Those of you looking for cheap accomadation need to organise yourselves quickly.
I crashed in New York with a crowd of people who organised in advance. Two of them hired an apartment for the week and then there was anything up to 9 people in there - in beds, on the floor, mattresses etc dividing the cost of the room between those staying per night.
So that's what you need to do.
TIP for organisers.
Get money off everyone the first minute they walk through the door, this avoids the situation on the final morning when someone who has stayed there all week claims not to have any money and can't pay
Good luck
Jukebox Jury
Yeah, plus the flight is a hell of a lot cheaper. Still, no one got a recommendation about a OK but cheap hostel or similar. Why the hell does London need to be so big!?