Gosh -- you are the second person that liked the Thistle Kensington
Palace.  I stayed there in March 2003.  The room was incredibly small,
the comforter was stained, the floor creaked and the bathroom was
disgusting.  The walls were also paper thin.  We had the pleasure of
being next to a bunch of college kids on spring break that kept us up
all night.  I've lived in London and visited there twice in recent
years, so my expectations were not high.  However, this so-called 4-star
hotel was way below even my lowest of expectations.  I booked through
British Airways who have since removed this hotel from their reservation
list because of so many complaints.  I have read that the hotel is
slowly being renovated, so perhaps you were fortunate to be in a
renovated room and I was not.

Laura 



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Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 3:07 PM
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Subject: Re: London hotels


Hello--
        I haven't been following this, so this might be a repeat
posting. Some years ago I stayed at the Kensington Palace Hotel, very
much a luxury hotel of excellent quality.  I got the room for half-off
by going through a travel agent in London who booked me on a tour of the
city for domestic travellers, except that I didn't have to purchase any
element of the tour except the hotel, which was discounted by 50%.
        I don't know if this discount is still available or if you can
set it up outside the UK.  If you have friends there, maybe they could
help you. I would just add that many of the big tourist hotels in London
are enormous and rather shabby rabbit warrens and in real worth more
expensive than NYC.


Adrienne DeAngelis
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