As some of you know, I live in Germany and regulary go on holiday in London for some
shopping and just getting back to my beloved England! :)

Arriving
As we arrived, the coach drove behind the building and we took our luggage into the
lobby. My first impression was a good one - everything looked clean and modern
and the people at the reception looked friendly and were very quick and handing
out key cards to us.
I had a booked a double bedroom for my friend and me and we were a little
confused when the little envelope containing our keycard said a completely different
name. When I asked the receptionist about it, he was very confused and didn't
understand me although I was trying to be friendly and understandably. My English
is almost accent-free, but he was Indian and obviously didn't speak English too
well. I gave up after they kept repeating that this is the room I was entitled to, so
we took the escalator up to the fourth floor and went into our room.

The breakfast
We got our breakfast in special group rooms, so I don't know if this is relevant for
you if you are booking it on your own.
We could go and get some from 7.30 to 9.30. There were four big tables with plates
at every seat. The plates were already prepared with a very nice, tasty croissant,
a little bun (some plates had a white one, others a whole grain one), a little container
with butter, a yoghurt and a piece of ham. Although the croissant and the bun both were alright,
I was a bit upset about these plates.
On most of the plates, either the bun or the croissant were sitting on the ham. I am
a vegetarian and I accept others eating meat, but I am grossed out by being supposed
to eat something that has been sitting on a piece of meat. Why could they not put
the ham on the buffet table in the room? The yoghurt we got on the first and second
day contained gelatine, which is also made from dead animals, but I won't winge
about this as this is in a lot of foot and something few people pay attention to. But
the thing with the ham doesn't *have* to be that way. I can't be the only vegetarian
who has ever staid at this hotel!
The long table with the buffet goodies contained muesli, Frosties, cornflakes, milk,
orange juice, apple juice, coffee and hot water for tea. There was also a little
basket with different kinds of jam and I also saw a bowl with cocktail fruit in it.
Altogether, the breakfast was good for a continental breakfast, but the croissant
always being placed on a piece of ham made me a little sad.

Transportation links
The transportation links are quite good - Hounslow Central is only 20 metres away.
The Piccadilly line will take you to Piccadilly Circus - if you are fine with riding the
tube for half an hour. Of course, we had to bear with it as we had no other choice,
but it was surely a long way, so we spent the day in London carrying our bags. If
we had gone back to the hotel to leave them in our rooms in between, we would
have lost at least an hour!
So, being so close to the Undegrounr station was brillaint - but needing to much
time to get to Central London and back again was not.

_Prices_
Since I went with a travel group that organized everything, I do not know how much
I paid. But the website gives away the standard rates!
A non-smoking double bedroom is 60 pounds a night.
A non-smoking double bedroom with a workzone is 65 pounds a night.
A room with a double bed and an additional pull-out single bed is 65 pounds as well.

I give the Days Hotel in Hounslow three stars as our stay was not perfect but
satisfactory.