London West End Hotels

Looking for a london west end hotel? If you want to be near Regent Street, Oxford Street or the theatre district, 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 london west end hotels. There are 5 websites that, between them, offer the cheapest london hotels. Most 'london hotels' websites are affiliates of one of these websites (they offer a limited range from just one of these five london 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.

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 'london west end hotels' sections.

We also tell you about the most popular west end hotels, plus (to give you the widest choice and the best prices) about hotels in the surrounding london boroughs (for west end this is oxford street, covent garden and the theatre district).

Where to book hotels near the london west end

Now the interesting bit. These websites will give you the widest choice of hotels in the west end 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 50 hotels within a mile of west end and over 100 hotels within 2 miles.

You can click directly to their marble arch hotels, mayfair hotels, or london west end hotels pages.

This is an excellent website to get a baseline on the rate you should expect to pay. 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. The website covers the big chains plus independent hotels.

Superbreak - this link is to superbreak's london hotels page. For london west end hotels click on the arrow at the end of the 'all london' box and select 'mayfair / oxford street / west end' and enter your dates for details on up to 50 hotels in the area with rooms from £45 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.

This link takes you to their london page. Click on 'Mayfair' and 'Soho' for details of up to 25 hotels in the area with room rates from less than £50 a night - from low cost B&B's to 5 star luxury.

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

You can click directly to their london west end hotels page or their marble arch hotels, oxford street hotels, mayfair hotels, and piccadilly hotels pages. (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, but if you click on 'london' in the 'airport' box, enter your dates and click 'proceed' you'll get 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 the london west end

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.