Jul 11, 2019, 2:42 pm
Last edit by: corporate-wage-slave
For a review of this hotel, including photos and suggested terminal routes, go to post 113:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilton-hilton-honors/1937681-hilton-garden-inn-london-heathrow-terminal-2-gbr.html#post31272164
This hotel is near the Arrivals level 1 of Heathrow Terminal 2, the Queen's Terminal. It's a short walk via the carpark, and it is signposted. Photos in this post 55:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilton-hilton-honors/1937681-hilton-garden-inn-london-heathrow-terminal-2-gbr.html#post31183249
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilton-hilton-honors/1937681-hilton-garden-inn-london-heathrow-terminal-2-gbr.html#post31272164
This hotel is near the Arrivals level 1 of Heathrow Terminal 2, the Queen's Terminal. It's a short walk via the carpark, and it is signposted. Photos in this post 55:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilton-hilton-honors/1937681-hilton-garden-inn-london-heathrow-terminal-2-gbr.html#post31183249
Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2 { GBR }
Nov 3, 2018, 2:51 pm
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Eh, I don't know about that. As a "business traveler" if I am staying at a hotel attached to an airport terminal, I'm most likely arriving late and/or departing early, and am only there for one night. Convenience and a good bed is what matters - not "full-service" amenities which I won't use.
2) The brand designation connotes other things - such as the quality of the "good bed" to which you refer. Do you prefer the HGI dial bed thingy over the Hilton mattress?
3) There are egos involved. Just sayin. This is the kind of stuff that doesn't get said in focus groups, but...
Nov 3, 2018, 7:52 pm
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1) When "arriving late and/or departing early", room service is clutch - and only usually available in full service properties.
2) The brand designation connotes other things - such as the quality of the "good bed" to which you refer. Do you prefer the HGI dial bed thingy over the Hilton mattress?
3) There are egos involved. Just sayin. This is the kind of stuff that doesn't get said in focus groups, but...
2) The brand designation connotes other things - such as the quality of the "good bed" to which you refer. Do you prefer the HGI dial bed thingy over the Hilton mattress?
3) There are egos involved. Just sayin. This is the kind of stuff that doesn't get said in focus groups, but...
Nov 3, 2018, 7:55 pm
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Nov 4, 2018, 3:27 am
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Yeah, the T4 one is much easier to get to from T5. Standard Heathrow logic.
Nov 4, 2018, 1:41 pm
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This May 2017 Arora Group press release doesn't mention a brand, just that it will be a 351-bedroom hotel.
https://thearoragroup.com/media/pres...rminal-2-hotel
By October 2017 it was clear it was going to become a HGI
Heathrow T2 - O'Reilly Concrete Products
Dec 16, 2018, 7:41 pm
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I am planning a UK visit next year and part of my schedule meant I was arriving late into T2 on an Aer Lingus flight. Quick search on the Hilton website and this beauty turned up with a flexi rate of GBP74 for the night. Billy Bargain. Can't work out where it could be located (I have only ever flown out of the new-ish T2 in darkness - very early or very late so have no idea how it sits within the central area). Walking distance, no shuttles or Hoppa's is a great bonus.
Jan 5, 2019, 7:03 pm
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The hotel's web site says they're now accepting reservations from 14 August 2019.
https://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/...EGI/index.html
https://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/...EGI/index.html
Feb 15, 2019, 12:48 pm
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Checked day room rate for a random date in October, got GBP99.00, but only available between 10am to 4pm. I think this is too short.
A T5 Sofitel day room is about GBP135.00 and allows 8am to 6pm.
Both quotes are for members with no status. Early/late check-in may well be possible, but the published HGI times deter me personally.
It's good that there will be more options though.
A T5 Sofitel day room is about GBP135.00 and allows 8am to 6pm.
Both quotes are for members with no status. Early/late check-in may well be possible, but the published HGI times deter me personally.
It's good that there will be more options though.
Mar 6, 2019, 11:38 am
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There is the Hilton Garden inn close to Hatton Cross undergruond station ( then a 5-10min walk)
or get to T4 then use the covered walkway to the Hilton T4 ( very nice hotel)
The hilton T5 is not close to T5 and involves a Hotel Hoppa bus from T5 ( not sure from T2/3) or private taxi ( I like this hotel)
There is also a Doubletree close by which is not bad.
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Mar 7, 2019, 3:59 pm
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I avoid Hilton "T5" like the plague. It has no real relationship to T5 and you need to take a poorly run cash only bus to get there. There is nothing wrong with the hotel itself, but it is not convenient to get there. The T4 hotel is connected to the Terminal and has a free shuttle to T5.
Mar 7, 2019, 4:07 pm
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I avoid Hilton "T5" like the plague. It has no real relationship to T5 and you need to take a poorly run cash only bus to get there. There is nothing wrong with the hotel itself, but it is not convenient to get there. The T4 hotel is connected to the Terminal and has a free shuttle to T5.
True although last time I contacted the concierge for a taxi firm and it was reasonably priced (especially for 2 people) both from T5 to the hotel and back to T3 the next morning.
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