Jenson

I'm going to London on business and can stay anywhere I want as long as I don't spend more than $300 US dollars (or 190 pounds) per night -- so this is an opportunity to stay somewhere nicer than I normally could afford. I'm looking for suggestions for nice places to stay -- hopefully somewhere in the thick of things -- maybe Covent Garden or theatre area. Thanks!

Wayne

You might try the Covent Garden Hotel, one of the nicest little boutique hotels in London. For a single room at this time of year, you should be able to haggle a price less than $300. Good luck.

andy

Here is the link for the fabulous BOUTIQUE hotels- of which the Covent Garden is also listed--will show you all the rooms and prices-

The Pelham is also a great choice....Plus the Knightsbridge is also gorgeous....
ALL are on this link:

http://www.firmdale.com/

BeachBoi

I stay at The Rubens at the Palace opposite the Royal Mews.Two minutes to Victoria Station.I get a Royal Deluxe Room for 175GBP/VAT is 17.5%.Very excellent hotel veddy veddy British.

fluffy

Jensen,
check out the Firmdale hotels-www.firmdalehotels.co.uk - you can also get info. and reviews on www.karenbrown.com
I stayed at the Pelham, lovely boutiue hotel.
Some of their other prperties are: Charlotte Street & the Knightsbrige hotel.
All terrific choices
Fluffy

fluffy

Jenson, this is a post script to my previous message,
log onto www.londontown.com you should be able to find several of the hotels listed from myself & other posters.
Click luxury small hotels to serch, the prices on this site are the best you'll find.
Fluffy

Weadles

Another recommendation for The Knightsbridge Hotel. What a great place with an very convenient location.

Have fun!

Jenson

Thanks for the recommendations for Knightsbridge and Covent Garden Hotel. They look lovely! I have emailed both hotels to check availability and rates. I also checked londontown.com for rates, but couldn't find these hotels. Anyone have any suggestions of other good, reliable sites for booking these hotels?

fluffy

Jenson,
you might try londonnights.com
Fluffy

mclaurie

Jenson,

Here'sa list of boutique hotels I copied from somewhere. Have no personal experience with any of them though.
Sanderson Hotel, St Martins Lane Hotel, One Aldwych , MyHotel Chelsea or Bloomsbury, Metropolitan Hotel, Hempel Hotel, Halkin Hotel, Charlotte Street Hotel, 57 Pont Street, 5 Maddox Street, The Great Eastern, The Pelham or the Covent Garden Hotel.

mclaurie

Just checked on ebookers.com & they have the St Martin's Lane (which is an Ian Schrager Hotel) for about $280/nite plus tax for early May. They also have the Sanderson which I think was redesigned by Phillipe Starck for under $300. They also have the Raffles Brown's Hotel which THE traditional English Hotel and famous for it's afternoon tea at $250-270 plus tax.

On ebookers you can get a map showing where the hotel is located.

BTW, your company may be able to negotiate a corporate rate that's better than these.

Firstmate

Just stayed recently at Le Meridien Grosvenor House. It was really quite nice. Across street from Hyde Park and easy walking to Oxford St. Paid less than $300. Also, I recall receiving a promotional rate for the Mandarin located on Knighsbridge. Ya may want to check that out.