London
 

3 full days in London In may.
Need information about hotels{ prefer center}, attractions
Thank you

You have given us nothing to work with. There are hundreds and hundreds (thousands really) of hotels in London. What is your budget . . . and for what sort of room?

As for 'attractions' there are too many to list - you are going to London for some reason so what sites are you already considering? Do you have a a guide book?

Go to the top of the page. Click "Destinations", click "Europe", click "London". You will find a link to 188 sights...

Booking.com will help you with accommodations. Put in your days and how many people and you will see results. Premier Inn is reasonable and you can google them for locations. There is a lot to see. I go to the library now and get a guide book plus Trip Advisor and Rick Steves are very helpful. Good luck planning.

what is your budget? How many people? Prefer traditional or modern? Big anonymous hotel/BnB/boutique hotel? How important are things like a concierge and room service?

Stay in Claridges, it's central.

Honestly MRI2000, there is no point in recommending any hotel or attraction without knowing your budget and interests.

My friend in London just bought tickets for us to see a play. The prices are so reasonable. My husband doesn't care about going so we will meet up with him later. Yay. Briget's Bakery for tea or a play. We chose the play and drinks after but her afternoon tea bus tour looks very fun.

Attractions in London
 

If you are spending 3 days in London in May, you can go in the Hyde Park, it gets beautiful in Spring when the flowers are starting blooming. You can also try the London Eye as you may get a great view of London, if the sky isn't cloudy. What I loved the most in May in London is the Camden Market. It is always beautiful there, but especially when it is sunny.

For the hotels, we try with my family the Picadilly London West End and it was amazing, the hotel is not that expensive and well situated.

Do you collect points from any particular hotel group such as Hilton or Marriott? You might check into their offerings. We like St. Ermin's which is part of the Marriott group. That said, I've noticed their rates are somewhat higher than usual in May so you might want' to check out the other properties for your group. There are literally tons of hotels in London at all price ranges so you need to narrow down the search/attributes for us to help you.

I know the corona virus may have messed up your London plans for this May, but I wanted to share my recent itinerary just in case you were able to reschedule your trip.

I stopped in London for a 3 day layover during my family trip to South Africa in July 2019. I asked my husband and kids (20 and 22) what they wanted to see/do, and we came up with a plan. Since London was sort of an add on to the main trip, I had to be mindful of the budget. All those entrance fees at the various tourists attractions add up!

To get the most out of our entrance fee money, I did a lot of research and ran a bunch of numbers. We ended up buying a 2 day ticket for The Original Tour hop on/hop off bus. The ticket included a Thames River boat cruise, a Rock n Roll walking tour and a Changing of the Guard walking tour. Plus it allowed us to add discount tickets for the Tower of London. The 2 day ticket ended up being the most economical way to see all the things we wanted to see. I bought the tickets before we left, so we were able to show our tickets and hop on the first bus we saw.

We stayed at London House Hotel in the Kensington Gardens/Bayswater area in a family suite that slept 4. It was a really nice place. There were at least 2 pubs close by, and McDonalds (for a quick breakfast) was right near the tube stop. The tube station was only a 3 minute walk from the hotel.

This is what we did:
Day 1 - We arrived at 10:00 AM, dropped our bags at the hotel and took the double decker bus tour to see the main sights with The Original Tour, dinner at a pub, in bed by 7:00 PM due to the jet lag.

Day 2 - Tower of London right at opening, went to the Crown Jewels first then did the live Beefeater tour, Thames River boat cruise, Trafalgar Square, Rock & Roll walking tour of Piccadilly, Soho, Carnaby St, pub for lunch (I had high tea scheduled but got outvoted), Evensong at Westminster Abbey (there is no entry fee for church services and the Westminster boys choir was glorious), pub for dinner

Day 3 - Churchill's War Room, we also saw the King's Artillery Horse Guard parading on their horses nearby. We did not get our tickets for the War Room in advance because I wasn’t sure which day we’d do it until it was too late. This was a big mistake. We had to wait in line for about 1.5 hours for our turn to get in even though we got there right around opening time. We ended up missing the Changing of the Guard walking tour at Buckingham Palace that we’d planned because this put us behind, and we had to head to the airport for our afternoon flight.

Over all I felt like we packed a ton of stuff into our short time in London! And we didn’t break the budget.