28 June 2010

edinburgh for the august bank holiday

the cheapest accommodation in edinburgh for this august's bank holiday weekend appears to be at edinburgh university with single ensuite rooms available from 57.5 gbp and single rooms with shared bathrooms at 43 gbp per night ... however over at laterooms they have single rooms with shared facilities available from 38 gbp per night ...

in order to get there trains from london to edinburgh would cost about 85 gbp return [37 outbound on saturday morning / 48 inbound monday evening] ... booking through eastcoast mainline would save 5 gbp outbound, and could get first class on the return for just 5 gbp extra ...

travelling from london to glasgow would be a bit cheaper at 46 gbp return [27 outbound / 19 inbound] ...

an outbound train on friday afternoon to glasgow would could 55 gbp single ...

london to edinburgh flights cost over 100 gbp return at sensible times ...