Britain on the Cheap

It’s not too late for Valentine’s Day! SACO apartments is offering a free stay Sunday night Feb. 13 when you book a studio or one-bedroom apartment on Feb. 11 and 12. That’s good for traditional romance in Bath—think Jane Austen—from £100/$158 per night. In London, check into an apartment in Aldgate, Covent Garden, Holborn, Fleet [...]

Settling into London for a bit this winter? Coach House Rentals has reduced certain rentals 20% in January and February for stays of seven nights or more. The deal extends through Feb. 25. Coach House Rentals arranges a car to collect guests from the airport and sends a representative to meet and welcome them at [...]

Throughout December, SACO serviced apartment company has discounts up to 50% off. Bath has one-bedroom apartments at £105/$168 per night, saving £35/$59. Two-bedroom apartments are £175/$277 per night, saving £63/$103. Birmingham has one-bedroom apartments at £79/$127 per night, saving £87/$143. Two-bedroom apartments are £99/$157 per night, saving £95/$165. Cardiff has one-bedroom apartments at £79/$127 per [...]

Whether you’re a couple or a crowd for the holidays, Helpful Holidays, a West Country cottage specialist, is offering 10% off all its homes for a minimum three-night stay during the Christmas and New Year season. With the discount, prices start about £292/$467 per week (£65/$104 per person) for a detached bungalow for six, plus [...]

Save £118/$188 with a short November break at Cosy Cot in Wiltshire. The restored 17th-century thatched home, in a village seven miles from Salisbury, has an inglenook fireplace; it holds a four-star gold award from VisitBritain. Reduced to £353/$568 for three nights when two stay, including heating, fuel and linen.

Save £132/$212 with a short break this November at Winnford, a well-equipped sandstone cottage within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and 10 minutes’ walk from the coastal path and beach at Seatown in Dorset. The old market town of Bridport, with restaurants and food shops, is three miles away. Reduced to £339/$546 for three [...]

Fall is a grand time to visit the New Forest, the protected area of Hampshire woodland and heathland where ponies and cattle are free to roam. Two Hideways thatched cottages in the New Forest have November bargains for four or fewer guests: The Lodge in Godshill Wood, overlooking a three-acre garden, has a four-star Visit [...]

Save 20% on Toad Hall Cottages in South Devon’s South Hams region between Salcombe and Dartmouth through October. Thatcher’s End is an 18th-century thatched cottage for two in a village just outside Kingsbridge, at the head of the Salcombe estuary. With a four-star rating from Visit Britain, the restored home has an inglenook fireplace in [...]

SACO serviced apartment company is offering savings up to £66/$103 per night for October half-term in Manchester, plus free tickets to Dr Who Live. From Oct. 23-31, a studio apartment, sleeping two, costs from £75/$119 per night, saving £55/$87; a two-bedroom apartment, sleeping four, costs £145/$227 per night, saving £66/$103. If you book by Oct. [...]

Hideways is offering two fall discounts in the West Country. Royal Oak Farmhouse, in the heart of the Exmoor village of Winsford, dates back to the 14th century. Recently updated, the cottage retains its open fireplaces and ceiling beams. When four share it is reduced to £361/$571 for three nights, saving £178/$282 until Oct. 14. [...]