Edinburgh Festival Accommodation

Serviced Apartments, Hotels and B&B’s

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There are hundreds of options for serviced apartments, hotels and B&B’s to stay in Edinburgh, however over the 4 weeks during August a place to sleep will be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural festivals that take place during August each year. This Festival is the largest cultural event in the world.

Accommodation during the Edinburgh Festival is more desirable and expensive than any time of the year. Summer is one of the busiest periods of the year for hoteliers. Every year the room occupancy during June, July and August (boosted by all the Festivals, Music concerts and school holidays in Edinburgh) is 90% +.

The queue for beds in Scotland’s capital for the Edinburgh Festival is getting longer and as the word of mouth spreads about what shows to see when, the fight for a bed gets much tougher. Hoteliers are keen to maximise, especially their prices. A price for a Hotel and B&B now will leave you dumbfounded. The advantage for booking a Serviced Apartment is that they can often be cheaper than hotels, provide more space and freedom for a family and will have self-catering facilities.

Many of Edinburgh’s City Centre hotels are already overbooked. With Edinburgh being a small city, staying a bit further from the Royal Mile and Princess street is a great Idea, with most of Edinburgh accessible within 30 minutes using Edinburgh Lothian Buses.

Edinburgh Festival accommodation - the alternatives

A quick Google search for "Edinburgh Festival Accommodation" gives a variety of Serviced Apartments, Hotels and B&B offering short-term accommodation.

Instead of a hotel and bed and breakfast, book a serviced apartment such as the Ocean Apartments. They offer the best value and still have some availability.

Graeme Ferguson the Sales Director of Ocean Apartments describe Ocean Apartments as the best of both world or in his words “Doorstep Escapism, Ocean Apartments is on the doorstep of the Festival that becomes a crazy, loud, hustle and bustle, with Edinburgh’s Lothian Buses (known as one of the most reliable operators in Britain) Number 10 Bus from Ocean Apartments to Princes Street should only take around 20 minutes.”

Search availability on Oceanservicedapts.com to book you festival accommodation.