Advice on Beijing hotels needed
 

Me and 3 friends plan to visit plan Beijing from Dec 27nd - Jan 05th. We´re looking for a 4 to 5star downtown hotel that´s affordable (about 80-90$ per room/night). Could anybody give any advice?

On our list are by now the Presidential Palace, the Crown Plaza and the Gloria as well as the Prime hotel. We plan a 9 day sightseeing/shopping trip.

Thanks in advance!

You probably can't get the Hyatt for that price ... but that would be my preference in that area.

Stayed in Beijing Hotel a couple of years ago at less than $100 (including breakfast). The hotel practically is in Tian'anmen Square and we had a room overlooking the Forbidden City. The hotel is a bit old (must have seen better days) but the location (for us) was great. We got a direct rate from the hotel by sending them an email (and the rate was lower than what they published on their web site).

thanks everybody.

In case someone is interesting in it: We picked the Beijing Crowne Plaza, they sell the "Executive room" incl. lounge-access etc for about 80$. nice one...

although i'm not familiar with that property, i just googled to find out where it is and would advise against staying there if convenience is a top priority. (if you just want to kick back and go into town occasionally, my advice may well differ).

you might look into: the jingguang (insist on a deluxe-executive; they never sell out), the landmark, and the swiss. from your list, the gloria is also ok, but i'd say a notch below these 3. all 4 properties bottom out at around Y400 per night, but it takes a little legwork to get into that ballpark.