Britain on the Cheap

Win a two-night stay at The Ritz, London, through Britain Magazine. In celebration of its special London issue, the winner and guest will stay in an Executive King Room and receive breakfast on both mornings and a three-course dinner on one of the evenings in the Ritz Restaurant. For a winner who lives outside the [...]

British Airways is having a winter sale to London, with a $699 economy round-trip from JFK to Heathrow. This includes all taxes, fees and charges, and you need to book by Jan. 24. If you’d like to book the flight and three nights at the Tavistock, it’s $842 pp, for stays now through March 31. [...]

The Best Western Webbington Hotel & Spa in Somerset has a special rate of £35/$58 per room per night. The Edwardian manor house, with an on-site spa, fully equipped gym and indoor pool, looks across the Mendip Hills. It’s near Bristol, Abridge Medieval Town, Weston Super Mare beaches and Wells Cathedral.    

Enjoy a free room upgrade and bottle of champagne at Stapleford Park, an 18th-century mansion and sporting estate in Leicestershire. The hotel is celebrating its election into the exclusive Pride of Britain Hotels collection with this offer, worth £109/$177, until Nov. 30. A night’s B&B for two costs £180/$298 at the hotel, set amid 500 [...]

Fancy a bottle of bubbly? If you spring for a vintage bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 2002 champagne at the list price of £179/$296, the 15th-century Swan at Lavenham in Suffolk will toss in free accommodation and breakfast now through Dec. 22, excluding Saturdays. You’ll save about £21/$33 for two at the newly refurbished historic [...]

The vino’s on Madconald Hotels & Resorts when you book an autumn break, from £45/$76 per person. Choose from hotels around the UK, and book now to Nov 28; stay from now to Dec 2. When you dine in the hotel restaurant, you’ll receive a free bottle of wine. Children 12 and younger stay and [...]

Want to up your chances of a ghostly Halloween encounter at Best Western PLUS Mosborough Hall Hotel outside Sheffield? Book one of the two oldest rooms in this 16th-century manor house hotel, now just £26.10/$45pp for a room for two. Stand on a certain spot in the rooms and you may hear the supernatural “Hello” [...]

Best Western Balgeddie House Hotel in Glenrothes, central Fife, has a special offer of £45/$76pp per night. The hotel, with an indoor pool and sauna, is near the coastal path and Falkland Palace.

“Downton Abbey” fans are flocking to the UK’s stately homes, as the popular costume soap opera starts a new season in Britain—US fans will need to wait for January for Round Two. One of England’s most opulent mansions, Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, has a special 3-for 2 deal through Pride of Britain Hotels. Stay two [...]

Last call for a summer break of £49/$81 per person per night at more than 40 Macdonald Hotels & Resorts across the UK. You’ll also receive a £15/$24 voucher to spend on a meal, a round of golf, or spa treatment, from Sunday to Thursday. If you book for three nights, the rate drops to [...]