The $100 credit that GHA offered to me was going to expire soon in May, so I needed to spend it very soon. There aren’t many GHA hotels in the UK, and $100 isn’t going very far at the London ones, so I decided to use it towards one night at The Bristol Hotel eventually.

The Bristol Hotel is part of the Doyle Collection, which also has three properties in London and a few more in Ireland and the US.

The hotel is nicely located between Queen Square and the canal.

Check-in is very swift and they know proficiently how to redeem the D$ on my account. I booked a promotional rate which was available on GHA’s, but not the hotel’s website. This is a weird thing that you should keep in mind when booking GHA hotels.

I’m upgrade to a Deluxe room on the sixth floor.

The room is very plain – I’m not saying it in a negative way though.

Curiously it is one of the best sleeps I’ve had recently.

A bottle of Prosecco is waiting for me in the room. I’m also given two drink vouchers as a Titanium welcome amenity.

View from my window:

The rate I booked is inclusive of breakfast. The restaurant looks very nice by the riverbank.

Breakfast quality is decent.

Just as I had imagined, the stay and elite treatment etc. are pretty much on a par with an average Hilton or Marriott hotel. I’ll still stick with other mainstream chains unless GHA has another impressive offer, but The Bristol Hotel is a decent choice if you visit the city.