London Town Hotel - London, United Kingdom     

I trusted our travel agent to book three night's London accommodation for us, on our first overseas trip. The London Town Hotel in Earl's Court was our point of arrival in Europe. We arrived, very weary, early in the morning and as it was too early to check in, asked to have our bags minded while we went out for the day. "Minding" meant leaving them in the corner of the public corridor. We were worried about our things all day. The room was very small and stuffy. The floors creaked, so people above disturbed us and the walls were so thin we could clearly hear the people speaking next door (at 2am!) The shower was blocked. You had to shower quickly as it filled up with water and nearly overflowed every time. We had to ask for toilet paper. The staff pretty much ignored us. The breakfast was fine. I got a few itchy bites which I suspect, after doing some research, were bed bug bites, but not certain. As our room was at the back of the building, there was little traffic noise. We were hoping for better than this for the three star rating and the price.

I stayed there for 2 nights and enjoyed my stay. The service was great and the room was cleaned! i only paid about $130 for two which I expected to get a small room. What I really liked about it is that it's a block away from the train station. I stayed in Victoria area in the past and it's too crowded - if you're looking for a family or to get away from the city center (which is only a 10 minutes tube ride) then I strongly recommend the place.