Originally Posted by
hfly
I concur, as an HH member, never put a small child into your calculation. Also, as you do not seem to have a compelling business reason I would suggest that you perhaps stay at any property but these, get your rooms for 50k or so a night and save a bundle. I would not pay twice as much for the Conrad St. James (totally dead there, where are you going to buy whatever thing you will need for the 18 year old? The convenience shop at the tube station across the street) nor the Hilton Mayfair (the least charming building in London), and would prefer a number of other neighborhoods.
You make a good point about buying things for the baby when we get there, we took that for granted on the trip we just got back from. More likely one of us will make a run out to a shop to get those things once when we get there and we'll be set for the trip. The reason for staying in that area were the monuments and museums we're planning to visit are all easy walking distance from those hotels without the need for the tube. We were considering Park Lane, Trafalgar, or the LXR properties.