# Hotel recs for Central London

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-recs-for-central-london/597019>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 21, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-recs-for-central-london/597019 "2011-09-21T01:53:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-recs-for-central-london/597019/21 "2011-09-23T14:58:51Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> That’s dynamic pricing for you! the cheap ship has sailed. As for the travelcard, I’d recommend anyone visiting London gets one. Makes life so much easier.
> 
> Ah, and there is the rub, my understanding was that the OP was looking for somewhere over the weekend. If the same hotel is needed for the business and leisure section then yes, Windsor becomes impractical for the reasons you stated.
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> Well, obviously not if the person absolutely wants to be located in central London. But if a leisure traveller wants cheap lodging and quick \*access \*to central London then I’d recommend it. (though your points about rush hour journeys are correct)

Visitors should get an oystercard these days, not a travelcard. Does Oyster go as far out as Windsor these days? It goes out a long way in the opposite direction.

We’ll just agree to disagree about how convenient Windsor is. 🙂

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