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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by kaka
Dude chill, i'm just asking.
for a typical 3pm checkin and 11am checkout, 2am is past 50% of 1 day's stay and if you dont tell the hotel beforehand they'd have canned the booking. Now explain to me, how does a 7am early checkin and a 2am early checkin differ by it's nature (Either way it's still utilizing a room that you haven't paid for, as I've said earlier). If you DO try checking in at 7am, what's so wrong with me asking. It's not like I am currently throwing tantrums at the hotel for rejecting me for a 2am early checkin.

Anyway, it's good to hear that Park Tower DO have early checkin at 7am depending on availability (and maybe status).
Quite simple, the difference between 2am and 7am is that a normal person sleeps at 2am (ie at night time). 7am (during the day) is less likely. People go to hotels for the pain purpose of sleeping.

Good luck with Park Tower and early check-in. Last year we got there at noon and were told everything would be ready 30 minutes later. It was only at 5pm that we got in our room. YMMV.

I'd just book the previous night at the Skyline or Sheraton Heathrow. Prices can be cheap if you're going during a weekend and I enjoy the Skyline more than Park Tower as a hotel.
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