Mark W. Shelby wrote:
Thank you all for the info. We thought the difficulty in finding a
reasonably priced hotel might lie in the fact that Nov. 5th is Guy Fawkes
day. Many spots on the internet indicate this is a busy tourist weekend
similar to the American 4th of July.

Not really - it's more of a family/local thing. It isn't a public
holiday.

I am still truly shocked at the price of London Hotels. Here in the states
we have "tourist class" where one could easily spend $100 to $300 dollars
per night, but we also have "business class" hotels where one could expect
to pay $39 to $79 Dollars per night. (roughly 20 pounds to 40 pounds per
night)

Hotels in London, and to a lesser extent the UK in general, are
offensively expensive for what you get.

I know the kind of business hotel you mean - the corporate "suite
hotels" are ridiculously cheap in the US for what you get. I've stayed
in one (Springhill Suites in Addison, TX) and it was superb for the
price.

Neil