We stayed at the Hilton Tower of London. Our king + sofa bed room ended up being basically a suite with 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms. It was fantastic! We only had one kid with us, but we could have easily fit 3 kids in the sofa bed room.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe try the Hard Rock at Marble Arch?

It’s not a hard rock any more. It’s a Cumberland or something now.

Maybe try the Hard Rock at Marble Arch?

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Residence Inn Kensington. 2 bedroom suite. Was a 5-10 minute walk to tube but it was a great tube station with lines that went basically everyplace.

NP here. We have stayed at the Residence Inn as well. Could be just what you are looking for, OP.

Thank you! I looked it up and there seemed to be lots of reviews mentioning issues with air conditioning and other maintenance concerns. Will keep in mind, though. Looks like there are also residence inns near London Tower but those weren’t the area we had planned on. -OP

We stayed there last July and there were no issues with AC. My only real complaint was that the breakfast was really not good. But there’s a tesco next door and a nice breakfast place a block or so away.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Residence Inn Kensington. 2 bedroom suite. Was a 5-10 minute walk to tube but it was a great tube station with lines that went basically everyplace.

NP here. We have stayed at the Residence Inn as well. Could be just what you are looking for, OP.

Thank you! I looked it up and there seemed to be lots of reviews mentioning issues with air conditioning and other maintenance concerns. Will keep in mind, though. Looks like there are also residence inns near London Tower but those weren’t the area we had planned on. -OP

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Anonymous wrote:I have stayed in London with 5 people and an Air BnB was significantly cheaper than a hotel. I stayed at a nice one near Paddington. Plus then we could save money on breakfast and the occasional meal by going to a grocery store.

Care to share a link? I keep hearing horror stories about air bnb - there’s even a recent one on DCUM right now so I’m nervous about them and prefer the reliability of a hotel.

Go with a hotel.

Missing the nuance - if it was a simple 2 person party, I'd agree but 5 implies 2+ rooms and short term rentals are often far superior with this grouping.

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Anonymous wrote:I have stayed in London with 5 people and an Air BnB was significantly cheaper than a hotel. I stayed at a nice one near Paddington. Plus then we could save money on breakfast and the occasional meal by going to a grocery store.

Care to share a link? I keep hearing horror stories about air bnb - there’s even a recent one on DCUM right now so I’m nervous about them and prefer the reliability of a hotel.

Go with a hotel.

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Anonymous wrote:We are staying at the Royal Horseguards when we go to London in a few months. Seemed like a good location; it's right on the Thames and a short walk to HP and Westminster Abbey and Trafalgar Square.

With 5 people?

No. Not with 5 people.

But it is a very large hotel, and there are a lot of room options.

Anonymous wrote:also "air-bnb" is the kleenex of short term rentals. You absolutely don't have to use air-bnb to find a good short term rental in London or any other major city.

Sorry - forgot to include we had a good experience with https://www.ivylettings.com/ in London

Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Residence Inn Kensington. 2 bedroom suite. Was a 5-10 minute walk to tube but it was a great tube station with lines that went basically everyplace.

NP here. We have stayed at the Residence Inn as well. Could be just what you are looking for, OP.

also "air-bnb" is the kleenex of short term rentals. You absolutely don't have to use air-bnb to find a good short term rental in London or any other major city.

Anonymous wrote:I've had good luck searching on bookings . com because you can filter by number & types of beds, bathrooms, location, etc. Then I price compare with those results or going to the desired property website and reserving directly. (even major hotel brands will list rooms but we've discovered some awesome small properties this way too)

I used that site and it gave me pages of listings of hotels that won’t allow 5 in one room/suite. -OP

I've had good luck searching on bookings . com because you can filter by number & types of beds, bathrooms, location, etc. Then I price compare with those results or going to the desired property website and reserving directly. (even major hotel brands will list rooms but we've discovered some awesome small properties this way too)

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Anonymous wrote:I have stayed in London with 5 people and an Air BnB was significantly cheaper than a hotel. I stayed at a nice one near Paddington. Plus then we could save money on breakfast and the occasional meal by going to a grocery store.

We just came back from London and also chose air bnb. We stayed in one near Borough Market for one week and then stayed at one in Bayswater (just north of Kensington) for another week. Both excellent, large, and much cheaper than hotels.

Care to share a link?

Not those PPs, but if someone has left a review for a place they stayed at, they are partially de-anonomyzing (?) themselves by linking to the listing here. I like to leave reviews because they are key to the "system" working. But they show up generally with your first name and city/state listed.

That's why I have never linked a place I have stayed at here.

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Anonymous wrote:I have stayed in London with 5 people and an Air BnB was significantly cheaper than a hotel. I stayed at a nice one near Paddington. Plus then we could save money on breakfast and the occasional meal by going to a grocery store.

We just came back from London and also chose air bnb. We stayed in one near Borough Market for one week and then stayed at one in Bayswater (just north of Kensington) for another week. Both excellent, large, and much cheaper than hotels.

Care to share a link?