Temporary luggage storage in London
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Temporary luggage storage in London
We rented an apartment in London but check in is not until 3 pm. We are arriving at 10 am. Any suggestions for temporary luggage storage near aldgate east tube station?
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If you haven't already, do ask your apartment owner or manager if you can arrive early. If the apartment isn't rented the previous night it isn't unusual to be allowed in before the official checkin time.
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And question for janis - if the first thought would have been to ask what you the second thought surely have been - then to ask the apartment management where they could stow baggage until 3 pm?
I would assume if OP asked one they would have asked another. But I did not assume OP has asked.
I would assume if OP asked one they would have asked another. But I did not assume OP has asked.
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Claudina, you might want to post a link to your apartment here, mark it "unhelpful". With so many more-than-helpful people to rent from, next time ask before you book and if given a similar brushoff, rent elsewhere. I'll bet you've thought of that already, too. I hope your time there goes smoother than first impressions.
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Yes those folks don't deserve your custom - give the name here and find a new place - I can see if they would not be there at a general time but to not give your advice like janisj did is beyond the pale.
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I don't agree with that being so terrible, I have known lots of apartments that don't allow people to drop off luggage early. It's not unusual, how would that even happen? All the ones I've rented do NOT have any building manager on site, it's an individual apt in a building. So no one is there to let you in. They may have a cleaning service come by, but don't know when they will actually be there. So there isn't any way for this to happen.
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So there isn't any way for this to happen.>
Yes that I totally understand - having no one tio let them in - but not being able to tell them where to stow their luggage after they asked seemed so cavalier and negligent- if janisj knew it why couldn't they tell her that?
Yes that I totally understand - having no one tio let them in - but not being able to tell them where to stow their luggage after they asked seemed so cavalier and negligent- if janisj knew it why couldn't they tell her that?
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Maybe not terrible, and not unusual for the reasons cited, but in this case they were not helpful when they could have been, even with a suggestion for the storage. Not the attitude I look for in those providing accommodation. That was my point. If someone made a recommendation based on the owner or management being "not terrible", is that good enough?