St. Regis London (Lanesborough) for 35GBP a night!
Aug 8, 2005, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by NYEsq
I just had a great weekend stay at the hotel. Bottle of champagne was chilling as we got there and we got a continental breakfast for free after asking them to remove the charge from our bill. All in all, a phenomenal hotel that I will be back to!
Aug 9, 2005, 2:36 pm
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Originally Posted by dhoward
how did that work? did they apologise and just remove it or did you have to argue?
Aug 9, 2005, 9:34 pm
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$34.00 per person for a continental breakfast? 
Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho.
Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho.
Sep 11, 2005, 3:50 am
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Great Hotel, Great Stay
My wife and I were able to take advantage of the 3 night offer from the Lanesborough Hotel in London.
I would just like to say, this is one of the nicest hotels I have ever stayed in. I even prefer it over the St. Regis NY as the St. Regis seems busier as well as more crowded. The staff was very accommodating to our needs. They went above and beyond with their service towards my wife and me.
Here are the positives about this hotel.
Large Room, at least ours was.
*ALL* movies included.
Internet Access included.
Daily Fruit included
Water, both Still and Sparkling included
Very Friendly Staff, never had a problem working with them.
Nice Hotel, recently renovated.
Small, quaint.
Only negative:
No Starpoints to earn or redeem.
This would be a great hotel for others to try out. Even if the starpoints were a cat 6 like Bora Bora.
Will have to go back in the future. When you start to add all the additional benfifits, like Internet Access, Free Movies, Water, etc, the price doesn’t look like it is much higher then it other hotels in London. Plus, if you know the Park Lane Hotel, this Hotel is much better in quality, maybe 3 – 4 times higher quality.
I would just like to say, this is one of the nicest hotels I have ever stayed in. I even prefer it over the St. Regis NY as the St. Regis seems busier as well as more crowded. The staff was very accommodating to our needs. They went above and beyond with their service towards my wife and me.
Here are the positives about this hotel.
Large Room, at least ours was.
*ALL* movies included.
Internet Access included.
Daily Fruit included
Water, both Still and Sparkling included
Very Friendly Staff, never had a problem working with them.
Nice Hotel, recently renovated.
Small, quaint.
Only negative:
No Starpoints to earn or redeem.
This would be a great hotel for others to try out. Even if the starpoints were a cat 6 like Bora Bora.
Will have to go back in the future. When you start to add all the additional benfifits, like Internet Access, Free Movies, Water, etc, the price doesn’t look like it is much higher then it other hotels in London. Plus, if you know the Park Lane Hotel, this Hotel is much better in quality, maybe 3 – 4 times higher quality.
Sep 11, 2005, 3:24 pm
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Anyone successful in getting the reservation transferred to later in the year? I was not.
Sep 12, 2005, 5:51 am
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I can't IMAGINE that they would offer such flexibility...
Sep 12, 2005, 7:45 am
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Originally Posted by gleff
I can't IMAGINE that they would offer such flexibility...
Oct 23, 2005, 3:13 am
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Sorry to dig this thread up again but I was thinking that some more people must have stayed on thsi rate by now, How did you all get on?
Oct 23, 2005, 7:20 am
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Originally Posted by CT-UK
Sorry to dig this thread up again but I was thinking that some more people must have stayed on thsi rate by now, How did you all get on?
It was great for all of us I think! ^ ^ ^
Oct 23, 2005, 10:09 am
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Mine went off without a hitch.
But I heard something about a certain room in the 200s that had major bathtub issues and having to deal with it being repaired on two or three out of three nights.
But I heard something about a certain room in the 200s that had major bathtub issues and having to deal with it being repaired on two or three out of three nights.
Oct 23, 2005, 3:06 pm
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Mine was great! If I have the disposable income, I'd stay here again (unless another "mistake" comes online beforehand!)
Dec 7, 2006, 11:31 am
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Bringing back an old thread....
What systematic fixes has Starwood or the hotel management put in place so rate "errors" like this or far more obvious errors don't happen in the future? Going by the LeMeridien Thailand rate debacle, apparently nothing robust enough to prevent such rate errors has been put into effect between April 2005 and today.
Why not?
Dec 7, 2006, 1:22 pm
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(You're certainly far from alone here on FT.
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Dec 7, 2006, 1:41 pm
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^^ ROTFLOL ^^The Thailand debacle I didn't expect to be honored. The Lanesborough one I did.