My £8 weekend in Madrid — a £1 hotel and £5 return flights

A £1 hotel room? Simon Gage reveals how he did it, and how you can, too (Picture: Getty Images)

Free holidays. Who doesn’t want them?

Well, not free exactly, but more or less.

Return flight to Madrid? £5. A stay in the fabulous Madrid Edition, the only five-star hotel in town with a rooftop pool? £1 a night.

Car hire so you can jaunt out to historic towns like Toledo and Cuenca? £1 a day. That’ll do nicely!

So, here I am, £6 later – actually, I’m staying thre...