Day rooms at LHR
 

We just got our itinerary for our trip to Africa in September.
With a 10 hour flight from LAX to LHR, a 9 hour layover at LHR, then an 11 hour flight to Johannesburg plus another hour and a half to get to Victoria Falls, we will be in transit for over 30 hours. It would be nice to break up the transit time with a shower and a short nap at LHR. I have searched out info re day rooms at LHR, but most of the info coming up dates back to 2002. There has been indication that the Hilton offers day rooms. We land at LHR at noon, and fly out at 9:15. It's BA all the way, so we probably will have checked our baggage all the way through and won't have to deal with that for the ongoing flight. We would probably need the room, then, for about 6 hours. I have sent an email to the Hilton to see if they can accommodate. Does anyone have any current input re day rooms should the Hilton not be able to provide?
If we cannot locate a day room, we might consider a visit to Windsor which posters say is a 15 minute taxi ride away. Any comments on that option? Sounds much better than hanging out at the airport for hours. A day room, though, would be our preference.

Check this out...

http://www.yotel.com/

Wow, Seetheworld. This looks great. I've just signed up to receive more info from the Yotel people. Thanks a lot.

You are welcome! Please post back if you get an opportunity to check it out. Have a great trip. :)

The Novotel has day rooms - but I don't think you can book them on line. You need to call the hotel directly. Same for the Hilton.

(just in case the "yotel" doesn't pan out)

Here is the quick response I received from the LHR Hilton. I'm posting this in case the information might benefit others in the same situation as we will be in:

Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email. Days use rooms are available from 9 AM to 6 PM. To book or check rates and availability, please advise arrival date or use our website www.hilton.co.uk. To get correct rate, please use promotional code DU.
With best regards,
Peeter Nork
HelpUK
Offline Support Team
Hilton Reservations & Customer Care
0870 242 1351 (from UK only)
00800 888 44 888 (Europe)
[email protected]
www.hilton.co.uk

Once again, thanks, seetheworld and also janisj. janisj, we will also check out Novotel. Appreciate the reference.
Barbara


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