London Croydon Hotels

Looking for a croydon hotel? If you want to be on the outskirts of south london, near the M25 / M3 and gatwick, but less than 30 minutes from central london by train, we offer the widest choice of hotels and can help you book them at the lowest cost.

You don't have to spend hours clicking around hundreds of websites in order to get the best price on croydon hotels. There are 5 websites that, between them, offer the cheapest hotels. Most 'croydon hotels' websites are affiliates of one of these websites (they offer a limited range from just one of these five hotels websites).

Here we tell you about all 5 websites, plus a couple of other websites with a limited range of london hotels, but great prices.

These websites all offer lowest price guarantees and power the hotels pages of many of the better known brands. Each website offers an excellent choice and rock bottom prices.

We make it easy for you to compare their prices plus, where they have them, we link you directly to their 'croydon hotels' sections.

We also tell you about the most popular croydon hotels, plus (to give you the widest choice and the best prices) about hotels in the surrounding london boroughs.

Where to book hotels near croydon

Now the interesting bit. These websites will give you the widest choice of hotels in the croydon area at the lowest prices. As they all offer some from of 'lowest price guarantee', you'll also be getting the best prices.

Active hotels - offer the widest choice of london hotels, with up to 10 hotels within a couple of miles of Croydon and a croydon hotels page.

Click to go to their croydon hotels page of on one of their other south london hotels pages (each with details for that area plus surrounding areas) battersea hotels, clapham hotels, docklands hotels, greenwich hotels, kew hotels, richmond hotels, southbank hotels, sutton hotels, twickenham hotels, wandsworth hotels and wimbledon hotels pages.

The website covers the big chains plus independent hotels - from B&Bs to 5 star hotels. Click for a description and picture of the hotel plus comprehensive hotel information, then book and get instant online confirmation.

Superbreak - this link is to superbreak's london hotels page. For croydon hotels click on the arrow at the end of the 'all london' box and select 'south london', then enter your dates for details on up to 20 hotels with rooms from £40 a night.

Room rates, facilities, grades, detailed descriptions and even photos are available for most hotels. They also offer london theatre breaks and serviced apartments. But note that Superbreak quote prices on a per person basis not per room.

Worldres / placestostay.com - a big hotels website that provides the hotels pages of many well known brands, including lastminute.com and Opodo, and prices up to 70% off published rates.

The link takes you to their london page. Click on 'Southwark' or 'Greater London' (in the top left) for details of up to 50 south london hotels - with room rates from £60 - low cost hotels and apartments to 5 star luxury.

Hotels.com / travelnow.com - one of the worlds biggest and best hotels booking websites.

It is a bit cumbersome, but your quickest route to a croydon hotel from hotels.com is to use the link above, which is to their london hotels page. Or you can click directly to their their Wimbledon hotels, Kew Gardens hotels, and Canary Wharf hotels pages. (These are the only South London hotels pages they have. You need to enter your dates and click search before you jump to the hotels details)

Book famous 5 star hotels, apartments or budget B&B's. Look out for special value deals - up to 25% off the already discounted room rate when you stay 2 nights or more.

Allrez.com - this link takes you to the allrez city hotels page (with 'london hotels' automatically selected).

They have a 'refine search' section at the bottom of the page, but it doesn't work that well. The quickest way is to get an idea of the hotel you want with the companies above, then search for that hotel by name (and check the price) at Allrez.

A broad range of london hotels. Click on a room type and 'more info' any of the hotels for an honest assessment of the hotel and its location. A regular place for bargains.

Holidayextras - this is a bit of a 'joker' in the pack. It is a discount website focusing on airport hotels. Click on 'London City' for a couple of hotels in the area, or click on 'london' in the 'airport' box, for details of up to 30 central london hotels.

Their central london hotels range from 2 to 4 star, often at unbeatable prices - from £40 a night (per room, not per person) they even have quad rooms from less than £45. Always worth a look.

Hotel Connect - another excellent website with a limited range of london hotels but great prices on the few they do offer. Browse their special offers and, once you've searched, click for a description and picture of the hotel and other essential information.

How to get the best price on hotels near croydon

1. As with most things on the web, our first piece of advice is to shop around for your hotel. Check the prices at all of the websites detailed below. It's not unusual for two of them to offer the same hotel at very different prices.
2. Unlike flights, as long as there is no conference or major event in London (and you can check that at whatsonwhen), you will often find the best deal by leaving booking late. Booking between two and seven days in advance usually yields the cheapest central london hotel rooms. But don't wait until the day as prices go back up.
3. When comparing prices, the most important thing is to make sure that you are comparing ‘like with like’. Not just the same hotel (and there are 34 Holiday Inn hotels serving london, for example), make sure the ‘package’ is the same. Price per person and per room, service charges and breakfast (included or not) are the usual variants.
4. Sometimes adding a weekend night will lower the rate for all of the other nights of your stay.
5. Compare prices, but compare locations too. It's usually worth paying a little extra to be nearer the centre of town, or your preferred attraction.
6. Don't just rely on 'star' ratings. Look at the facilities the hotel has and rank hotels based on the facilities' importance to you.
7. If you want a cheap hotel at the weekend, consider hotels in or near business districts. Business people only want hotels during the week. These hotels are usually of a 'superior' standard but, in order to attract weekend custom, they offer excellent weekend deals.