Is it really impossible to find a hotel that will accommodate 2 adults and 2 children (ages 12 and 14)? Help please!?!

Floorit - we are a family of four - 2 adults and 2 children (14 and 15) that will be traveling in 2 1/2 wks to London.

We are staying at Windermere Hotel (www.windermere-hotel.co.uk)in Victoria about a 7 minute walk from Victoria Station. I haven't been there, but it appears to be a very small hotel, but award winning with full english breakfast. They have a quad with 2 doubles or quad with dbl and 2 singles.

We got our quad for 107 lbs per night after getting a discount for 4 night stay even though we were splitting our days (2 nights, leave for Cotswolds, return for 2 more nights).

Depending on when you are going, I can let you know how it is.

If I were traveling w/ a family of 4 I REALLY would not want to be squeezed into a quad room (unless it was just for a night or two).

For the same price or less you can get a full 1 or 2 bedroomed apartment with a full kitchen, washer/dryer, and a TON more space. Having a kitchen is great - not that most people want to do a lot of real cooking on holiday - but you can stick up on snack food, drinks, breakfast items, pic nic supplies, etc.

In the long run a flat would save you money and you would probably be a lot more comfortable.

The bigger mainstream hotels don't generally have quad rooms, but often some of the small family-run places will have a few. You might look at some of the london-specific discount booking sites (try a google or yahoo search for "london hotel discount".

Hotel rooms tend to be small in London, but we never spend much time in the room, so we never really cared. It might be more of a problem with a string of bad weather days.

Rick Steves mentions a few in his book. I have not stayed at any of these, but you could investigate them. The Lime Tree Hotel, Winchester Hotel, Elizabeth Hotel, Westland Hotel, Vicarage, Abbey House, Phoenix Hotel, Garden Court and Vancouver Studios are all mentioned as having "Quads". You might check them (and his book) out.

There is always the option of getting two rooms on Priceline. It could easily be cheaper than a quad room.

If you don't want Priceline, this hotel often has cheap family rooms:
http://www.comfortinnvx.co.uk

I would recommend Travel Inn County Hall. The rooms sleep 4 - 2 adults & 2 children under 15. £82.95 per room per night Mon-Thurs, £79.95 Fri-Sun.

The County Hall is the big building right next to the London Eye, on the South Bank. The location is superb - a 10 minute walk across the pedestrian bridge brings you to Covent Garden/Parliament, etc.

This is by no means a luxury hotel. It is Holiday Inn standard. But you will get a decent, brightly lit room with a hot shower/bath. They are not big on toiletries so be sure to bring your own soap/shampoo.

I stayed in a Travel Inn for a wedding. For somewhere to put your head down, it is excellent value. If you want good value accommodation, this may be what you're looking for.

We're also a family of 4 planing a trip to London. We found a quad in the Abcone hotel and 2 interconnecting rooms the Cranley Gardens hotel. I think there's also a comfort inn that's been mentioned here that has quads.

Websites for the hotels I mentioned:
www.abconehotel.activehotels.com and www.cranleygardenshotel.com. We're currently booked at the cranley gardens.

We stayed in a family room at the Kensington Moat House a few years ago. The room was very spacious, even by US standards. I believe the website is www.moathouse.com

Hi! We are a family of 2 adults and 2 children (ages 11 and 13) and I found a room at the Sidney Hotel (3 star) near Victoria Station. I found a rate of 109 British pounds for a room for 5 - 1 double bed and 3 twin beds and it includes a full English breakfast. This was cheaper than the room for 4 people. Web site is www.sidneyhotel.com.

We stayed at the Marriott Marble Arch a few years ago-2 adults and 2 kids in a room. The included full breakfast was great (and so huge we didn't eat lunch) and I thought the location was fine. Very comfortable room with nice bathroom.