Priceline Hotel: 4* London (Mayfair-Soho) Hesperia London Victoria

[natetc]

Needed a last-minute hotel booking as my flight to London was promised to actually happen (it did not, after waiting at the airport for 6 hours this morning).

However I wanted to report this previously unreported hotel.

DETAILS:

Congratulations, your price of $120 was accepted by Hesperia London Victoria.

4* hotel room

Hesperia London Victoria

2 Bridge Place

London, SW1V 1QA

44-20-7834-8123

Check-In: Tuesday, April 20, 2010-02:00 PM

Check-Out: Thursday, April 22, 2010-12:00 PM

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $120.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 2

Room Subtotal: $240.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $55.52 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $295.52 (USD)

My first bid was $105, second was $120 as it was my last chance to bid. I'm sure I could have booked at a lower rate, however I was booking the same day as check-in, so I had very few options.

FYI - I have previously reported having a really good experience with Priceline refunding my booking due to volcanic ash. I did not purchase trip cancellation insurance that time, nor did I this time, and they had no problem refunding the full amount of my booking.

Was a bit surprised to see this hotel pop up as it had never been reported before; would have been nice to see it but it seems that it was not meant to be.

Used BB's PRICELINE link to bid.

[Will]

Could you confirm if this is a 4* or 5* hotel as rated by PL? Good luck getting home.

Thanks

[yellowdog]

Congratulations on your success!

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding :)

Also thanx for the addition for this new property to the BetterBidding Priceline Hotel List

Hope you'll get a flight soon!

Enjoy your stay.

Yellowdog.

[MrB]

Please post a brief review. The hotel looks ok (free internet) but not your typical 4* in London and some iffy reviews with a rack rate of GBP120 or so. I have seen quite a few new hotwire (and now priceline) hotels appearing in London and not all of these are deserving of their initial * rating and I know of at least one bidder who got a refund from hotwire although I can't remember if this was before or after their stay (I think before because the discrepancy was too obvious). I recently stayed at a superb 5* for not much more than this (booked through this site!) but have previously booked 4 star in London on priceline without hesitation but I may now lean towards 5* or hotwire in this star category given this hotel is a possibility.