Please help. We will be in London in early April. I am concidering the following hotels: Mitre House, Melborne House, Dolphin, Manor Court, Saint Davids & Norfolk Court, Buosi Hotel, Brunel, Kensington Court Hotel, and Eden Plaza. Does any one know wich hotel will the most suitable for a family of four? Our budget is $200 American. Do you have any other sugestions. I prefer staying in central London. <BR>I will be grateful for your input.

We too are a family of four looking for similar accommodations in London in late June. Seems most places we've come across insists on 2 separate rooms.

Anna, <BR>Try doing a search for "London Guards Hotel" or check out this website "www.demon.co.uk/hotel-uk/guards.html" I've stayed there twice, once in June 1999 and then in January 2000. It is a charming hotel and I highly recommend it. It is about a 3 or 4 min walk to Lancaster Gate Tube Stop on the Central Line and about a 2 minute walk to the Lancaster Gate Entrance to Kensington Gardens. One thing I really liked about this hotel is that it is one block off the main road so it is pretty quite even if you have a room on the front of the building. You can e-mail me direct if you have any other questions about the hotel or the area that it is in. Hope this helps!

the kensington hilton is offering a deal of 69gbp anight roughly 1/2 of your budget. there are a few hiltons listed oin the site with rates well under the 200.00 usd a night. i will be staying at the kensington for a week in april. tube station within walking distance, taxis' and the great hop on hop off tour bus stops outside. www.hilton.com then search under london

Hi Anna: <BR>I apologize if the info I sent you several times didn't get through. Hopefully it will get through this way. <BR> <BR>SAINT DAVID’S & NORFOLK COURT: 14, 16, 18 & 20 Norfolk Square. Tel: 020-77234963. Fax: 020-74029061. (70 rms., 36 w/toilet & bath or shower.) £60 single; £79 double; £95 triple; £110 quad. Call for quint & sextet rates. Full English breakfast (7-9am, includes French toast, Greek Cypress cheese, eggs, cereal & more) is included in the rates. Visa, MC, AX, DC. Charming refurbished simple Victorian four bldgs.-in-one hotel w/simply furnished & identically decorated nice-size to large rms., cable TV w/CNN, phones. Bldg. #20: #109 has a small double bed, high ceiling & balcony that faces street; #108 has a double bed, high ceiling & balcony that faces street; #207 has 2 twin beds, nonworking fireplace & faces back w/no view; #208 has a double bed, twin bed & faces street; #G7 is a ground-flr. rm. w/double bed, 2 twin beds, nonworking fireplace, high ceiling & faces street; #G5 is a ground-flr. rm. w/double bed, twin bed, skylight in ceiling & faces interior; all the bathrooms are prefabricated compact showers w/toilets; bldg. #16: #B3 is a lower-level huge rm. w/double bed, 3 twin beds, standard-size shower w/toilet & large window that faces the street; bldg. #14: #G8 is a ground-flr. small rm. w/double bed, original 18th-century domed ceiling, arched doorway, shower w/toilet & faces interior w/no view; #G10 is a ground-flr. small rm. w/2 twin beds, nonworking fireplace, high ceiling, standard-size shower w/toilet & faces street; #B8 is a lower-level huge rm. w/double bed, 4 twin beds, large shower w/toilet & large window that faces the street; hairdriers, tea/coffee makers in each rm., noisy location, no elevator, 5 flrs. 5% rm. discount when you show owner chef George Neokleous or manager Baki this book. Chef George & Baki are both fabulous & charming. Chef George has been hosting guests at his hotel for more than 30 yrs. He gets there every morning at 5:30 so he can have plenty of time to fix a wonderful breakfast for his guests. He invited me to have breakfast even though I didn’t stay at his hotel. It was across the street from my hotel (Rhodes, which I loved) so I decided to take him up on the offer. It was delicious. There was so much food I passed on lunch and almost dinner. I think it was one of the best breakfast menus I came across in London. Cross St.: London St. Tube: Paddington. <BR> <BR>

Anna: <BR> <BR>I e-mailed the rest of the hotel descriptions directly to your e-mail. It was too much for this site to post. Hope you get it this time.

Margo, <BR>Thank you for your concern. I did get your e-mail with the hotel descriptions. You were right, now I have to decide wich one to choose. I tend to settle for the ones with adjoining rooms, so the kids and my husband and I will have separate rooms.

i just booked a triple en-suite room for my own family for late june for GBP 80 (USD120). <BR> <BR>many of the budget to moderately-priced hotels offer quad accomodations that are priced incrementally to a double. to find that level of detail, you can look into the other famous guide books that starts with "F", or just go to the websites of the hotels you've already considering, or to a london hotel directory website. on yahoo.com, just search on 'london hotels" and you'll see several directory sites. <BR> <BR>you should be able to get an en-suite quad room at or below GBP 100 (USD 150) inclusive of breakfst and VAT. <BR> <BR>i think fodor is recommending the new 'london county hall travel inn capital hotel' across the thames from big ben as a family bargain. it's GBP 69, has two double beds and kids are free. (travelinn is on web). <BR> <BR>as for myself, we'll be staying at a small hotel (glynne court) near the marble arch (n/e corner of hyde park) that is recommended by both "F.." guide authors. <BR> <BR>

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