Visitors to the city of London know that there are many things that make a hotel or accommodation a great place to stay. Hotels near London may be the best things that most people can afford because hotels in London have for decades now priced their rooms and suites out of the reach of most people who visit the city for business and pleasure.
The problem with the hotels that are not actually in the city are manifold but lets start with the biggest one that you will realise about your hotel before you even reach it for the first time. Location and more importantly distance. Cheap or even fairly priced hotels in London have never before actually been in London city proper, at least not in what most people consider to be the city. They are always on the outskirts and fringes and you realise how far away they actually are when you first reach the city and realise how long and arduous the trek to your hotel actually is.
You will also realise that the money you saved or that you thought you saved when you booked cheap hotel rooms is all frittered away on travel to and from the city to your hotel and the loss of money is compounded by the loss of time which is always doubly precious when on a trip, whether for business or pleasure. Nothing is as frustrating on a vacation or even on a business trip as being stuck in traffic in the same kind of office rush hour as you are back home in your regular life.