London Airbnb / service apt help

[expatjen]

Looking for Airbnb or service apartment recommendations for London, please!

Our usual place, Cheval Apartments are quoting us a crazy $25,000 for 9 nights! 😲 Insane, right?

We’re looking for a 3-bedroom place for us, our 2 kids and my in-laws for late June- early July.

Anyone have any places they would recommend? We’re open to staying anywhere in London that’s close to a Tube station.

Thanks 🌺

[mrsGreeko]

We stayed at this apartment (the superior one, they have several listed) at few years ago. Close to Euston Station. It had a different name back then so management appears to have changed. Also, not a three bedroom, but it’s a large 2 bedroom with sleeper sofa. If you haven’t been checking booking.com, that’s my go to for finding apartments in Europe. www.booking.com/hotel/gb/london-euston-luxury-apartments.en-gb.html?aid=304142&label=gen173nr-1DCAEoggI46AdIM1gEaIoCiAECmAEJuAEHyAEN2AED6AEBiAIBqAIDuAKYnbSUBsACAdICJGZmYmY5N2Q5LTEwMjEtNGQ4OS05Zjk1LWZlZjRmNjUyNTIyNtgCBOACAQ&sid=f4c9e83083aab2eba10097e32847933a&age=0;age=0;age=16;all_sr_blocks=160773414_344195984_6_0_0;checkin=2023-04-06;checkout=2023-04-07;dist=0;group_adults=2;group_children=3;hapos=1;highlighted_blocks=160773414_344195984_6_0_0;hpos=1;matching_block_id=160773414_344195984_6_0_0;no_rooms=1;req_adults=2;req_age=0;req_age=0;req_age=16;req_children=3;room1=A%2CA%2C16%2C0%2C0;sb_price_type=total;sr_order=distance_from_search;sr_pri_blocks=160773414_344195984_6_0_0__24462;srepoch=1653411957;srpvid=875c783947a502d4;type=total;ucfs=1&

[expatjen]

May 24, 2022 12:08:17 GMT -5 mrsGreeko said:

We stayed at this apartment (the superior one, they have several listed) at few years ago. Close to Euston Station. It had a different name back then so management appears to have changed. Also, not a three bedroom, but it’s a large 2 bedroom with sleeper sofa. If you haven’t been checking booking.com, that’s my go to for finding apartments in Europe.

Thanks! I’ll check it out. I’ve been on Booking.com (they’ve got some great deals)!

[RockNVoll]

expatjen I got this place for my parents and their friends several years back. It was really nice and centrally located; highly recommend.

www.airbnb.com/rooms/16410545?source_impression_id=p3_1654272599_7TB03aORpANulDes

[expatjen]

Jun 3, 2022 11:12:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

expatjen I got this place for my parents and their friends several years back. It was really nice and centrally located; highly recommend.

www.airbnb.com/rooms/16410545?source_impression_id=p3_1654272599_7TB03aORpANulDes

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Have you found something?

We're going with my parents next month, and we wanted a 3 bedroom, 2 bath place with air conditioning which was reasonably close to a tube station.

We had luck using Marriott Homes and Villas to find a place.

I was worried about an Air BNB host canceling on us without notice, so I'm hoping the association with Marriott will make these hosts a bit less likely to do that.

[expatjen]

Jun 11, 2022 17:25:10 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

Have you found something?

We're going with my parents next month, and we wanted a 3 bedroom, 2 bath place with air conditioning which was reasonably close to a tube station.

We had luck using Marriott Homes and Villas to find a place.

I was worried about an Air BNB host canceling on us without notice, so I'm hoping the association with Marriott will make these hosts a bit less likely to do that.

We just booked a hotel with a junior suite for our family and a regular room for my in-laws. The service apartment we found that looked decent had terrible reviews, so we cancelled that.

I’ll check out the Marriott homes and villas! 👍🏽 Thanks!

[DarcyLongfellow]

Jun 13, 2022 22:00:40 GMT -5 expatjen said:

Jun 11, 2022 17:25:10 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

Have you found something?

We're going with my parents next month, and we wanted a 3 bedroom, 2 bath place with air conditioning which was reasonably close to a tube station.

We had luck using Marriott Homes and Villas to find a place.

I was worried about an Air BNB host canceling on us without notice, so I'm hoping the association with Marriott will make these hosts a bit less likely to do that.

We just booked a hotel with a junior suite for our family and a regular room for my in-laws. The service apartment we found that looked decent had terrible reviews, so we cancelled that.

I’ll check out the Marriott homes and villas! 👍🏽 Thanks!

The Marriott properties available now all seem crazy pricey.

We are/were in a similar situation. We are going at the end of July and needed a 3 bedroom because we're going with my parents. The place we booked a year ago had a ton of really bad reviews from the past couple of months, so we canceled and found something else on AirBnB.

We're going to be staying out in the Docklands, which sounds kind of insane, but I'm kind of loving the idea. (I worked near Canary Wharf for a summer years ago.)

The place we booked is a 5 minute walk from the tube. The tube journey to most touristy things isn't as far as I thought it was (20-30 minutes), plus the Docklands Light Rail and the new Elizabeth Line make it even more convenient.

It isn't ideal, but we were willing to compromise on location to get out of the other place we booked!

Just a suggestion on an area you might not have considered. If you want the link to the place we booked, PM me and I'm happy to share.

[expatjen]

thanks for the info and shared commiserations. I’m honestly astounded at how expensive it is at the end of July. We decided to go with the Athenaeum hotel and we’ve booked 3 rooms. So fingers crossed we get all rooms on the same floor.

We just couldn’t find anything else. I don’t know if it’s because of the Jubilee year or what, but hot damn this trip is so expensive

[mrsukyankee]

Jun 14, 2022 10:38:28 GMT -5 expatjen said:

thanks for the info and shared commiserations. I’m honestly astounded at how expensive it is at the end of July. We decided to go with the Athenaeum hotel and we’ve booked 3 rooms. So fingers crossed we get all rooms on the same floor.

We just couldn’t find anything else. I don’t know if it’s because of the Jubilee year or what, but hot damn this trip is so expensive

A lot of people are also just holidaying in the UK, who live in the UK (due to everything else being insanely expensive and tons of flights being cancelled), so London is quite 'hot', plus I think a lot of places are just trying to make up for losing so much business in the past. And July is always one of the bigger months for tourists to London as the weather tends to be the nicest/warmest/least rainy. The Athenaeum hotel is lovely, so hoping it works out for you! 

Have a lot of fun!