London Holiday Apartments

London gears up as the mascots, Wenlock of the London 2012 Olympics and Mandeville of the London 2012 Paralympics, sail down the rainbow to carry you along the magical adventures of the mega super sporting event of the year. Top designers are stretching their creative imagination to design the Torch, the key visual icon of the Olympic Games. An army of over 9000 construction workers have worked for three years along with hundreds architects, designers and artists to transform the 2.5 sq km of land in east London into the Olympic Park, a visual treat with the 80,000 capacity Olympic Stadium, the Athletes' Village, Stratford train station and many event venues amidst exceptional landscaping.

Spectators can enjoy the extravaganza of the spectacular fireworks, scintillating music, innovative dances, diverse culture and the spirit of friendship in the opening and closing ceremonies to be held in the gigantic Olympic Stadium. New cable car ride across River Thames is being constructed for visitors to get an amazing aerial view of the blossoming wild cherry trees and the lush green lawns of the Olympic Park with hundreds of handpicked trees like ash, alder, willow, birch, cherry, poplar and London plane and thousands of wetland plants creating a colourful riverside setting.

The transport facilities spruced up with the Olympic Javelin superfast service taking only 7 minutes from King's Cross to the Olympic Park with train arriving every 3 minutes, besides new buses, refurbished tube trains, extensive Docklands Light Railways and the Eurostar will help you commute around London freely. Thousands of host city trained volunteers will be waiting for you at the airports, mainline train and tube stations as well as important tourist spots to welcome you and help you enjoy your visit to the vibrant city of London.

With the launch of the 'Only-in-London' campaign, the entire city is putting its act together to give you a truly one-of-a-kind experience with tourist attractions, shopping, art exhibitions, theatres and historic sites. Celebrations never end at the London Olympics with the London 2012 Festival, a grand cultural affair hosting over 1,000 events and the vibrant London street parties. Shakespeare Globe Theatre is commemorating the event with a multi-lingual Shakespeare Festival. The Olympic merchandise shops are going into an overdrive to produce exciting new product ranges from clothing, collectibles like pin badges, coins, stamps, jewellery and mascot toys and accessories.

London is ready to welcome you... so what are you waiting for? Buy your tickets to the events online at the London 2012 official website by submitting an application by 26th April. Log on to RatedApartments.com to book reasonably priced London Olympics Accommodation in holiday and serviced apartments packed with amenities and with a home ambience. With millions of tourists vying for tickets and places to stay, your options are fast dwindling... so act now and fix up your date with Wenlock and Mandeville!

As holidaymakers across the United Kingdom gear up for an 11-day unprecedented holiday, this April, the City of London prepares itself to make the Royal Wedding an occasion to remember. There are a host of events before Easter Weekend, post the Royal Wedding and on the days in the interim as well. As the events range from family events to adult-focussed ones, visitors, young-and-old alike, will have no dearth of excitement.

Here is a list of the top 10 things you can do in London with a London holiday apartment as your base:

• Attend Easter Service at Westminster Abbey, the venue of the Royal Wedding.


• Pick up a quiz form from the ticket box at Battersea Park Zoo to pick up the clues of an Easter Egg hunt or participate in Easter Egg Hunts in a Tudor setting at Sutton House.


• Join Disney in its celebration of 100 years of magic with the Disney on Ice, an international show that brings together over 65 Disney characters from across the ages. Meet the one and only Mickey Mouse, his loyal dog, Goofy and sweetheart Minnie Mouse, the entire cast of Toy Story 3, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and The Lion King as they waltz across the ice transporting you into a magical world.


• Make your kids' Easter break one of the best ever with the Disney Live Mickey's Music Festival, a musical tour by Disney's top characters, at Wembley Arena, London between 15th and 17th April, 2011.


• Sign up for a Royal Wedding Walk - a specially designed walk that takes you through the very places, the couple frequented and the old and current haunts of British Royalty.


• Attend the Royal Wedding Garden Party at The Waggon and Horses; watch the royal wedding on a big screen in the garden.


• Get a glimpse into the lives of the seven princesses who stayed at Kensington Palace, which in these days has undergone a magical transformation to become the Enchanted Palace. Designer exhibits, live performances, film projections, soundscapes and storytelling add to the magic.


• Take a break from the extravagance of British Royal Wedding celebrations with a time-travel back to the 'Age of Dinosaurs' with a visit to the 'Dinosaurs Unleashed' exhibit at The O2.


• Catch the exhilarating experience of cheering your favourite team Oxford or Cambridge as they race to a finish on the River Thames (Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race)


• Check out the latest trends and eye-catching innovations for your own wedding at the Wedding Fairs across London. With the Royal Wedding scheduled just over a month later, these fairs are bound to have a regal influence.

With myriad events set up to spice your stay and a select collection of London holiday apartments for your short-stay accommodations, your 11-day holiday in London is bound to be the best ever.

