Cheap city breaks for the London Olympics still available

Time is running out to book a cheap city break to London for this summer's Olympics.

Thousands of Brits and foreigners alike will be flooding into the capital to see the world's biggest sporting event.

Will Usain Bolt manage to repeat his lightning quick times of four years ago? Can Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah become the best in the world at their disciplines and get gold in the Olympic Stadium?

Of course, you could watch it at home on the TV, but what a waste of an opportunity.  

Bob Atkinson, travel expert at TravelSupermarket.com, has said that in the summer, London will be the place to be.

Lots of people from all over the UK who have tickets will be heading for the capital and even those without places may want to try to experience what it is like to be part of the Games.

"Even if it's just Olympic screens in Hyde Park, the atmosphere will be electric. If you're a Londoner or from the south-east you should go in and take part in the atmosphere – it will be outstanding," said Mr Atkinson.

He explained that one thing which could be crucial to people's enjoyment of the event is their accommodation. He said more people are likely to go to London if they can find themselves cheap hotel rooms to be based in for a few days

And this may be helped by the fact that the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has recently announced that it will return 20 per cent of the rooms it had reserved for media, sponsors and dignitaries during the events.

This means that more than 120,000 rooms at over 200 hotels will now be waiting for you to book so the chances of you being part of London 2012 are looking good.