Marriott fined £18.4 million for UK hotel data breach

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• Algor says:

  31 Oct31 October 05:47

  I wonder at what time rates will go up 🙂

  Ibis Styles London Kensington still at £17.10

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  31 Oct31 October 05:55

  At a time when we are being paid to stay in London hotels, is it not shooting oneself in the foot to book a hotel with a 30-day cancellation period? Which planet do these hotels live on – I can’t get Covid- compliant insurance for a stay in, say, Cornwall, so why would I book a 30-day cancellation deal?

• Chrisasaurus says:

  31 Oct31 October 06:03

  I’m assuming that ‘within 30 days’ cancellation actually means the opposite of within?

  • ChrisC says:

    31 Oct31 October 06:24

    It is strange wording in the article but doing a dummy booking it says

    “ Non refundable if cancelled within 30 days of arrival”

    And that’s in the ‘rate details’ tab which you need to click on.

    Personally – because it’s so different from IHG policy – I think it needs to be shown on the page where you select which points / points & cash option you want and highlighted more.

    • ChrisC says:

      31 Oct31 October 07:55

      I see Rob has edited the sentence on cancellations and refunds to make it clearer what the policy is

      ✅

• vol says:

  31 Oct31 October 06:18

  Well….let’s give this a try.

  All going to plan, it’s less than twenty quid with the possibility of being fed in the morning.

  For that reason, I’m in 😁

  • Lady London says:

    31 Oct31 October 19:52

    I stayed there for 3 days in August – at much higher price and no promo grrrr. Needed somewhere short notice and know the area well so I took a chance.

    The breakfast in a bag is fine.
    The area is a bit risky covid-wise I would say. Apparently numbers of people staying there spent their evenings in packed drinking places around there with no social distancing and rolled back into the hotel drunk. I did not feel particularly safe in the lift.

    I was certainly a lot more nervous about staying in that hotel and that area than the other hotels I stayed in in August and September.

• Dubious says:

  31 Oct31 October 06:35

  Don’t expect much for the breakfast. I stayed at that hotel 2 years ago, a night before attending a training course elsewhere in London. The breakfast was passable – slightly soft cornflakes (I’m not sure they were branded) and toast.

  Nothing to write home about. The room wasn’t as nice as the one in the picture.

  • Polly says:

    31 Oct31 October 06:47

    Yes, but if you are visiting the museums with general free entry tkts on a budget, it’s a nice idea, they can always buy a proper lunch later…but as a last minute idea it’s fine for the youngsters..

  • southlondonphil says:

    31 Oct31 October 08:43

    Right now because of Covid the breakfast at Ibis Styles London Kensington is a ‘go’ bag with a croissant, muffin, juice box and an apple that yo collect from reception.

    • Lady London says:

      31 Oct31 October 19:57

      You get coffee too. TBH it was really OK and not that far.from the quality you’d get in other IBIS Styles in the UK and comparable contents to what I’ve had in several HIX’s, apart from it being in a bag.

• Jil says:

  31 Oct31 October 07:44

  Looking at the picture the hotel room is tiny!

• Wally1976 says:

  31 Oct31 October 08:12

  Crikey, I thought we did well, stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Hammersmith Sunday to Tuesday for £30 a night including breakfast for all 4 of us, free parking, a welcome drink (as gold member) and a few IHG points too! I felt like I was robbing them! There are truly some amazing deals to be had at the moment. If anyone’s interested in that hotel, I’ve done a review on Trip Advisor.

  • John Caribbean says:

    31 Oct31 October 09:06

    Is the parking free? The write up on the IHG app isn’t clear on pricing but implies it is closed

    • Wally1976 says:

      31 Oct31 October 10:19

      When we were there it was free but the guy on the desk did imply that that was temporary. If you email the hotel on
      INFO@expresshammersmith.co.uk they will confirm the parking situation.

      Parking space was very limited (about 15 spaces). We had no trouble getting a space at noon on a Sunday (and didn’t move the car until we left on Tuesday afternoon) but there were times during our visit when it looked full.

      One other thing, as gold members we were offered a late checkout at 2pm.

• Secret Squirrel says:

  31 Oct31 October 08:46

  Accor points IMO are not worth face value. You can regularly find the same rooms via an OTA up to 30% cheaper these days.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    31 Oct31 October 08:50

    So wait and use them when you can’t.

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      31 Oct31 October 18:29

      Every time I search I find cheaper rates than direct so pointless.

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