a hotel.. and perhaps that is why many of them are either not getting back to me, or are booked. Hmmmm. Still, a hotel room just seems too small for two adults and two teens. Suites and/or having to pay for two rooms is just out of our budget. :/ Park Grand London Hyde Park is $218 a night, much better - but just a regular hotel room with two double beds. I was hoping we could find an apartment for that price. We've got wonderful, large apartments for the rest of our trip (7 nights in Paris and 5 nights in Amsterdam) - No problem with those. However we're finding it much harder to find a suitable place (within the rest of our accommodation budget) in London. Perhaps we should have *started* with London as opposed to spending so much in Paris. Ah well. live and learn! Ok, sorry moosebear for taking your thread! Just seems like maybe we could be looking for close to the same thing now.. It's the Easter weekend so hotels are bound to be busy with holidaymakers and families. Some uni accommodation may be available in the area as it's during Easter vacation, though Imperial College in South Kensington only let out in the summer. Jinky, look at Harrington-Court.com for apartments almost directly across from the S. Kensington tube station. They were recommended on a different thread (as were Avni apartments.) I'm leaning toward staying there -- no breakfast, but very reasonable and helpful