The best and worst of London

The Sydney Morning Herald web site recently ran an article about The Best and Worst of British. It was actually about the fun and perils, well mostly perils, facing any young Aussie backpacker who ventures over to London for a working holiday. The “worst” fell into three areas: – accommodation and how expensive it is…

Where to stay

Q: We are planning to come visit London. There will be 4 adults. Do you have any suggestion as to where we should stay???? We don’t want to stay in a bad place but we don’t want to pay a lot of money to stay either. We plan to do a lot of sight seeing…

Cheap accommodation

Q: my boyfriend and i will be honeymooning in london in late may. we have never travelled abroad. do you have a suggestion for cheap double accomodations? A: the Strand Palace hotel in the Strand (!) is, I believe, good value. It is also very centrally located. And there are several good value hotels also…