Working Away From Home, Hotels, B&B's or Renting better ?

[d000hg]

Nah bugger that. It'd be just my luck to end up living with some big fella who fancies me.. :-)

I don't think MF is on the site.

[unixman]

My favourite has been Premier Inn. It's the only way to be sure. Lovely and clean, great beds and usually a bar/restaurant on site. Mind you I stay only 2 or 3 nighs a week. All 4 could get expensive. Book ahead and get big reductions, eg £29 per night recently.

Travelodge can be okay but the quality varies wildly and the beds are usually too soft and worn out.. Life's too short.

With Premier Inn hiking their prices for summer, I am about to rent a room in a flat, and viewing the prospect with some trepidation. Any advice out there ? The elderly landlady seems lovely and the flat is good, but it's 20 years since I lives in "shared" accommodation. It's all a bit cheek-by-jowl.

Appreciate a quick answer as I have to confirm the room rental today...

[TheFaQQer]

My favourite has been Premier Inn. It's the only way to be sure. Lovely and clean, great beds and usually a bar/restaurant on site. Mind you I stay only 2 or 3 nighs a week. All 4 could get expensive. Book ahead and get big reductions, eg £29 per night recently.

Tell them you didn't get a good night's sleep and claim your money back on their guarantee - stay for free

[d000hg]

Tell them you didn't get a good night's sleep and claim your money back on their guarantee - stay for free

Premier Inn must hate insomniacs.

[Batcher]

I tend to drive if I'm away all week. It's easier to throw all your stuff in the back of the car and go. I definitely prefer the train over flying, even with low fare flights you still end up paying for parking, idling and whilst you are in the grinder that passes for air travel you generally can't do any work. Also if you add up all the time waiting and going through security it's usually quicker on the train for UK domestic flights, plus the benefit that you can actually work (if you go 1st).

That is a good point about storing things at work or with the hotel/B&B I've done that quite a bit. Another trick is to put all your shirts and smellies in a local laundry on a Friday and collect on the Monday, saves transporting dirty clothes.

Oh yes and if you are working on the continent, take the UK car over. Leave it in the Airport Carpark at the weekend, cheaper than leaving it in the UK Airport car park, plus it makes a great storage locker.

I will drive if it's no more than 4 hours away from home but longer than that I fly. Train it sometimes too but flying is ok for me. I stay 15 minutes from the airport and get dropped off by my good lady so no parking charges.

My last contract I used to WFH on Mondays then fly down after tea. Booked in the hotel and out in the pub to meet the other contractors around 9pm. Security isn't too bad on a Monday evening and the free food and drink in the lounge was nice. Used to be quite well oiled by the time I got to the pub

[DcoC]

If you're near a Uni over the summer, check out their Halls of Residence.

When the students clear our, they might be renting the spare rooms.

Cheaper than 2* hotels, laundry service, not too many people.

[flipFlop]

Just wondering what are people's experiences/views with regards to contracts where the distance requires you to work from home.

When I work from home I don't go to the expense of using B&Bs hotels or renting. My strategy is just to work from my own home, this is the cheapest option. As for finding rental properties, this is unnecessary as I just stay in my own home, feeling renting is somehow superfluous.

[kal]

When I work from home I don't go to the expense of using B&Bs hotels or renting. My strategy is just to work from my own home, this is the cheapest option. As for finding rental properties, this is unnecessary as I just stay in my own home, feeling renting is somehow superfluous.

Indeed I find the best place to crash when working from home, is in fact home...

[kingcook]

When I work from home I don't go to the expense of using B&Bs hotels or renting. My strategy is just to work from my own home, this is the cheapest option. As for finding rental properties, this is unnecessary as I just stay in my own home, feeling renting is somehow superfluous.

We did that joke in post #3

[AvsFan]

Indeed I find the best place to crash when working from home, is in fact home...

Yep, fair enough.......I will ensure I read my posts in future before I submit them

I did of course mean "working away from home". Thanks for the replies, they have helped provide some useful info.

Working too hard