If you
happen to have travelled and stayed at a hotel before, then you know
just how expensive some of the services offered at the hotel can be.
Services like internet connections, laundry services and even the
in-room bar, among other hotel amenities that you have to pay extra
for, can sometimes be exorbitantly priced as compared to if you were
to pay for the services elsewhere in retail shops. The thing is, the
hotel services that you are offered are usually very convenient and
that is probably why they are charged extra. If you are on a budget,
and you can do without the convenience, then there are ways that you
can get around without these services and save some money at the same
time. Below are some ways that you can save some money and pay less,
or nothing at all, for services that you can do without and still get
to book the best accommodation that you can afford.
you want to stay at hotels
near Oxford Circus or other great hotels in London,
one way that you can certainly save some money is by avoiding hotel
meals. If you are in a city that has a wide variety of restaurants
including fast food restaurants and even street food, then you are
better off going out and eating outside the hotel instead. This will
have two main benefits. First, you will save some money by affording
cheaper food that is probably not so much different from the hotel
food and secondly, you will get to experience the city that you have
travelled to and expand your exposure to what that city has to offer.
Of course you will have to forgo the convenience that the hotel
offers, but this can be easily remedied by planning ahead and having
an open mind to other options that you may have.
utensils so that you can buy some ready to eat food at a local
grocery store and eat at the hotel. You will find that most hotels
don’t have a problem with their guests carrying in their own food
but if you want to confirm that it will not be a problem, ask if it
will be ok to do so before you book for the hotel room.
way to save money while booking hotel accommodation is to book the
hotel room the smart way. One way that you can do this is by going to
a hotel or accommodation aggregator website and searching for hotels near Oxford Circus for example. That way, you will
be able to find the best hotel that suits your needs. As you look for
a hotel make sure that you book one that has free services like WIFI
if you need internet services or you can alternatively carry your own
mobile internet options including smartphone tethering and internet
dongles that you probably already pay for through your mobile phone
service provider.