Transportation & Reach
With five international airports, a large port, a cross-channel rail service and serving as the largest aviation hub in the world, London truly is an efficient international transportation hub. The public transport network, administered by Transport for London (TfL), is the most extensive in the world, which excellently connects London with the rest of England.

London Airports:
London has mainly six airports, all of them less than an hour from the city center:

• London Heathrow Airport: It is one of the world's busiest airports, handling more international passengers than any other. The airport is linked to the city center (24 km or 15 m) via Heathrow Express rail link
• Gatwick: Located 30 miles south of the city and has a nonstop Express rail service to and from Victoria Train Station.
• Stansted: Comparatively smaller airport located 34 miles northeast of the capital and is served by Skytrain to Liverpool Street and Tottenham Hale.
• Luton: The smallest and farthest airport of the city. Generally, minibuses link the airport.
• London City: It is the smallest and most central airport, which focuses on business travellers.
• Biggin Hill: It is often considered as London's sixth airport but this is not an international airport as it handles mainly chartered aircraft.

London Railway Transportation:
Dating back to 1863, London Underground is the centerpiece of the public transport network and is the oldest and largest metro system in the world. The Metro system was home to the world's first underground electric line, the City & South London Railway.

• Underground: Serves the central area and most suburbs to the north of the Thames.
• Suburban Rail Network: This extensive network serves the south of the city.
• Commuter and InterCity Railway: They generally do not cross the city. They just ply between the fourteen terminal stations scattered around its historic center.

Local Transportation of London:
The local transportation of London mostly depends on Bus Network. These internationally recognized buses are the trademarks of London transport catering even more passengers than the Underground.

Along with the buses, black cabs and the underground are the other common means of public transit. The Metro systems of London ranks 7th in the world in terms of number of passengers it carries. Besides this, travel in outer London is mostly car-dominated.

Hotels & Accommodation
Tourists and businessmen frequent the city equally all the year round, so the lodging and hotel facilities are in abundant and that to at its best. But London is a very expensive city. Where even for an average hotel you have to pay a lot.

Lower cost accommodations are also available in the central London, which doesn’t, tends to be of much good quality. Therefore you have to choose strategically from the wide range of accommodations.

Hotels of London	Average Rates
5-Star	$246-394
4-Star	$148-197
2-Star	$98-138
Budget Hotels	$60-95