Any reader know of a hotel or B&B in London that meets rather high American expectations (what passes for a '3 star hotel' is rather shocking on the other side of the pond) that's relatively cheap? By 'American expectations' I mean a bed that a guy that's 6' 4'' can sleep on, is cleaned daily, has an air conditioner, and en suite bathroom & showers. Doesn't need to be right in the center of London, but does need to be near a tube station and cheap. Did I mention cheap?
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Such a thing does not exist.
Posted by: See-Dubya at September 28, 2005 05:00 PM (xuifx)
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And if it did exist, well, it would be occupied 24/7.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 28, 2005 05:02 PM (rUyw4)
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Come to think of I think i stayed here once: http://www.bayswaterinn.co.uk/index.php
If you google that you can probably come up with some discounted prices.
Rusty's takin' the fight to the enemy--in the Tubes of London! Go get 'em Rusty! Remember, "two in the head, make sure he's dead."
Posted by: See-Dubya at September 28, 2005 05:08 PM (xuifx)
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We stayed at the Marriott at County Hall (next to the Eye, across the river from the Westminster Tube stop... very short walk). We flew into Gatwick, took the train to Victoria Station, then the Tube to Westminster. Walk across the Thames and there's the hotel. (It's not the cheapest, but it's a Marriott, so... looks almost like a US hotel room... we even got internet access for an added price). There's also a Premier Travel Inn in the County Hall, and it's a lot less expensive, but I don't know what kind of hotel it is. Both hotels have web sites, if you want to google them.
Posted by: Beth at September 28, 2005 06:17 PM (UCVYX)
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Oh, so the fancy American thinks he's too good to use the communal bathtub and shyte in a coffee can does he? He probably even brushes his teeth!
Honestly, and they think we're barbaric. Well on the bright side, at least you're not going to a muslims country the best they can do for a crapper is to tile around the hole in the floor, and bathing must be considered a crime, because in their native habitat, muslims stink to high heaven.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 28, 2005 06:32 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 28, 2005 06:58 PM (rUyw4)
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Ask
Beth Donovan. She posted a similar bleg a few months ago and got ome great answers. I think she found a good place...
Posted by: caltechgirl at September 28, 2005 07:08 PM (Eb5t4)
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Rusty, this guy's advice is worth it's weight in gold:
http://ricksteves.com/
IM: That was hilarious.
Posted by: Maureen at September 28, 2005 07:09 PM (ny5O/)
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CTG,
Beth went on business, I'm going on, er, business too. But that means lugging around students...which means cheap hotel. By cheap, I mean <$135 a night (three or four to a room--except me, of course)/.
Posted by: Rusty at September 28, 2005 07:35 PM (JQjhA)
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What, are you afraid to sleep on a park bench with the dirty Micks? Racist.
Posted by: Leopold Stotch at September 28, 2005 08:00 PM (5uwHE)
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Thanks guys, now I have to go buy a new hate, mine seems to have shrunken of late.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 28, 2005 09:03 PM (0yYS2)
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IM,
lmao!!! I love to see you at work.
Posted by: Carlos at September 28, 2005 09:37 PM (8e/V4)
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The Thistle-Kennsigton Hotel is excellent...stayed there for 9 days during my honeymoon last year...right across from Hyde-Kennsigton park....excellent food...rooms are comfy if a bit small...bathrooms are nice with towel warmers....air conditioning units...maid service daily....very friendly staff....prices werent too bad when we went during April of 2004...aprrox $100.00 a nite...no more expensive than a nite in Holiday Inn in Atlantic City...oh and very close, one block, from a tube station..rooms also have a mini frig...and there is a gas station/grocery store on the ground level...Shell...seemed to be the only gas station in London as far as i could see....it was also quiet at nite so it made sleeping easy.....excellent choice
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 29, 2005 12:18 AM (FMsU7)
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Good one IM. It's funny 'cause it's true
Posted by: REMF at September 29, 2005 05:00 AM (aLiCo)
Posted by: greyrooster at September 29, 2005 08:57 AM (M7kiy)
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Try Scotland Yard, food's ok, and the extended stays are cheap.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 30, 2005 05:41 AM (A5eqb)
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