For anyone looking for an inexpensive overnight stay at Heathrow airport with breakfast I can recommend the Holiday Inn on Bath Road.
I paid £111 including for breakfast for a twin room as an IHG member. For anyone thinking of booking an overnight stay with airport parking package, think again if you want to save money. Join the IHG members program where you’ll find the most competitive rates, even better than Expedia and then book your parking separating. Booking through companies like Holiday Extras may be more convenient and they do have sophisticated texting and calling capabilities to get you locked in once you’ve made an enquiry but don’t be tempted to jump in if you want the best deal is my advice. Booking it all separately is the way to save money.
The plus side of the Holiday Inn at Heathrow is it’s very easy to find, very close to terminal 2 and 3 and the overnight parking for guests is ample and affordable at an additional £7.50. Plus easy passenger and luggage drop of and pick up right outside the hotel for anyone with mobility difficulties.
The room offered everything I needed, no bath but hey, we struggled to get the TV working and the staff didn’t seem able to help, they said every remote control was different but we figured it out in the end. Absolutely no internet is worth mentioning and neither android or iPhone phones worked. Even the phone in the room we couldn’t dial out from to confirm flights and check in. When I spoke to reception they said you have to go outside to get a signal because they are so close to the airport. Something to bear in mind if you have work to do or need to make calls.
We ordered room service, a Greek salad and a pizza, via Jo, the hotel online ordering app but after an hour and a half and it hadn’t come we chased up the food to find they had a problem with their system. The £50 meal arrived 30 minutes later, the Greek salad mainly lettuce and the pizza, not the best so avoid room service would be my recommendation.
We went down for breakfast about 6.50am and the service was already in full swing. We had to queue for a table which is fair enough, it’s a business hotel.
The breakfast is buffet style, not the best quality food, juices were processed, bread cheap white sliced, jams and marmalades in portioned plastic containers and no vegetarian or vegan options but perfectly adequate for the price.
If you are expecting really good hospitality and great service, this is not the place for you. It’s more a get them in and get them out kind of place with the staff running around like headless chickens, we ordered vegetarian sausages that didn’t turn up until we were leaving and the staff on reception seemed inexperienced.
Would I stay again, absolutely. If you only have £100 budget for airport overnight accommodation at Heathrow IHG Holiday Inn delivers in all the important basic needs and was the best value I could find.
The room was small but comfortable and we had everything we needed except a working phone. A few things went wrong and the hotel’s not perfect but we did manage to get feather pillows delivered on request. A little 5 star in a 3 star offering.