Rent a flat on vacation and you can often get more space and more facilities for a lower cost that at a hotel (though less maid and concierge services)
Many of those medieval castles you came to see will actually rent you a room—often for the same or less than local hotels charge. You can even stay in the Royal Family's Scottish castle (when they aren't at home).
From magnificent cathedrals to humble parish churches, holy sites are often also temples of art, architecture, music, and deep history—and where the mighty and famous are buried
Get thee to a nunnery! A save money by shaking up in convent-run pilgrims' hospices. No, they are not fancy, but they are cheap and they come with a side of piety.
This intriguing new lodging concept manages a number of rooms and apartments scattered all around a small town or village —the best of local living and centralized service
Opportunities abound to stay for free at someone's home or apartment while they, themselves, are on vacation (often pet sitting or plant-watering are the only requirements)
Repositories of the most beautiful and precious books, from first editions to illuminated manuscripts to the handwritten pages that became literary classics
Where to stay: From hotels and B&Bs to alternative accommodations—castles, cottages, college dorms, campgrounds, and nearly two dozen other options that don't even start with "c"
Just like in America, these cookie-cutter, cut-rate lodgings by the sides of the motorway (and in the cities) offer cheap, reliable rooms—if not a particularly memorable stay
Mountain huts range from staffed lodges to honor-system cabins and the chance for walkers, trekkers, and hikers to sleep cheap or for free in the backcountry
ApartHotels, townhouse suites—whatever you call them, these modular rental flats with a front desk balance some degree of hotel-like services (concierge, housekeeping) with the benefits of having your own apartment
The Queen doesn't need a passport. Since all British passports are issued "In the name of Her Majesty," the Queen can just vouch for herself—though her husband Philip, son Prince Charles, and everyone one else in the household do have passports.
