<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MVS18:
I'm staying one night at the Heathrow Marriott arriving T4 around 8pm.
Just a couple of questions:
1.How frequent and reliable are the Hotel Hoppa buses from T4 to the hotel at this time of night?
2.How much will a taxi cost me fron the terminal to the hotel.
Thank you in advance for your help.</font>
1. At that time of night I believe the Hoppa bus does a circuit of all the terminals, starting with 4. Last time we were there (a Saturday night) they were running about 1 hour apart to specific hotels. We were also going to the Marriott, but some buses would arrive and change their destination signs, so with the wait and the terminal tour, it was almost 90 minutes total before we arrived at the hotel.
2. On the night I mentioned many irate passengers chose this option, but I understand the cabbies don't like this short a run. Some who left the Hoppa area and went over to the nearby taxi stand returned and waited for the bus. One told me he wasn't going to "enter into negotiations" just to get to his hotel, however others left in cabs. We had bought our Hoppa tickets already, so taxi wasn't an option for us.
For reference we were in Terminal 3, but at that time of day I don't think there's a difference.