Hotwire Hotel: London, 5*: Westminster, Victoria, Big Ben area

[oneworldsapphire]

Hi there,

 

New to the forum! I've used the Hotwire search link above to search 'London', 2 adults, May 31-June 1, 2016. Hope I did all that correctly.

 

There is a hotel of interest, particularly because of the 5/5 TripAdvisor rating.

 

The area is Westminster, Victoria, Big Ben. 5*, $336 per night. Amenities are:

 

Airport shuttle

Business Center

Fitness Center

Internet Access

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Trip advisor rating: 5/5, 501-1000 reviews

Hotwire approval rating: 95% recommended, based on 5 reviews

 

From what I can tell, the only 5/5 Trip Advisor hotels in the area are: The Goring, Taj Buckingham Gate Suites/Residences, and Hotel 41. How accurate is the number of TA reviews provided by Hotwire? Hotel 41 has over 2,000 reviews; Taj Buckingham Gate has 1,089 reviews; The Goring has 905 reviews. If this information is always entirely accurate, it would seem it could not be Hotel41 or Taj Buckingham Gate. Appreciate your expert opinion about this one.

 

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

The TA information shown by HOTWIRE is not updated in realtime (not sure how frequently but it's less than daily) so it's always possible that the current TA rating has changed since HOTWIRE's last update.  So you can't necessarily exclude a hotel that show slightly more reviews than indicated by HOTWIRE, or it's also possible that you're not looking at the complete possibilities of hotels since the overall TA rating being shown may not be 100% accurate (if it has changed since the last update)

 

With the above noted, The Goring would be my best guess for this one.

 

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