Cambridge Accommodation Explained – Location and Purpose for Business Travellers

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Business travellers may choose different types of Cambridge accommodation depending on the length of their trip.

Cambridge is a small city, ringed by a road that prevents it from getting any bigger. Plus its large preponderance of university buildings or associated architecture means there’s very little in the way of permitted development. For the business traveller, then, the location of a their Cambridge accommodation is unlikely to have too much impact on the length of time it takes her or him to get to the place in which he or she is supposed to be doing business. 

 

In location terms, then, the only real factors to consider are to do with how the business traveller is to arrive in and leave the city. Coming in by car, it may be wiser to source business accommodation on or near to the ring road – which also puts the traveller in east travelling distance of his or her most likely access point to the industrial and business estates on the outskirts of the city. 

If the traveller comes into Cambridge by train, on the other hand, they may wish to seek Cambridge accommodation in the centre, closer to the train station. 

When staying in Cambridge, the way you get around depends very much on what you’re doing and where you are going. Travel in the city centre itself is done almost exclusively on foot or on a bicycle – indeed, there are a number of places where a business traveller might be able to hire a bicycle either by the day or by the week. Some serviced apartments may also offer this hire as an extra option, where connections are available.

Punting, of course, is another way to get around parts of the city while you stay there. Punting is done purely for leisure and normally involves a trip that starts and ends at the same point. When the sun is out, a leisurely punt trip round “the backs” can be an extremely pleasant way of spending an afternoon. 

The business traveller, naturally enough, may have less time for this kind of activity. That all depends on how long he or she is staying and why.

For instance – the business traveller staying less than one week is likely to see only the inside of a hotel room and the place where he or she is working. In terms of food and drink they are unlikely to cook for themselves – and are probably either eating on the fly at the end of a long and busy day, or entertaining clients (or being entertained) as part of the overall business trip. 

A longer term policy on business travel may indicate a requirement to cook food for oneself, and to get some proper space and time to relax away from the demands of the job. It is at this point that the worker may be advised to step away from the hotel solution and choose a serviced apartment instead. In a serviced apartment, he or she is able to cook in a kitchen and spend time in a purpose built lounge, meaning he or she doesn’t have to sleep where he or she watches TV.