Six Affordable New Weekend Getaways From London
From beachside breaks to cozy countryside stays, here are fabulous options to book now.
A stylish bedroom at the Store in Oxford, a quick walk from the city’s train station.
Source: The Store
It used to be possible to get a decent hotel room in the UK for £150 ($190), but these days you’re lucky to find a closet-size room on Airbnb for under £300. And it’s not just in London, where the hotel scene has been making headlines for normalizing four-figure nightly rates, even for small entry-level rooms.
In truth, escaping to the countryside isn’t necessarily much cheaper; a night this June at the celebrated Four Seasons in Hampshire starts at about £900. Average prices for UK hotel rooms have increased 30% from 2019 to 2023, according to data from market researcher CoStar shared with Bloomberg. Blame inflation.