On this page we tell you where to book edinburgh hotels at the best price. Whether you want a B&B or 5 star hotel, you are just five clicks away from the widest choice of edinburgh hotels and the lowest prices.
The following websites will give you the widest choice of edinburgh hotels at the lowest prices. You can book literally any edinburgh hotel from these websites. Below we link you directly to their edinburgh pages, plus we tell you how to get the best from them:
Superbreak edinburgh hotels - this link is to superbreak's edinburgh hotels page. It gives you a list of up to 75 hotels in and around edinburgh.

Room rates, facilities, grades, detailed descriptions and even photos are available for most hotels. But note: Superbreak is the only website in this list that quote prices on a per person basis not per room. For a double room you need to double the rate they show.
You can narrow your edinburgh hotels search by clicking on any of the 4 options:
• clicking on 'stars' - lists the edinburgh hotels from the highest hotel star (grade) rating to the lowest. To start at the 2 star (budget) hotels, page down to the bottom of the first page and click on the last page.
• clicking on 'hotel name' - changes the list to an alphabetical listing
• clicking on price 'lowest first' or 'highest first' changes the order based on the rate per person (not per room)

Active hotels edinburgh hotels page - with a very fast search, this is an excellent website for budget hotels and to get a baseline on the rate you should expect to pay. They offer the widest choice of edinburgh hotels too - up to 100 hotels in and around edinburgh, from B&Bs to 5 star luxury with rates from £30 a room or less to £150 or more.

Sort the hotels by distance from centre, price or (star) rating or click on any of the hotels for a description and picture, plus detailed hotel and room information. You can book and get instant online confirmation too. The website covers the big chains, independent hotels, B&Bs and guest houses.

Worldres / placestostay.com edinburgh airport hotels - this link takes you straight to their edinburgh hotels page. Worldres provide the edinburgh hotels pages of many well known brands, including lastminute.com and Opodo - they offer a choice of up to 50 edinburgh hotels, anything a bed in a dormitory from £15 a night to apartments or suites in 5 star luxury hotels.

You can sort the list by hotel star rating, A-Z (or Z-A) and 'packages' (their specials section - hotels with 4 nights for the price of 3 or specials on dinner bed and breakfast are listed first).
With prices up to 70% off published rates, this website was voted "best of the web" for hotel reservations for the last two years by Forbes magazine.

Hotels.com / travelnow.com edinburgh hotels - is one of the worlds biggest hotels websites. This link is direct to their 'edinburgh hotels' search start page. Once you have entered your dates, you will be presented with a list of their best edinburgh hotel deals, followed by all of the edinburgh hotels they offer.

You can sort the hotels by 'best value' (special offers at the top), 'quality' (or star rating), 'price' or as an 'A-Z' list, or you can search for hotels near a specific edinburgh landmark (there is a drop down list of these).
Hotels.com use their bulk buying muscle to offer 'special internet rates', offering guaranteed rooms and a number of hotels with 'best buy' prices that usually can't be beaten.

Allrez.com edinburgh hotels - this link takes you to the allrez edinburgh hotels page. You will be presented with a page to enter your dates, with 'refine search' section at the bottom of the page.

Unfortunately, the refine search doesn't work very well. The quickest way to get an idea of the prices for edinburgh hotels on offer for your dates is to enter them in the drop down boxes at the top and hit 'search'. Or, if you know the hotels you want prices for, use the 'search by hotel name' to check the price at Allrez.
Allrez offer a broad range of edinburgh hotels and (if you click on 'more information') a lot of information on the hotel and its location.

The next two websites are not as strong as those above but, if you have time, are always worth a look. They are regular places for bargains on the small choice they offer:
Venere edinburgh hotels - a well laid out website offering around 30 edinburgh hotels ranging from 1 star all the way up to 5 star. In addition to great prices, they also feature customer reviews of many of the hotels they list.

When you click on the hotel name to get more information, you're usually presented with the hotels own web pages, which offer much more detail than is usually supplied. So you get the best of both worlds from this website - information from the hotel and a view from people who've stayed there.

Hotel Connect edinburgh hotels - a good website with a choice of 10 - 15 two, three and four star edinburgh hotels, but with great prices on the few they do offer. Click for a description and picture of the hotel and other essential information.

How to get the best price on edinburgh hotels

As with most things on the web, our first piece of advice is to shop around for your edinburgh hotel. Check the prices at all of the websites listed above. It's not unusual for each of them to offer the same hotel on the same day at very different prices.
Unlike flights, as long as there is no conference or major event in Edinburgh (like the festival which runs through the whole of August - you can check for other events at whatsonwhen), you will usually get the best deal by leaving booking late. Booking between two and seven days in advance usually yields the cheapest rates on edinburgh hotel rooms. But don't wait until the day as prices go back up.
When comparing prices, the most important thing is to make sure that you are comparing ‘like with like’. Not just the same hotel (and there are 5 Hilton hotels serving Edinburgh, for example), make sure the ‘package’ is the same. Price per person or per room, service charges added on late in the booking process and breakfast (included or not) are the usual variants.
Sometimes adding a weekend night will lower the rate for all of the other nights of your stay (you are classed as a 'leisure' traveller).
Compare prices, but compare locations too. It's usually worth paying a little extra to be nearer the centre of town, or your preferred attraction.
Don't just rely on 'star' ratings. Look at the facilities the hotel has and rank hotels based on the facilities importance to you.
If you want a cheap hotel at the weekend, consider hotels in or near the business district / near the airport (to the west of edinburgh). The business people who use these hotels only want rooms during the week. These hotels are usually of a 'superior' standard but, in order to attract weekend custom, they offer excellent weekend deals.