The regency style Royal Albion Hotel has stood opposite the location of Brighton Pier since 1826, long before the pier itself was built. This central location makes the Royal Albion an ideal location for a city break and it’s great prices make it a must for inclusion in cheap Brighton!

Looking out over the sea, you are just minutes away from the main shopping areas, the Laines and of course you are overlooking one of Brighton’s main attractions, the Beach!

All rooms have modern facilities including satellite TV and safe deposit box, and many have sea views! The hotel has 24 hour front desk and room service for those taking advantage of the vibrant city nightlife or Brighton’s proximity to Gatwick Airport.

Rooms can be booked from as little as £22.50 per person.

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The first is to book in advance. According to moneysavingexpert if you can book 12 weeks ahead you get the best prices but even just before leaving your house you can save a lot of money booking on-line. The least cheap tickets are those sold in the ticket booth! A ticket booked in advance on average about 40% cheaper!

Brighton resident Josh Russell has a great tip on his blog that is specific to getting a cheap ticket from London to Brighton, it is only good if you are going to the day, I’ve got to thank him for this tip it has been handy:) The full version is here but in short:

1) Go to a Victoria station ticket booth

2) Ask for a Super Off-Peak Day Return from Brighton to London, yes that’s the opposite of the way you are travelling, that’s the trick

3) If they refuse saying its not possible, tell them it is and ask them to try after all if it’s not valid then the ticket machine will not issue it

4) Use the return ticket first for your outward journey and the outward ticket on your return, this is perfectly within the rules

But when people ask me why I love Brighton, why I think it’s a cool place to live, it’s not Lucas that springs to mind. Nor is it the Brightonian nonconformist attitude or love of a theatrical gesture, deep-rooted though that is. You could argue that attitude stretches back to the arrival of the Prince Regent, who moved to an obscure south-coast fishing village and built a deranged Indo-Saracenic palace there, largely to get away from his parents – who among us hasn’t entertained thoughts roughly along those lines, usually late afternoon on Boxing Day? – and which, you could argue, links the Brighton Pride carnival, the famously melodramatic headlines in local paper, the Argus (WAGNER RUINED OUR LIVES, WINDOW CLEANER KILLED BY GIANT PENCIL), and the crowd of around 40 people a friend recently saw assembled outside the Churchill shopping centre, their desire to visit Debenhams overridden by their desire to watch two seagulls having a fight.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/19/brighton-britains-coolest-city

Seafront

The city centre Travelodge is right in the heart of the shopping area, near the North Laines, Churchill Square and the Pavilion, you couldn’t really get more slap bang in the middle of things, perfect if you are here to party!

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The other one is out near Preston Park which is about a mile walk from the centre, it’s a bit of an odd location and may be more useful if you are seeking a location away from the hastle and bustle or if you don’t want to fight the traffic in to town as its on a main road (the A23).

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Edge of Town Travelodge

The food is more like Indian home cooking than the standard UK Indian restaurant fayre (that’s a good thing) and its vegetarian although there is a similar (slightly more expensive) establishment round the corner on North Street that serves meat.

The restaurant itself is a strange mix of Indian and Spanish, it looks like minimum effort was made to convert it after they moved in many years ago. Still there is a nice enough ambiance and this place is all about huge quantities of tasty food for very little money.

Bombay Aloo is on Ship Street and is heartily recommended for cheap Brighton nosh!

If you are going to book accomodation for a group then The Gapevine really comes into itself as you can get en-suite rooms for groups for astoundingly low costs!

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The Hop Poles is on middle street and The Eagle is on Gloucester Road.

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The Grand is not known as a cheap Brighton hotel, it is one of the most well known and loved seafront hotels in Brighton, with many famous people having stayed here including nearly every modern day Prime Minister in the UK!

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Another great place to get free WiFi is the beach, most of the beach is connected thanks to an organisation called loose connection who set up one of the first free wireless access networks in the country.

UPDATE: There is a great map of free wireless spots on this site!