London to southhampton and SH hotel

[braxx20]

We're looking forward to the IOS. Took Jewel to US last fall, Brilliance TA this April.Thinking of flying UK day before cruise and going to SH. Any suggestions on hotels and on how to get there?

 

Ginny and Hue Harriman

[scotsman]

Ginny and Hue

 

Have a look at

http://www.nationalexpress.com/home/hp.cfm

They have a direct coach service from London Heathrow or Central London to Southampton.

We are on the Indie 14th June and staying at the Holiday inn(herbert walker drive) close by the cruise terminal.

[handfordr]

There is choice of hotels at Southampton for all budgets within 5 minutes taxi ride of the (three) cruise terminals at Southampton.

If you're going to the Mayflower or City Cruise Terminal the most convenient are a cluster of 3 hotels about 150 yards from both train and bus stations to London. The main gates to these terminals are directly opposite.

These are all owned by the Accror hotels group and face one another. The Novotel is the 3/4 star (65GBP-101 GBP , the Ibis (55 GBP - 70 GBP) the 2/3 star and there is an Etap hotel that has just been built a real budget no frills hotel. All are new, purpose built blocks with no character but do their job effeciently enough with no nasty surprises.

There is a regional shopping centre opposite the hotels and the city centre is 10 minutes walk.

Less than a mile down the road towards the QE2 terminal is a 60's style Holiday Inn (85 - 150 GBP) not as good value as the Novotel. Opposite is probably the poshest hotel of the lot, the 5 star De Vere. Surprisingly the De Vere is often comparably priced to Holiday Inn.

There are a few more hotels in the city centre, the Jurys Inn probably being the most notable.

There is an accurate map at the foot of the url below which puts the hotels, cruise terminals and bus/rail stations in context.

http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/southampton_accommodation.htm

 

Taxi's from the hotels and rail/bus station to the cruise terminals are about 5-8 GBP.

[Globaliser]

Hi, braxx20, and welcome to CC!

Any suggestions on hotels and on how to get there?

Please search this forum (British Isles/Western Europe) for both of these questions, because there are very very many previous threads on this subject which between them contain a lot of accumulated wisdom.

[braxx20]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will get to work!

[MRS TIGGYWINKLE]

We can recommend the Southampton Park Hotel also. 5 min taxi ride to the cruise terminal.

[Host Star]

We can recommend the Southampton Park Hotel also. 5 min taxi ride to the cruise terminal.

glad to see your post.. I just booked the southampton Park. also. booked crown plaza st. james for 3 nites in london (using amex points) and booked the bus from london to southampton for 14.00 u.s.... saved over 1800$ vs. carnival's package for qm2...