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My England Travel Guide |
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England Cheap Travel Tips Hotels
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| Everybody's needs, requirements and standards are different. Staying in downtown London or any major city you will pay more. Base yourself outside major cities and tourist areas and your costs will be considerably less. These budget guides are what I think is reasonable for any visitor arriving in 2011. England is an expensive place. The minimum expenses, if you're camping, or hostelling, using public transport, buying picnic food and eating in pubs, supermarkets and cafes, would be in the region of GBP40-50 a day. Couples staying at budget B&Bs, eating at modest restaurants and visiting a fair number of tourist attractions are looking at around GBP70-80 each per day, and if you're renting a car, staying in B&Bs or moderate hotels and eating well. Plan on at least GBP100 each per day. Single rooms may be hard to find because some hoteliers regard them as unprofitable. They tend to be smaller and less well equipped or attractively sited than larger rooms. This is something I don't agree with however, single travellers should plan on spending around 75% of what a couple would spend; single hotel rooms generally cost more than half the price of a double. Credit cards are very handy as a backup source of funds, and can be used either in ATMs or over the counter. Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Diners Club are accepted in most hotels, shops and restaurants in England. They're less useful in some rural areas. Smaller shops and some B&Bs will often accept cash only. You may also be able to make withdrawals, in larger cities, using your debit card. Your bank's international department should be able to advise on this. Make sure you have a personal identification number (PIN) that's designed to work overseas. The big thing here is to punch your own PIN number into a machine for your purchases You'll find ATMs at most large supermarkets, train stations, motorway service areas, some petrol (gas) stations and even in some pubs and shops.
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on this page is from my Stay in England UK from 2002 till 2009.