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Looking for a reasonably priced hotel (£250 max) near the Dorchester on Park lane for a Sunday night, need to check in by 2pm. Any recommendations?
Hi. Maybe The Cavendish hotel? It’s behind Fortnum & Mason, so a 4 minute taxi ride away. Not sure how close you need to be to The Dorchester
I think the Hilton may be your best bet for that budget.
I think the Hilton may be your best bet for that budget.
Hilton Park Lane is over £600.
I think for that budget you’ll need to head up to Marble Arch and stay somewhere a bit less salubrious. Tripadvisor will be as good an indication as any. Also, do see if you can get lucky with “top secret” hotel type bookings. I’ve used Lastminute for these in the past with success but they are far from being the most honourable booking channel. I wanted to stay “near” Park Lane where my buddy js this week and in the end I just gave up and used my IHG Ambassador free night voucher and am staying at the Kimpton Fitzroy. I want to pop into the City also so it has the advantage of being equally inconvenient for both destinations.
Ironically my buddy gets a £200 a night corporate rate at the Hilton Park Lane (I’m guessing this is pre VAT so let’s say £240). He could not obtain this for me as goes through his large US bank’s central booking system. I imagine this does partly explain why many of the rates are quite so horrendous. A lot of the rooms will be taken up on such deals and therefore the hotels are only wanting mega bucks for marginal revenue over and above this given staffing constraints.
Meanwhile my buddy gets lounge access courtesy of his US-credit-card-obtained diamond status and has had excellent success with upgrades also.
Sad face.
Hard Rock hotel isn’t far. Decent enough and used to be reasonably priced.
If you do use a ‘secret’ consolidator like Lastminute or Priceline make sure you triple check which hotel it actually is. There are some appalling places between Marble Arch and Paddington.
I think the Hilton may be your best bet for that budget.
Hilton Park Lane is over £600.
Golly – I had to dig out the email confirmations from the two times I stayed over there. It was for £220 and… £55, both over summer. (granted the £55 was a special rate for their birthday in 2018..). But £600 per night is not worth it for that hotel. It may be easier if you told us which weekend you’re looking at, as if I put it on Google Hotels, I can see it for £288 for February.
I think the Hilton may be your best bet for that budget.
Hilton Park Lane is over £600.
Golly – I had to dig out the email confirmations from the two times I stayed over there. It was for £220 and… £55, both over summer. (granted the £55 was a special rate for their birthday in 2018..). But £600 per night is not worth it for that hotel. It may be easier if you told us which weekend you’re looking at, as if I put it on Google Hotels, I can see it for £288 for February.
night of 27/11. I was expecting Sunday evening to be a cheaper night!
Left-field suggestion but how about the Grazing Goat – it’s about a 15 minute walk. Rooms are often £200ish and at least the food will be infinitely better than mid-range chain hotel…
It all depends on your circumstances.
But if you are on a bit of a budget, simply book something in Kensington (main brands from £100 a night) and grab a Taxi. It’s only 10-15 minutes drive away.
There is a mews hotel behind Hilton Park Lane which is independent – at one point Hilton ran it as overflow. It is called something like Park Lane Mews.
There is a mews hotel behind Hilton Park Lane which is independent – at one point Hilton ran it as overflow. It is called something like Park Lane Mews.
Sadly fully booked/ or no longer trading.
Various hotel amex offers kicking about (Hilton, Marriott, hyatt, world hotels, melia, etc). Could help bring rates within budget
Hilton Kensington is around GBP150, with direct bus (nº 148) to Hilton PL.
Think I’m back to plan B (going home that night) partly because Hilton wont allow a guaranteed check in before 3pm. Realised I have 75k Hilton points so it would have worked on spend.
Thanks for your help, I may try on the day booking.
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