Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread Mark Keating

Hi all,

I have been asked by a couple of people for hotel recommendations in and 
around the LPW for this year. Traditionally we have always left people 
to their own devices and the sites like TripAdvisor and Booking.com, but 
since I have been asked and i know there is a vast wealth of knowledge 
and experience on this list i thought I might throw the question to the 
masses.


I await, with anticipation, your gracious responses.

-mdk

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Re: Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 09:00:04AM +0100, Mark Keating wrote:

 I have been asked by a couple of people for hotel recommendations in and 
 around the LPW for this year. Traditionally we have always left people 
 to their own devices and the sites like TripAdvisor and Booking.com, but 
 since I have been asked and i know there is a vast wealth of knowledge 
 and experience on this list i thought I might throw the question to the 
 masses.

Londoners are the worst people to ask this, cos we don't use hotels in
London!

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Re: Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread Smylers
Mark Keating writes:

 I have been asked by a couple of people for hotel recommendations in
 and around the LPW for this year.

I like St Paul's YHA -- cleaner and nicer than most budget hotels/BBs
I've stayed in in zone 1: http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/london-st-pauls

You don't need to be a member. You do get a duvet (but need to bring
your own towel).

Smylers
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Re: Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread Nigel Metheringham
Smylers wrote:
 You don't need to be a member. You do get a duvet (but need to bring
 your own towel).

I'm worried - several hours, and no one grabbed the obvious HHG
reference and ran with it...

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Re: Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread Will Crawford
On 25 October 2012 18:12, Nigel Metheringham ni...@dotdot.it wrote:
 Smylers wrote:
 You don't need to be a member. You do get a duvet (but need to bring
 your own towel).

 I'm worried - several hours, and no one grabbed the obvious HHG
 reference and ran with it...

I was all tapped out from the Léon, the Balhatchet and the Figueiredo, sorry :)



Re: Hotels for the LPW

2012-10-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 09:00:04AM +0100, Mark Keating wrote:

 I have been asked by a couple of people for hotel recommendations in and 
 around the LPW for this year. Traditionally we have always left people 
 to their own devices and the sites like TripAdvisor and Booking.com, but 
 since I have been asked and i know there is a vast wealth of knowledge 
 and experience on this list i thought I might throw the question to the 
 masses.
 
 I await, with anticipation, your gracious responses.

I asked a Canadian.  She recommends this place for cheap n cheerful:
  http://www.ashley-hotel-london.co.uk/

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