:58
:twisted: Is this RJ we're talkin about after his full English? :mrgreen:
:whistle:
Ageing Bat
19 Jun 2006, 23:56
I wonder if you'll be able to learn the English sense of humour in a few days RJ?!
Hypnobabe
27 Jun 2006, 13:14
Having just returned from six days in Estonia, my mate Angie and I thought up a fun game... when foreigners come over to the UK and ask how do you say "hello" or "thank you" or "please" or whatever in English, you tell them a rude word instead.... highly amusing.... tee hee hee....
Not that I'd do that to you, Radiomaster.... honest....
RadioMaster
27 Jun 2006, 16:10
:twisted:
"good moring sir, how do you feel today"
"go fu*k yourself!"
The Flying Mouse
27 Jun 2006, 16:13
:twisted:
"good moring sir, how do you feel today"
"go fu*k yourself!"
:twisted: :lmao:
Happened to my cousin...got a new job...first day in...boss turns around and curses the heck out of her in Russian..she turns green...
Bottom line...boss had a Russian grandfather and asked that esteemed gent to teach him some greetings in Russian...
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