Courtyard Marriott London Heathrow: Excellent experience

For the Delestre-Levai family a trip requires a lot of planning. We have to drop the dog off at his kennel, as our departure is incompatible with the shuttles from central London. So here we go for a 5 hour drive in the English countryside and a return not to the house but directly to Heathrow airport!

As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:

#	Type	Review
1	Diary	Mexico City and Cancun
2	Hotel	Courtyard Marriott London Heathrow
3	Lounge	American Express Centurion Lounge, London Heathrow T3
4	Flight	Air France Business, Londres Heathrow – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A320
5	Lounge	Air France Business Lounge, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle 2E-K
6	Flight	Air France Business, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle – Cancun, Boeing 777-200
7	Hotel	Royalton CHIC Cancun, an Autograph Collection Resort
8	Diary	Mexico day 3 : Playa del Carmen et Tulum
9	Diary	Mexico day 4 : Chichén Itzá
10	Lounge	The Lounge, Cancun T4
11	Flight	Aeromexico Domestic Business, Cancun – Mexico Benito Juarez, Boeing 787-9
12	Hotel	The St. Regis Mexico City
13	Restaurant	Quintonil, Mexico City
14	Diary	Mexico day 7 : Mexico City
15	Diary	Mexico Day 8: Mexico City, Historic Center
16	Restaurant	La Buena Barra, Mexico City
17	Diary	Mexico day 9 : Teotihuacan
18	Diary	Mexico day 10 : Xochimilco
19	Lounge	Grand Elite Lounge, Mexico T1
20	Flight	KLM World Business Class, Mexico Benito-Juarez – Amsterdam Schiphol, Boeing 787-9
21	Flight	KLM Business Class, Amsterdam Schiphol – Lodon Heathrow, Boeing 737-900

Today’s itinerary

Booking

The hotel offers Park & Go packages at a very reasonable price and we will take the opportunity to park our car for 10 nights.

All this for £149 per night excluding breakfast (which we will have in the lounge anyway).

Arrival

I complete the online check-in process on D-2 via the Marriott Bonvoy app.

The day before my arrival, I received a welcome message from the reception, then from the General Manager of the hotel.

Finally, I noticed on the morning of my arrival an upgrade to a Junior Suite, the highest room category in this hotel. Perfect!

We arrive by car at the hotel shortly before 6pm.

After unloading our luggage, we proceed with our check-in formalities.

We are warmly welcomed by a receptionist who gives us our key and two welcome coupons for a drink at the bar.

No mention of the upgrade, even though it was indeed processed.

Room

Our suite was located on the 4th floor of the property. The key is required in the elevator to access the floors.

The latter was located at the end of the hallway, classic for a suite.

The name “Junior Suite” is indicated on the door.

The entrance leads to the lounge area, equipped with a sofa, a coffee table and a television.

On the right is the sleeping area with a closet, a spacious desk and a king size bed.

In one corner, the bathroom is modern and equipped with a spacious shower.

The highlight of the room is the unobstructed view of one of the Heathrow runways, which will lull me to sleep until Morpheus’ arms take me away!

To finish, a video tour:

Hotel facilities

The hotel has a fitness room, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Restaurants

The property has two restaurants: one is located on the rooftop, the Skybar, but is currently closed, and the other is located in the lobby. We will use it for dinner.

Dinner service

We arrived for dinner around 6:30 pm. The room was already quite full.

We ordered drinks with our welcome coupon. Note that the waiters will be generous, systematically offering large versions to customers (pint of beer and not half, for example).