Thistle Euston, London

A group of 7 of us were booked into the Thistle Euston on a sunny weekend in May for a close friend’s hen weekend. We had booked 3 rooms between us - 2 twins and a triple room. CHECKING IN Arriving shortly after 2pm, I was the first of our group to check in. I had a few minutes wait whilst others ahead of me checked in and found it slightly worrying when I overhead several of the people saying the rooms weren’t what they had booked. On approaching the desk I asked for one of the twin rooms and provided the name that the booking was under. I was advised by the very cheerful and helpful ... more

I naively assumed that getting accommodation at short notice in Central London would be easy - WRONG!! No amount of trawling could throw up something with availability for three rooms. I thought I had struck gold when the Premier Travel Inn, Euston showed availability on-line, BUT by the time I got to confirming the rooms, they had gone. The Thistle Euston was found on our behalf, at a rather steep £120 B&B it was this or nothing. Now I've stayed in a few Thistle hotels, and their quality does seem to vary somewhat, so it was with some trepidation that I set off on the 200 mile journey ... more

This weekend just gone it was one of my missus' mates' birthdays, and as is the norm we all decided to go out on a fun night of drinking. Rather than shell out the extortiante taxi fare home (at least £35 back to my part of West London!), we decided to book a hotel in advance and then wander home on the tube the next day. Booking the Hotel -------------------------- We booked the hotel through Lastminute.com's Secret Hotels. The idea behind this is that in return for not knowing the hotels' name until you have booked, you get cheaper rates on the room. The Thistle was described as a 4 star ... more

This weekend I celebrated my ma's 70th birthday by treating her, my son and moi to a weekend in London to see the Lion King. My mum has never been well off and always put her kids, then grandkids first, like many many mums, so I wanted this to be extra extra special for her. I booked first class train travel and that was just wonderful, she felt like royalty. I checked with Theatremonkey and booked top seats at the theatre where we had THE BEST view to an AWESOME performance (it should be made compulsary to go see it). London was buzzing, and they even laid on a bit of pomp and ceremony for us ... more