Finding cheap overnight stops UK in a hurry.

[talkToTheHat]

It looks like I'm gonna have some long trips up and down the country. Are there smart and efficient ways of finding budget hotels along my route? Android app that find me somewhere within half an hour of where I'm stopped would be good. Not always possible I know, particularly as i've just gone through the arse of finding somewhere to stay in the new forest because family weddings and all that shit, but a brief googling says I can probably find somewhere in big urban area at short notice.

I've absolutely no idea how people do travel that isn't fixed weeks in advance. Some of my trips I think I can do in a day, some of them I'm looking at splitting once or maybe twice and I'd rather be able to stop flexibly, particularly on homeward legs or when there is slack time I can use wherever there is wifi, rather than getting worn out and dangerous one day for the sake of getting to a destination and staying longer.
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[MCN]

You can aye get somewhere unless there is a shower of Golfists on toor in the town. They are so active that the take up all the bed space.

I use tripadviser.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[alan29]

Booking.com is your friend.

[Ste]

Take a tent and sleeping bag with you.

You can find the nearest hotel or b&b wherever you are in the country just by asking Google or searching on Google Maps.

There's tripadvisor.co.uk and expedia.com if you don't fancy having a conversation with your phone about where is the nearest hotel.

[J4mes]

What about this "AirBnB" bollocks?

[pepperami]

Travelodge? , there`s loads of em about? cheap & clean
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[doggone]

https://www.laterooms.com/

[Sload]

[talkToTheHat]

I have made recent long-range bookings through late rooms, whilst juggling about 50 open tabs of listings from there and similar sites. It was a ballache. Probably less picky about cheap overnights within half an hour's ride in something that might be mistaken for the direction i'm going than i am about finding somewhere that's within a taxi ride of a family do.

Google maps is smart enough to list food/petrol along my route but not convenient hotels with enough information to discern wheter i can get fed, park the bike and sleep for the amount of cash i have available. I'm sure it will get there.
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[Ali in Austria]

Booking sites such as Booking.com are very useful for finding availability but it is usually cheaper to approach to accommodation direct as no commission is involved.

Just be mindful that most distances are "as the crow flies" and in reality can be much further away.
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[JoeDaStudd]

Just google B&B near me, or near where ever your going or thinking about staying at.
Give a couple of them a ring and see which is cheapest.

If you really wanted to go really budget then sleeping bag and tent (or if your feeling ballsy bivi).
Worst comes to worst find a quiet field and make sure your out early

[Robster]

It'd be cool if we had something like Hotel F1 like they do in France, cheap and cheerful roadside hotels with a vending machine outside to dispense your room key. I've had triple bed rooms in the past for less than 30 euros a night.
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[talkToTheHat]

However romantic the idea of a motorcycle bivi or rough camping is, I'm just not up for that any more. I've got M.E., which is latin for painful complicated hurty thing. I have to manage my fatigue levels carefully or I don't function. Thus my interest in paying for quality rest on demand.

It's not particularly restful sleeping wrapped poncho on uneven ground. It's the kind of thing that generally requires enough company to at least resemble a squad so there's a watch on at all times.
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[talkToTheHat]

Although the more i contemplate the problem, the more it becomes a feature pitch to nav/search vendors as what I really want isn't available. Although google maps does close for petrol stations and eateries...
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