<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lalala:
I may stay at the Kensington Olympia Hilton and just take the train directly to and from Gatwick without the schelp to Victoria.
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Hopefully you have a not-so-early flight. I recommended the reverse once but I've been told the earliest LGW-west London rail service leaves LGW at 0937. Not sure what time trains leaving the other way go. You could always change though.