London.

[Flanders.]

Chaps.

I'm taking the Mrs to London for a night away, is Excel/Cannery Wharf too far out of town to book a hotel? If so what is the furthest place I should be looking, I don't fancy travelling to far after a meal in a restaurant and a few drinks in a bar.

Many thanks.

[Chucklehead]

It's not too far really, but you'll have to travel for anything. Canary Wharf at the weekend is a ghost town. Unnervingly so.. reminded me of 28 days later.

What are you hoping to see and do?

[Chucklehead]

Just to add, yes, excel is too far.

[rcspeirs]

Excel is totally dead if there isn't an exhibition on, if you're seeing a cheap deal there - well there's a reason why it's cheap. It would be a false economy.
If you're only in London for a short stay then you need to stay in the centre (anything inside the circle line) to be able to enjoy it.

[bakerstreet]

If you are going to London for a weekend away, Exel and Canary Wharf is the last place I would want to stay.

As others have said, Canary Wharf is dead during the weekends. The only people usually there are tourists and even they look a bit confused by how quiet it is.

[Puggit]

If it's the Britannia in Canary Wharf then I would struggle to recommend it. I know they do cheap deals at weekends.

[vixen1700]

If you want decent, cheap, and central, have a look at the Travelodge in Drury Lane.

[Blown2CV]

if you try and book a budget hotel such as travelodge, you're a mug. lastminute.com un-named 5* will be about £100 a night. Travelodge will be £120-130.

[Martin_M]

Blown2CV said:

if you try and book a budget hotel such as travelodge, you're a mug. lastminute.com un-named 5* will be about £100 a night. Travelodge will be £120-130.

When you refer to un-named 5 stars what do you mean? I'm looking at London options also and there are no 5 star hotels at the price above on lastminute unfortunately.

[Hub]

Their "secret hotel" deals - they give you a vague description but you don't know what you're getting. Sometimes you may be able to google the description to reveal the hotel.

I did it once and got Hilton Islington for less than £100 per night

[Martin_M]

Hub said:

Their "secret hotel" deals - they give you a vague description but you don't know what you're getting. Sometimes you may be able to google the description to reveal the hotel.

I did it once and got Hilton Islington for less than £100 per night

Thanks for clarifying - I see them now.

[dirty_dog]

Hub said:

Their "secret hotel" deals - they give you a vague description but you don't know what you're getting. Sometimes you may be able to google the description to reveal the hotel.

I did it once and got Hilton Islington for less than £100 per night

You can usually find out where they are though if you Google the hotel description