Where can I stay in London overnight with my daughter (hotel) which won’t cost the earth?

[WizardofCoz]

Hello MN,
My daughter is 12 & has been struggling with her health for the last year.
We are going to an event in London in a few weeks & I want to take her to stay in a hotel overnight afterwards for a treat.
Would love it to be a fancy one but I’m a single mum with a budget of around £150…
Wondering if anyone can recommend somewhere for us to stay - am I being a bit optimistic being London & all (doesn’t have to be central!) 🫶

Where's the event? Premier Inns and Travelodges would do the job for you and there are various across London... £150 a night will be a challenge in central London but do able in zone 3/4 I reckon.

Travelodge Battersea would be under budget x

London very expensive at the moment, there's a lot on and so a lot of visitors.

Covent garden travellodge pretty much every time we go. It's clean, safe, central. Unfortunately not at all fancy.

Travelodge Balham is right next to the tube / overland station.

Where is the event and what time is it?

can’t go wrong with a premier inn and breakfast

Travelodge in Clapham
junction was £155 for a random Saturday in July so maybe there?

Point a hotels can be reasonable, consider the canary wharf branch jubilee line is open over night. Would be helpful if you said which part of London the event is in

Or hotels in Ealing can be ok.

Totally doable. What area of London is the event? And what night of the week?

The Travel Lodge in Covent Garden is great, as is the one at Liverpool Street - great locations with enough money left in the pot for a lovely breakfast somewhere else the following morning.

You would be lucky to get those for £150 these days,

Nothing fancy for £150 unfortunately in London though

We are staying in a Premier inn in Canary Wharf for 5 nights at the end of July and it cost £380, so I would say premier inn budget wise. I have found most premier inns decent.

So a bit unusual but the Sunborn Yacht hotel on Royal Victoria Dock is usually extremely expensive, but if you check their calendar they can be, on odd days, a lot less. A quick look at their calendar shows days at £188. We stayed once for £99. Anyway - I’d email them & ask and explain circumstances, if it’s a good spot to stay for you. It’s fun & very special. Usually they have free cable car tickets across the river as well.

www.sunbornlondon.com/?utm_source=Local%20SEO&utm_campaign=Local%20SEO&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=Local%20SEO

Premier inn Hackney is usually pretty cheap (for London) & there's a bus stop right outside or tube close by.

This is in Bloomsbury - twin room with en suite in budget. Not fancy but decent and in a great spot. https://www.goodenough.ac.uk/visitor-accommodation/
https://direct-book.com/properties/lon647?locale=en&items%5B0%5D%5Badults%5D=2&items%5B0%5D%5Bchildren%5D=0&items%5B0%5D%5Binfants%5D=0&currency=GBP&checkInDate=2025-05-29&checkOutDate=2025-05-30&trackPage=no&selected=0

Definitely need to know where the event is, OP. You dont want to be looking at hotels in Ealing if you're going to the Excel.

If you’re looking for a treat then try Motel one near Aldgate ( on circle line so accessible to most places in London) - boutique feel but well priced although depends when you are going - I’ve just looked at dates in July - £179, but £144 in August. If you sign up to become a member you get 10% off. Otherwise I’ve stayed at the Premier Inn at Hammersmith - reasonable and near the tube station. Enjoy your trip!

Haha yes you’re right - Liverpool Street comes in at just under £150 on a Saturday night. Any other day of the week is much cheaper - just £45 for a Sunday in August!

I’ve just seen for example the Sunborn Yacht is £137 tomorrow night including breakfast. Please contact them - we had such a wonderful stay there. The kids still remember the hot chocolate at breakfast! I’m always shocked when they have the random super bargain days!

TL Covent Garden is £220 on Sat 21 June, for example. Assume op needs a weekend if Dd is still at school.

ETA - liv street is £167 that night.

Places up by London City Airport (Beckton). Stayed in the Holiday Inn (I think) for about £99 but there is a whole line of hotels near there and they also have parking, which London, in general, doesn't offer. Hotels close to the Excel Centre were also large, budget, but nice.

Premier Inn Wembley Park is excellent if there's not anything on at Wembley.

Literally a minute walk to the tube station and on the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines.

We stayed there at Easter and it was around £100 a night and it was the biggest PI room I've ever seen!

Oh wow thanks for all your replies, wasn’t expecting this!
The event is in Kensington (daytime event)
…some brilliant suggestions - am so grateful!! 💕🥰

Depending on dates, this might be within your budget, including breakfast. I’ve stayed a few times, and it’s nicer than the website makes it sound.

www.rfsk.org.uk