Final hotel in London
On Thursday I bid goodbye to Luxembourg and flew back to London on LuxAir. I found the Grand at Trafalgar Square on Expedia for a relatively cheap rate (considering the pound is 2 to 1 to the dollar). I didn’t do much in the way of review because the star rating was good, the price was great, and the location seemed ideal. I was prepared to be let down actually but when I got there everthing was awesome.
Let me be clear, in terms of what I look for in a hotel this place is trying to do it all right. The place was very clean, the staff was there but wasn’t in my face and there were a number of self checkin and checkout machines available so I could just do what I wanted and not wait in line. Since I booked via Expedia they didn’t have my credit card and while I was looking up my confirmation number on my laptop the person at the desk walked over and made it all work for me. That was the right level of attention for me.
The room was really clean, the bathroom was a little odd especially given the rest of my European stays where the bathroom was generally the same size as the rest of the room (or the room was the same size as the bathroom… whatever your perspective). There was no tub so you just stepped over a small lip and pulled a curtain whihc made it feel like a locker room but since I was the only one there it wasn’t such a big deal if a little water made it over the lip and onto the bathroom floor.
This hotel is part of Club Quarters, which I had never heard of but friends of mine are apparently members. It had some interesting ammenities and would be worth checking out if you travel to any locations they serve. It isn’t high on posh ammenities like the Westin but it was hundreds less and had everything I was looking for in a hotel. The service was friendly, the bed was big, the TV had quite a few options and the Wifi was ok. 
While there were many things I liked about this hotel one of the best was the location. It was so easy to find and I had two big bags so I wanted to find my room and stop lugging them ASAP. Then exploring was a piece of cake because I was literally 500 steps from 2 underground station and Trafalger Sq. All the places I’d walked with Ryan and Megan were incredibly close.