'London holiday rentals are the ideal choice for a relaxing, hassle-free holiday'. The statement does make you sit up and take note, particularly if you have traditionally been mesmerised by ostensibly magnificent city hotels. But look beyond the hyperbolic headlines and you realise that we are talking about this new concept subverting the natural order. Yes, and how. More and more travellers are making a decided departure from the norm, and are choosing comfortable, convenient and captivatingly cool holiday rentals in London over fancy hotels (not to mention their prices which display similar orientations)

Hotel owners are sure to greet this path-breaking development with a palpable sense of deflation. But it becomes important to understand the reasons for this open fealty to London holiday rentals. The reasons though are more than obvious, and do not require you to possess great powers of imagination:

* These holiday rentals, located in the heart of the city's most high-profile areas like Kensington, Chelsea and Canary Wharf, inject your tours with freshness and verve. No matter what your purpose - business or pleasure - these rentals give you an opportunity to break free from the shackles of cramped, dull and dreary hotel rooms.
* All holiday rentals come fully loaded with a host of amenities that we find impossible to live without. Think dishwashers, washing machines, Internet access, and the works.
* The enviable location of holiday rentals in London gives you access to the most happening events in the city. So whether the vibrant Notting Hill Gate festival or the bustling Portobello market, you can almost sense the infectious atmosphere of cheer.
* Travellers even get to see pictures and key features of the rental accommodation on the website - even before boarding the flight to London!
* Most importantly, London holiday rentals offer you complete privacy, absolute freedom and total flexibility, without exorbitant hotel prices and taxes.

Who says you don't have better home-delivery options in the city of London?

Make Your Search for London Holiday Rentals Simple
London mesmerizes holidaymakers with its mixed bag of varieties. From sight-seeing to shopping markets, London is enigmatic, wonderful and enchanting. To explore this vibrant city, it is for sure, you need to have enough time, otherwise visit to London is meaningless. Now, if you wonder how you are supposed to stay in London for longer duration and enjoy your moment here, then there is an answer to it. Plan your stay in the reasonably priced London holiday rentals. Available within your budget, these apartments can be rented for both short and extended stays.

However, if you want to save more on your holiday and want to experience more fun, then search for these holiday rentals close to the notable landmarks, shopping districts and tube stations. Most of the holiday rentals you can find in the premier locations of London. If you value time, then choose to stay in the London holiday rentals located close to the popular tube stations such as Oxford Circus Station, Waterloo Station and Piccadilly Circus Station. This will make it easy for you to reach any corner of London in short span of time.

Similarly, those who are keen in shopping can look for holiday apartments close to the popular markets of London like Convent Garden, Camden Market and Portobello Market. Staying close to these markets will make you feel like a Londoner. Those who admire the heritage of London can look out for the apartments close to popular landmarks of the city like the London Eye, Tate Modern, Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace. You can conveniently access the historical buildings, museums and parks in no time.

Search for the London holiday rentals that match to your activities and preferences. This will give you the freedom to enjoy the best of London.

Booking cheap London holiday apartments are the way-to-go if you wish to enjoy a fantastic holiday in London without breaking the bank. London, as anyone would know, is a city that cries EXPENSE, especially when you are in a large group or travelling with family. A hotel room in London - no matter how cheap the tariff - will translate to greater costs once meal expenditure, laundry costs, tariff of multiple hotel rooms, extra beds and Internet access charges are added up.

A cheap London holiday apartment, on the other hand, saves you from all these additional expenditures AND provides you with a great place to stay, a home-away-from-home with separate bedrooms interconnected into a common living area - a domain just for your family. Enjoy quality family time, have a rocking party together as a group, plan your outings while having dinner or even while pitching in to make dinner. A morning breakfast - healthy and nice - prepared right at home is far more preferable to hotel food or having to go out in search of a respectable bakery shop.

At RatedApartments.com, you can find the perfect holiday home from a large collection of cheap London holiday apartments. We cater to the business and leisure travellers alike, our collection of apartments includes cheap London serviced apartments and holiday apartments.

London for the fashionable:

The City of London invites all fashion creators, lovers and followers from across the world for a sizzling week of fashion trends, rumours and a whole load of irresistible shopping. Get ready to lighten your wallets, loosen your purse strings and fill your suitcases with the latest ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes and hats. Rub your shoulders with the best of designers and buy the best of designer wear at fabulous discounted prices.

To book short-term lets in London for the events, log on to RatedApartments.com

London Fashion Week
The London Fashion Week is back this season with an even more impressive line-up. With the top fashion designers arriving in London for the largest Trade-Only event of the London fashion industry, the city will be sizzling with style. A 'Trade Only' event, the London Fashion Week brings to the forefront of the industry the latest collections from upcoming and established designers - Ready-to-wear, footwear, bags and belts, jewellery and accessories, scarves and hats - you will find everyone and everything here.

Opening Hours: February 18th - 22nd; 10 A.M to 7 P.M.

Venue: Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA

London Fashion Weekend:
If you are not from the industry and are feeling left out, do not worry! The Vodafone London Fashion Weekend is just around the corner and gives you a glimpse into all that transpired behind the closed doors. Update your wardrobe from current and past collections of over 100 designers at prices almost 70% lower than the retail price.

Opening Hours: For information on Opening Hours and tickets, visit http://www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk/

Venue: Somerset House, London WC2

Accommodations: Holiday Apartments in Greenwich, London; Serviced Apartments in Canary Wharf,
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