Hotel Reservation

Going up to London for a couple of nights out in the town is easy to organise and not terribly expensive if you take advantage of some of the great hotel and theatre deals currently available. Some people always book themselves up in advance anyway, but if you’re like me you might imagine that it’s possible to just roll up at a hotel reception room somewhere and casually ask “do you have any rooms for tonight please?”. Whilst this might work fine sometimes in rural Spain or even the less touristy parts of Paris, it’s likely to cost the equivalent of a fortnight’s holiday with full board in Ibitha if you try this in London! You will invariably be asked “Do you have a reservation?”.

Theatre Tickets

Similarly with theatre tickets, it’s well known that you can buy half price theatre tickets by queuing up patiently outside the booth in Leicester Square. These are only for a limited number of shows, many of them for matinee performances (where the cast is sometimes not the main headliners) and the half price is calculated from a maximum initial face value. That’s great for a spur of the moment decision to go and see a show one afternoon when the fancy takes you, but not really the best way to organise a big night out at the theatre as the focal point of a London weekend break.

Hotel and Theatre Deals

The convenient way to arrange theatre breaks without risk of disappointment is to shop online for a package deal including a smart hotel in central London combined with theatre tickets to any of the top musicals or plays. By booking both together as a package you can take advantage of the bulk tickets and rooms held in reserve by the agents and be certain to have all the essentials covered. Then you can go on to save up to 40% by booking your intercity rail travel at the same time, and possibly add a pre-theatre restaurant meal turning the London short break into an all expenses paid trip for yourself and a lucky partner perhaps.

Some example Shows with Hotel

Below are just a few genuine examples of hotel and theatre deals. Please do check the show and stay site for all current offers. If there are two or three shows you wouldn’t mind seeing, and you can also be a bit flexible with dates then it’s worth trying a few different searches to get the best hotel options. By doing so you might well be able to add an extra night or two in London, which then opens up the opportunity for planning additional days out to see the sights and enjoy the high life.

Blood Brothers with hotel from £52.50 per person
The Mousetrap with hotel from £80.50 per person
Joseph with hotel from £100.50 per person
Phantom of The Opera with hotel from £88.50 per person

Other top shows available as hotel and theatre deals are:

Oliver! from £119pp
Les Miserables from £82.50pp
Dirty Dancing from £122.50pp
Hairspray from £91.50pp
Wicked from £70.50pp
Grease from £103.50pp
Mamma Mia! from £106.50pp
We will Rock You from £72.50pp
Billy Elliot from £93.50pp
Buddy Holly from £70.50pp
Zorro the musical from £104.50pp
Stomp from £53.50pp

and more!

Theatre breaks extras

I’ve already mentioned the discount rail travel and pre-theatre restaurant meal extras but there are many more which might tempt you to turn your hotel break in London into a full schedule of exciting things to do. Some of these might fulfill a lifetime’s ambition for one or more of your party. The London Eye Champage Flight is very popular, not just for the glass of bubbly but to enjoy the romantic glide above the skyline in distinguished company, rather than a pod full of tourist families. Then there’s Afternoon Tea at Fortnum and Mason, The Original Bus Tour, a Luxury River Cruise with dinner on the Thames and over a dozen other London attractions to choose from to add something a little bit extra special for the best ever hotel and theatre deals in London.