UK City Breaks From £20 A Night

HERE'S a top travel secret that's well worth knowing. When students go home for the summer, their accommodation is available at bargain rates to tourists and visitors.

Opal has self-catering summer accommodation in fourteen top UK cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Exeter, Nottingham, and Birmingham from £20 a night.

For that rate, you might be imagining dingy student digs with Salvador Dali posters on the walls and a year's worth of grime on the cooker. Not so here. These are very clean, well-presented suites and rooms that have been completely vacated by their previous occupants and transformed for the summer.

It's no different to staying in holiday accommodation, except it's cheaper.

The rooms and suites often include their own kitchen and en-suite bathrooms, and some have their own lounge and dining room too. Many have broadband internet, a 24-hour staffed reception and TV.

Parking is available at many locations, and some offer leisure facilities too, such as swimming pools, saunas and gyms.

So if you fancy a city break and want to save on accommodation (and spend less by self-catering) check out the Opal summer accommodation.

Because these rooms and suites are a bargain, they're booking up fast. If you're interested, check out the locations and prices - here.