Priceline Hotel: 4* London (Kensington-Earls Court-Knightsbridge) Copthorne Tara

[Romelle]

4* London (Kensington-Earls Court-Knightsbridge) Copthorne Tara, $72 ... 6/4/09-6/6/09

Sorry for the after-the-fact posting, but this bidding was done three days before, on the fly after a change in plans. Also had minimal access to computers at the time, and until now when I'm home again.

Two rooms for two nights each.

I bid in $2 increments from $62 (didn't expect to get a hit that low, but I purely hate to overbid).

We scored rooms on the 8th floor. Copthorne now lists "Standard" rooms as being on floors 1-10, with club or suite or such on 11 and 12. I think they may have refurbished some of the lower floors.

Both rooms were very functional and comfortable for our visit.

Breakfast of course not included. BUT the Muffin Man about 1/2 block away on the way to the tube had great breakfasts. There also is a Tesco's full supermarket up on Kensington High Street (turn left on it when coming from the hotel).

We had an excellent meal at the Tai Terrace also on the street between the hotel and the tube station. Probably some of the best Tai food I've had, and I've been to Tailand. Big white tablecloths and linens and we were decidedly underdressing in our hiking clothes, but we were very kindly treated.

For the record, the street "Scarsdale Place" doesn't show up on the little maps one can purchase at Victoria Train Station, and an information booth person there marked a nearby street "Scardale Villa" instead of the right location. Get a better map, or simply follow these instructions from the hotel web site (slightly amended):

DIRECTIONS TO THE HOTEL

By tube - the nearest station is High Street Kensington on the Circle and District Lines - 3 minutes away. As you come out of the station (turning left), turn left again down Wrights lane and you will find the hotel at the bottom of the road on the left hand side.

When I was bidding, the British pound was $1.65. It has since dropped a bit so one might do a little better now.

Romelle

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to see PRICELINE came thru for you on a nice last minute bid. Sounds like you were happy with the deal you received for this price and enjoyed your stay.

Thanks for sharing your results with the board.

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