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Well it didn't take long for the first spanner to appear in the works. It now seems that we won't be staying in London in June after all.
The plan was that a friend who had previously worked for Marriott Hotels would be able to get us a deal at the Marriott at Twickenham where we have stayed before. Apart from being an excellent hotel with easy transport links to central London it also has the big advantage of having a huge car park (as it's part of Twickenham Stadium) which is free unless there's a rugby match on. We discovered last night that our friend relies on a contact who still works for Marriott to make the hotel booking and pass the staff discount on, but now it seems that our friend and his contact have fallen out big time. Hence no discount for us! The standard rate for the hotel is beyond our budget so we've had to abandon that part of the plan.
I spent most of last night scouting around for a London hotel that offers free parking (there's no way we're going to spend £30 upwards per day, which most of them with parking seem to charge) so now we're having a bit of a rethink. We've often spoken about exploring Dorset and the Jurassic Coast, so that's looking quite fanciable.
Watch this space...
The plan was that a friend who had previously worked for Marriott Hotels would be able to get us a deal at the Marriott at Twickenham where we have stayed before. Apart from being an excellent hotel with easy transport links to central London it also has the big advantage of having a huge car park (as it's part of Twickenham Stadium) which is free unless there's a rugby match on. We discovered last night that our friend relies on a contact who still works for Marriott to make the hotel booking and pass the staff discount on, but now it seems that our friend and his contact have fallen out big time. Hence no discount for us! The standard rate for the hotel is beyond our budget so we've had to abandon that part of the plan.
I spent most of last night scouting around for a London hotel that offers free parking (there's no way we're going to spend £30 upwards per day, which most of them with parking seem to charge) so now we're having a bit of a rethink. We've often spoken about exploring Dorset and the Jurassic Coast, so that's looking quite fanciable.
Watch this space...
