London Heathrow Marriott Hotel

... world - The Tube 11. Free entrance to museums (YEAH!!!) 12. The weather in autumn 13. West End plays - ie. Spamalot 14. How London is so close to Paris (1.5 hours through the Chunnel by way of Eurostar) 15. Plane ticket is dirt cheap compared to Italy

... is almost to an end and I wanted to share some highlights with you all. I arrived in London via Heathrow early last Monday. I'm using Marriott rewards points to stay at a Marriott in a middle class Northwest London neighborhood called Maida Vale. If ...

... of time. Valerie and Shelbi were meeting me at my hotel lobby at 4:00 ish. I stayed at the Marriott County Hall (it is located right behind the London Eye on the other side of the Westminster Bridge). I have always wanted to stay at this hotel, and I can ...

... for Paris, so I decided to fly to London and take the TGV (Eurostar) to France instead 2) I realized that I had enough Marriott "frequent guest" points to stay three nights at the Renaissance Paris Vendome hotel, for free (regular rate: over 650 Euros a ...

... living in Sydney, and it costs $120 to get downtown from Heathrow, I decide that sleep is more important than sightseeing. I use my Marriott points again to stay at the closest hotel, while I slept a bit on the plane between the long flight and the going ...