The surprise: It's worth the hassle. Tune Hotel Westminster's regular rates start at $54 and have, s

London's newest, most affordable , and well located new hotel, Tune Hotels Westminster , is the complete opposite of the city's iconic four seasons hotel singapore hotels, with their doormen in long coats and top hats. Imagine if Spirit Airlines ran a hotel in its famous, fee-for-everything, self-service style, and you'd be closer to the mark.
Budget hotel chain Tune Hotels doesn't cut costs so much as pass them on. Free toiletries, in-room safe, and hair dryers are goners. Guests are greeted at the front-desk with all-new costs. Pay $2.40 for a towel rental, four seasons hotel singapore $4.80 to activate the TV each day, and on and on. Most astonishingly, your room only gets a housekeeping visit before your arrival and on every third day. More frequent cleanings cost $12 each.
The surprise: It's worth the hassle. Tune Hotel Westminster's four seasons hotel singapore regular rates start at $54 and have, so far, never topped $99. That's a super deal. Anything under $100 a night in London four seasons hotel singapore is amazing, especially for a just-renovated building that's within six subway stops of the city's most iconic attractions.
The location: Fantastic. The hotel is 30 feet from a Tube station four seasons hotel singapore on the Bakerloo line, which can take you to Buckingham Palace in 10 minutes and to the shops at Oxford Circus in only five stops. That said, the Lambeth neighborhood immediately around the hotel is boring.
The setup: From the outside, four seasons hotel singapore the 79-room Tune Hotels Westminster looks like a boxy airport hotel, given its former life as bank and government offices. But swing into the candy-cane colored lobby, and there's a fresh modern look in every corner.
Sleeping arrangements: Tiny! As in, 90-square-feet tiny. As in, enter-the-room-and-hit-your- head-on-the-far-wall tiny. America's top hotel blogger Juliana Shallcross recently stayed at Tune Hotels Westminster overnight for $91 after all taxes and add-ons, and reported , "The room is incredibly small yet everything is somehow just where you need it." For example, four seasons hotel singapore there's plenty of storage space under the bed. Gadget charging is easy with ample, well-placed power outlets.
The details: tunehotels.com , 11 private rooms without windows from 35 ($56), with windows from 40 ($64). Even better, sign up for the hotel's mailing list and you could catch a sale offering rooms for less than a dollar a night.
14 more Tune Hotels will be built around London four seasons hotel singapore by the end of 2012. Would you stay at a hotel that charged fees for using their towels, using their TV, and using housekeeping every day? Sound off in the comments!
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