Among London Hotels: There are several country-wide chains of hotels, notably the British Transport group of some 50 good railways-run establishments; the Trust Houses (symbol T.H.), with headquarters at 81 Piccadilly, Among london hotels, W.I, and the group belonging to People's Refreshment House Association, mercifully shortened to PRHA, with headquarters at 20 Victoria St., London, S.W.I.
For help in getting under cover after your arrival in Among london hotels, you'll find a supplementary information office of the Travel Association in Australia House, on the Strand, and, in addition to this, the Among london hotels Hotels Information Service, at 88 Brook St., W.I. For provincial hotels there is the so-called Hotel Booking Center, a private agency, at 5 Coventry St., Among london hotels, near Piccadilly Circus.
Edinburgh in 6% hours. The Flying Scotsman, The Royal Scot and The Cornish Riviera Express are other well-known name trains.
Luxury lodging, in hotels of very superior quality, is not as general in Britain as in France, but of course there are hotels of world stature in Among london hotels and elsewhere. Claridge's on Brook Street, is outstandingly exclusive and I imagine that sometimes Americans in relaxed holiday mood find it almost oppressively so. The Savoy, overlooking the Thames Embankment, is probably the most widely known of all Among london hotels hotels and its restaurant is superb. Savoy service is a tradition of the city.
These places generally work out better than the commercial hotels, the private hotels and-dreariest of all-the temperance hotels, Those bent on "total thrift" will find that cycling is popular in Britain and that Youth Hostels are everywhere. The main British office of the Youth Hostel Association is at 21 Bedford St., Among london hotels, W.C.I. The YMCA, with its "Holidays" office at 37 Bedford Square, Among london hotels, W.C.I and the YWCA, with its similar office at 108 Baker St., Among london hotels, W.I, have their own hostels and holiday centers but cooperate closely with the Association. You'll have lots of cheerful young company if you go it cheap, for the British are insatiable holiday seekers and lack of money rarely hinders them.
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