Hotel after flight - Heathrow
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I'm being persuaded that a Florida holiday is due next year but I'm at the time of life now that the return overnight flight kills me and I'm a bit of a hazard on the 3 hour drive home.
I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
Silverage said:
I'm being persuaded that a Florida holiday is due next year but I'm at the time of life now that the return overnight flight kills me and I'm a bit of a hazard on the 3 hour drive home.
I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
The best advice I'd give is to take a daytime flight. I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
However as that is not always possible, the phrase you're looking for is "day use" hotel. Plug "day use near Heathrow" into Google and see if that helps.
Silverage said:
I'm being persuaded that a Florida holiday is due next year but I'm at the time of life now that the return overnight flight kills me and I'm a bit of a hazard on the 3 hour drive home.
I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
Just book any hotel where you can check in online and arrange a 12 noon checkout which is also standard for many. Many a time I have arrived at heathrow and got a hilton at 4am, arranged late check out and check out at 1pm I see that Virgin offers a return flight that gets back to the UK at 5am. This would be midnight Florida time so I reckon I simply stay awake on the flight (it's the 2-3 hours of interrupted sleep that's the killer I think), treat it as a bit of a late night and then check in to a local hotel and get 5 or 6 hours of sleep before making the drive home.
I've had a quick go on Google but I can't see any hotels offering this service without having to book for two days (bearing in mind that I want to check in at say 6am and leave at 12pm). Does anyone have any suggestions?
//j17 said:
I'd check with the hotels what they classify as a "no show" before relying on a late check-out option. Often, even with an online check-in if you don't physically show up before a certain time you're classed as a no show and the booking's cancelled.
Agreed, to the OP if you want to make it easy, download the hilton honor app, join it and make the booking at a heathrow one and select the digital key option and it avoids the above as you will be deemed to be there based on the fact you checked in on the app and have the digital key. Means you can go straight to the room too when you arrive. You can also arrange the late check out on the chat option on the app. Puggit said:
I used this when getting back from Australia, got back at 9am, booked hotel 10am-5pmDidn't actually use it in the end as I felt fine.
The best thing is you can (or could 3 years ago) actually cancel up until the check-in time.
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