London Hotel Travel Guide

Be it the Ritz, Hilton or InterContinental there is a great variety of hotels in London, from deluxe mid-range, to luxury five star hotels on Picadilly, West End or Covent Garden. Although many of the extras are included in the price and a certain high class luxury can be taken for granted especially carefull one should be when booking some of the local 4 star hotels that claim to offer great luxury and comfort. If you don't know what to expect and the hotel's website doesn't give you a great deal of clue how your accommodation would look like etc it is often the better choice to go for one of the luxury chain hotels. In those hotels you can expect a certain standardized niveau of luxury which has been established around the world. In the end its up to each individual and if you are willing to experiment and try something unknown.

I lived for five years in London and took a good look at the London hotel industry. In most case if you would settle for a less expenisve room then 100 pounds in central London you would not really gain the feeling of actually living in a hotel. More likely you would get the impression to have book some sort of upgraded bed and breakfast version just with a mini bathroom on-suite. If you are up for investing a little bit more money into one of the luxury hotels in London yet your best bet still is to have a look into you will realize that in order to rely on high quality accommodation one of the world-known top luxury hotel chains such as the Ritz-Carlton, Hilton or Four Seasons.

Luxury Villas & Apartment Rentals vs. Luxury Hotels

Luxury villas and apartment rentals are another alternative to staying in a hotel which means to spent your luxury holidays renting a self-catering fully furnished accommodation. This can be done on a daily, weekly or monthly basis – the longer you rent the better usually the package. There is a wide variety of standards and accommodation size in all area of a city. One of the big advantages going for an apartment rental instead of a hotel room is that the apartment can make you feel more home and independent. This is particularly so on longer stays such as long term holidays or for travellers that seek a place on the countryside or beach far away from a hectic city, that would be a typical villa holiday. Apartment rentals and villas are usually fully furnished, including everything from bed lining, a fully equipped kitchen plus a cleaning service. Additionally, there may be additional features as part of the package deal such as the use of sports facilities, gym memberships, swimming pool in the building or outdoors.

Luxury has its price but does not necessarily has to be over your travel budget. If you look closly than even some of the really famous luxury hotel chains like Ritz and Hilton do offer discounts. Many mid-budget travellers live in the illusion they would never have enough to stay in one of those prior luxury hotels. But in many cases that is wrong thinking! The best thing to do is look up on some of the online travel agencies that offer a variety of vacation package where you can book cheap flights, hotel, car rental and even museum tickets all-in-one and mostly for discounted rates. Or when you want to have a price comparison of all online travel agencies and airlines at the same time use travel consolidators to search for that. Definitely arrange accommodation before your arrival!

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Hotels in London

Hotels in London - Ritz Carlton - five star luxury hotel in London

Searching for hotels in London will let you quickly realize that are not that many decent mid-range hotels around that would sort of appear as a bargain in terms of quality and price. Hotels in London and accommodation in general is extremly expensive. Having said that when it comes to the upper-class five star luxury hotels rates often are even lower than in Paris for example. Therefore checking out the rates for the Hilton, InterContinental, Marriott or Ritz London could be quite surprising. If its outstanding location and great service you want than have a look at the boutique and chain hotels in London. Pure luxury hotels with Jakusi, spa and swimming pool have a look in areas such as the West End, Picadilly and Convent Garden.

Hotel Location

Be it the Sheraton Park Tower Hotel at Knightsbridge, the Swissotel London near the Strand or the Ritz Hotel London at St. James - luxury hotels in London are scattered all over the city centre. That shows already that there is no such thing as the one and only noble district in London rather a multitude of well developed areas with tones of shopping, dining and sightseeing possibilities. London is one of the true metropolis in Europe and there is travellers coming all the way from New York City, just to go shopping for the weekend or have an oustanding evening in the Opera with following candle light dinner at the hotel. Since its not a matter of location finding a a high-end luxury place its rather down to what you want specifically out of the hotel, individual services and amenities it may offer. For example staying at the Marriott London Park Lane would give the option to only walk one block to Oxford Street at the same time doing sightseeing at the Buckingham Palace is only one mile away. A short taxi drive across most of London's city centre would get you to the Buckingham Palace in about 10 minutes. Many of the London attractions are fairly close together and its quick and easy to get around by taxi.

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