Where to Stay
Henry Gee
Saturday, 10 May 2008 09:33 UTC
Would anyone be able to put up with a house-trained out-of-town Nature editor for that weekend? I promise not to bring my chicken with me…
Updated 10 May 2008 17:26 UTC
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Li Kim’s posted some suggestions for places to stay in London.
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Here is a shameless plug for an accommodation idea, suitably central.
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That sounds good, Erika. Do you know if we all make a block booking – could we get a reduced rate? Whatever the rate is…I can’t seem to find it, but maybe I’m being dumb.
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I do recommend checking whatever rate it is, against the suggestions that Li-Kim has posted, Li Kim is a publisher at Nature Network and has kindly researched some cheap accommodation for people attending the conference. See three replies up for the link, and again above that.
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Here’s Li-Kim’s forum post about conference accommodation: she started a new thread in the forum about it, but everyone is continuing the accommodation conversation here.
I suggest that anyone else wanting to know about accommodation does not continue the conversation in this thread but heads over to Li-Kim’s thread here as she’s posted a “conference organiser’s notice” about it. Perhaps people on Li-Kim’s thread could confirm where they are staying or organise a group booking among themselves.
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Clare – I don’t know whether you can get a discount for block bookings (although I believe that groups do use the accommodation over the summer). The rates for individuals are here for Beit Hall , here for Princes Gardens and here for Pembridge Gardens.
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Thanks, Erika!
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I read that you were looking for some kind of block booking I thought I might let you know that group-reservation.com does group bookings and discounts. We went to a conference last year due to school in London and also stayed with them. It was quite cheap and the accomodation was okay.
Just if you still need something!
Wish you lots of fun!
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Thanks Lena! I’ve taken the plunge already and via Li-Kim’s thread booked into one of the university halls (Bankside House) just south of the river. It is only 2 stops away on the Jubilee line. It’s a little bit more expensive – £48 a night – but is ensuite and a lot cheaper than any central hotel so keeping my fingers crossed.
Also I have booked a seat on a coach there and back. It looked like the train journey back would have been partly by bus anyway and this way my journey has no changes, is two hours shorter and costs much, much less.
If this works out okay I might do it again sometime!
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