where to stay in london

Does anyone know where a family of 5 can stay that's close to Hyde park on the 30th June for the weekend.

We are going to see greenday perform on the Saturday but want to make a weekend of it and go into London sight seeing...

We have looked on line but because we don't know London at all, we aren't sure where is close to Hyde park...

An apartment would be better than a hotel because we need so many beds...

Don't is my advice the place is a expensive and over crowded. A painfull place. Don't know it well enough to advise on accommodation tho mate. Any sights in mind ?

I hate london ..... much cheaper to stay on the outskirts swanley .... dartford ... depends really if your gig runs late into the night as you wont want to be trekking across london to find digs ....

Are greenday still going lol poor you Stu

We have found a place 1.4 miles from hyde park.

We plan on going to the tower of London. Impirial war museum. Buckingham palace. The usual tourist places really.
We haven't planned the days yet tho.

We know it's going to be expensive but it will be a good weekend away

shroom wrote:Are greenday still going lol poor you Stu

Haha I was dragged into it mate.
The ex was taking my eldest. But the younger boys were moaning to go too. So under pressure I said okay..
I have never been to a gig in my life and im not a huge fan of greenday.
If I get bored I'm sure my youngest will be happy to leave and go back to the digs for food and a movie lol

You will ne dancing to american idiot before you know it mate lmao make sure you buy a greenday tshirt too and wear it and get a skate board if you can you will fit right in

Lol I will make my own tshirt and use my son's skateboard lol
I'm sure I will enjoy some parts of it and hate the rest!

have a look around Greenwich Stu, should be a bit cheaper plus you can pick the river taxi up by the O2, or cutty sark, nice little boat trip straight into the Tower or Westminster bridge among other stop offs. shame its not the month earlier im off to Germany you could have used my gaff and baby sat my dog

hreggtir wrote:have a look around Greenwich Stu, should be a bit cheaper plus you can pick the river taxi up by the O2, or cutty sark, nice little boat trip straight into the Tower or Westminster bridge among other stop offs. shame its not the month earlier im off to Germany you could have used my gaff and baby sat my dog

Lol
Thanks mate.

We have found somewhere and booked it. Just over £300 for 2 nights
Hotels were coming in at £600+

We plan on doing the boat trips. Hopefully see some mud larkers lol
Just found a pass for £80 each that gives us access to most attractions and we also get to travel on all buses and tubes too

not too bad considering London and it being in summer. shame I don't still do dishwashers probably could have got you in Buckingham palace. look up walkie talkie building, you can go up there for free but just have to pre book and take I.D. think they only book at like a week at a time so you'll have to keep checking for the dates you're going. book it quite late in the evening as it starts getting dark. some great views. you're only allowed about an hour up there although think we were up there a bit longer.
https://skygarden.london/booking

hreggtir wrote:not too bad considering London and it being in summer. shame I don't still do dishwashers probably could have got you in Buckingham palace. look up walkie talkie building, you can go up there for free but just have to pre book and take I.D. think they only book at like a week at a time so you'll have to keep checking for the dates you're going. book it quite late in the evening as it starts getting dark. some great views. you're only allowed about an hour up there although think we were up there a bit longer.
https://skygarden.london/booking

Thanks
I will look into that
We have a lot of planning to do lol
Need to hire a car for the weekend too. Leave the pulsar at home

There brilliant and a gd laugh with some of the stuff they come out with between songs u will enjoy it I did in Paris in February. Shame ur not taking the pulsar lol

I work in London, so can offer some guidance here. If you can get a hotel for about 150 per night then that's pretty good to be honest. Even a cheap room at a standard hotel will cost you a few hundred quid a night and that would just be for two people. (Travelodge is always good for a deal... been many times where I've missed the last train home!)
Don't worry about the distance from Hyde Park, as someone said earlier, even if you stayed miles away, you can jump on the public transport and be anywhere within 20 mins

Stu have a look on airbnb, not used it for london but hopefully has whst your looking for

Had a great time in London
Greenday in Hyde Park was ace!
Did a few attractions around London but spent a lot of the time on the tube getting to places lol
Was a great weekend tho.
Got a parking ticket aswel ffs lol
Hired a 2017 astra turbo for the weekend and then jumped into the pulsar today and fuck me it feels old now hahaha
Bought a van today so the pulsar will be going into storage soon.
Should have my own unit next month

Sounds good all round mate ( as long as it don't get stored and no love )

johnny gtir wrote:Sounds good all round mate ( as long as it don't get stored and no love )

It will be getting a lot of love mate
Theres loads I want to do to it and having it off road will give me the time to do it properly

Sounds like a good time mate. That R of yours is going to be mint when you're done, good opportunity to work on it away from that torrential downpour you get over there

Howd the astra go? drove it like you stole it?

Stu wrote:Had a great time in London
Greenday in Hyde Park was ace!
Did a few attractions around London but spent a lot of the time on the tube getting to places lol
Was a great weekend tho.
Got a parking ticket aswel ffs lol
Hired a 2017 astra turbo for the weekend and then jumped into the pulsar today and fuck me it feels old now hahaha
Bought a van today so the pulsar will be going into storage soon.
Should have my own unit next month

Really pleased your new venture is all going well Stu
Hard work and perseverance more often than not will pay dividends in the longrun, too many people give in at the first obstacle.

I was at Wembley just over a week ago watching a one off event by ELO, was jam packed there around 100,000 in total.
I drove there in the Gtr but getting back was a right fooker, its everone for themselves in London, hesitate and your car gets hit
Bet Greenday were good though.

Thanks Bob.
I have started to get a few company contracts
Only bought a cheap astra van to start me off. Helps get the boards for signs and transport them when finished.
Looks more professional too lol
Well almost. It has been painted karhki lol

Need to remove the up swept exhaust haha
Yeah greenday was ace and there was 100.000 there too.
Amazing atmosphere

No chris I had the kids in the car so drove sensible

Nice one stu ....least its a set of wheels ..... and you can always upgrade later on down the line ...

nomad wrote:Nice one stu ....least its a set of wheels ..... and you can always upgrade later on down the line ...

Thanks Leighton
Like you say mate its a start.
As the business grows I will renew the van.
Spent a couple of hours tidying it up.
And painting the wings and doing touch ups

The whole van has been rattle canned lol
It isnt the best but will do until I have saved up to get it done better

It may look shitty green but atleast it stands out ....its probably not worth spending to much on her as not sure up your way but down here you can pick them up for 600 700 quid .... the main thing is your mobile and getting about wich means your van gets free advertising going on ... well chuffed for you fella ....l

nomad wrote:It may look shitty green but atleast it stands out ....its probably not worth spending to much on her as not sure up your way but down here you can pick them up for 600 700 quid .... the main thing is your mobile and getting about wich means your van gets free advertising going on ...  well chuffed for you fella ....l

Yeah they go for about the same here. Some are up for £1000
I payed £250 and it has a full 12 months mot lol
Clutch had just started to slip and the gearstick cradle snapped the other day so he just wanted it gone.
Got a mate to recover it on his recovery truck and temp fixed the gearstick.
As you say tho its free advertising and dies stand out so will be noticed more
Thanks mate.