London Shopping and Hotel Deals and Steals According to London Personal Shoppers

Did You Know That You Can Still Find Value In London?

Affordable luxury hotel rooms for under £50 per person per night (inc. VAT), in a double room, over Christmas and the New Year. base2stay™ hotel, Kensington, London, gives you air-conditioned rooms, your own mini-kitchen with fridge and microwave, flat screen TV with free internet, music and games, 24-hour reception and concierge services, in a leafy Kensington square, just moments from Earls Court and Gloucester Road tube stations.

base2stay™ is a luxury hotel where you don’t have to pay for the extras – in August, the New York Times described it as a “hotel for the credit crunch age”.

With the reduction of VAT (UK Sales Tax) and our further 5% discount over Christmas and the New Year, there’s never been a better time to visit London and relax at base2stay™. Guests staying anytime from 20th December 2008 to 2nd February 2009 (except New Years Eve and New Years Day) will receive a discount of 5% on their room rate.

Additionally, guests staying between 20th and 31st December will receive complimentary Laurent-Perrier Champagne (a 1/4 bottle in single rooms, a 1/2 bottle in all other rooms) and unlimited free movies on our flat screen TV’s. All bookings must be made direct with the hotel, via the website or by telephone. We only have 67 rooms, so please book early!

It’s a great time of year to enjoy the Christmas and New Year sales in London, and base2stay™ offers the perfect location from which to take advantage of the bargains on offer. The London sales will be bigger than ever this year, with Harrods offering discounts as high as 75%.

Other sales include:

John Lewis: 27 December – 18 January 2009
Peter Jones: 27 December – 18 January 2009
Liberty: from 26 December
Harvey Nichols: from 27 December
Selfridges: traditionally from 26 December
Harrods: 27 December – 24 January 2009
Fortnum & Masons: from 27 December

Many other areas and smaller stores are having sales, so don’t miss Covent Garden for gifts and souvenirs – and all of Bond Street. Take a look at the brand new Westfield shopping centre, only two stops on the tube from the hotel. It boasts 265 shops from 15 countries – and 16 of the brands are making their first appearances in the UK.