Air Labrador

Advantages: Beautiful rooms, thoughtful extras, excellent food, pretty grounds
Disadvantages: None-it was perfect.

...the 2 resident chocolate labradors, if you wish!).... Read review

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Advantages: Convenient for Gatwick, free onsite parking, wireless Broadband in Lobby, reasonably priced drinks, food prices not inflated because of location
Disadvantages: Not particularly convenient for central London, Only some rooms have high speed internet (which doesn't work)

...A late afternoon meeting in Croydon, followed by an early morning one in London meant I needed somewhere quick and convenient to stay, I also needed windows that opened, on-site parking, air conditioning and high speed internet access. The Hilton Croydon promised to comply on all these factors. *** ARRIVAL *** Providing you can navigate Croydon's rather complex one-way system to get out of town, based on the A23 Croydon to Gatwick and Brighton road, access is pretty easy. There is ample free parking on site in the form of above and below ground multi-storey. Even better and considerably rarer for most Hiltons, parking is free. The first thing that struck me was that the hotel looks NOTHING like it did on the website, and is reminiscent of a 1970s/80s build mini tower block! *** RECEPTION & CHECK IN *** Reception is nice, leading... Read review

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Advantages: Rapid travel at affordable prices.
Disadvantages: Filthy, litter ridden, hot, cramped, claustrophobic.

...right there were several computerised ticket machines that I really could not be bothered to play around with. The ticket kiosk had no queue so I decided to let the human do the work rather than the machine. The entrance to the station was dirty and there was a lot of litter on the floor. There was also a beggar with two large Labradors guarding it. I bought my ticket and I got a pleasant surprise. £5.10 return to Covent Garden, my destination. I thought that was reasonable. However, I do know it is more expensive if you travel before 9.30am. The journey would involve three different lines. The district line, a journey of ten stations, followed by the Central line, six stations, and lastly the Piccadilly line, just one stop. I had to be there by 11am. I walked down the slope to the platform. On arrival I was just in time to see the rear... Read review

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