Our First Experience in a London Hotel

We had a brief stop over in HK before catching our flight to London, UK. Though we were in Europe a number of times, I had never visited UK until this time. I was very excited! Day 1 – We arrived at the Gatewick Airport around 7 pm and went through custom without any problem or delay. Using our newly downloaded app., we ordered an Uber ride from the airport to our hotel.

However, it was not an easy process as the destination for Uber drivers picking up their passengers was not the same as for the taxi cabs though the airport sign said so. It was a frustrating experience for us as the Uber driver and we were trying to find each other at the right location. Locating each other at the right place is the thing I disliked most about using an Uber. We bought some take away food from the airport with us and checked into our first hotel in London. Being used to staying in spacious hotel rooms while travelling in North American and China, our hotel room was disappointing as it was quite small without a chair/ table or even a sidetable by the side of our bed. We booked our room through the internet and fully expected that there would be at least a small table and couple of chairs in the room like all the hotels we had stayed previously. But I guessed London was different. Though we had ready to eat food with us, we didn’t have a place to consume it properly in our room. After complaining to the night manager and refusing to eat our meal on our bed as suggested by him, he finally relented and moved us to a room with a table and chairs where we could enjoy our first meal in London.

We were exhausted from our travel and went to sleep right after dinner. Looking forward to exploring London in the next few days! RT London, UK 022025