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[Gopher]

I need to put together a budget for a five- or six-week stay in London in July-August 2009.

If I were to seek a cheapish motel or renting a studio or a room from someone's home or flat, eat economically, and travel by the tube, what, more or less, would kind of expense would this entail, in American dollars?

[withnail]

I'd say about $3000 minimum

[Gopher]

Thank you.

I also want to clarify that I am not going as a backpacker but as a researcher. I have no contacts there at the moment. So I would appreciate anyone with any specific recommendations as far as accommodations go.

Know any good short-term rental referral services or hotels in London?

This site suggests prices range from approximately twenty to eighty pounds per night? So I might budget my hotel expenses at, say, sixty or sixty-five pounds per night for a grant proposal? Does that sound correct?

[vdowd]

Check to see if there is any universities that offer summer accomodation for vistors/traveller. Some do during break times when students do not use on campus housing.

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London is an Incredible city, probably my favourite 'big city' in the world.
But dang, pound for pound it's probably the most expensive, moreso than Tokyo and New York I feel.

[Gopher]

Nice pic of Magnum in your avatar.

So, then, what kind of general estimate might you suggest for a five- or six-week stay there in July-August, stated in American dollars? $3500-$4000 sufficient to cover room, board, public transportation?

[withnail]

check out the London Visitors Hotel Holland Road Kensington. Beautiful, expensive part of London but they'll do you a cheap box room and will negotiate for a 5-6 week commitment. it's extremely central. absooolutely no frills though!

[Gopher]

All right. I have a specific place: Ken Gardens. Walking distance to the PRO.

Nice neighborhood?

[withnail]

that's fine.