Hotels

SPG American Express card I recently applied for the SPG American Express Card. I was between airline reward credit card cycles and seeking a quick win. One of my readers has been hounding me for some time about the benefits of Starwood in the UK, a reward scheme I’ve largely ignored …

Afternoon tea at the Millennium Mayfair The Millennium Mayfair is an unassuming place tucked away down a side street overlooking Grosvenor Square Gardens in the heart of Mayfair. We arrive slightly late for our afternoon tea but nevertheless receive a warm reception from Renata and her colleagues. After some brief pleasantries, they lead …

Dining at the Booking Office, St Pancras Eating dinner at the Booking Office, St Pancras is a surreal experience. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, this vaulted, wood-panelled room was the booking office for wealthy Victorians wishing to venture North by trains. Belles in delightful ball gowns would …

It’s not the first time that I’ve stayed in an Airbnb. It is however, the first time I’ve paid for an Airbnb (having worked with a few owners before) and I am keen to review the experience given some of the recent criticism of Airbnb. Claims that the prices are …

A sexy hotel in London’s Kings Cross? Anyone who visited the Kings Cross area of London prior to the renovation of the train stations could be forgiven for thinking it was a dump and any suggestion of a sexy hotel laughable. However, the multi-million-pound restoration projects of St Pancras and Kings Cross have …