Extended stays: weekends and repeat evenings for longer London visits

Repeat evenings

The simplest long stay is a standing order. Send the desk your dates and preferred times, and it books the same companion on each evening her diary allows, or alternates two names if you prefer variety. Each evening sits on its own line: two hours at £500, a dinner date at £900, an overnight at £1,800. Standard evenings are held with 25 percent each, overnights with 50. The benefit is continuity. By the third evening she knows how you take your coffee and which subjects you have heard enough about.

The weekend

Friday evening to Sunday is quoted on request, because no two weekends look alike: a show on Friday, a long lunch on Saturday, a day out of town on Sunday. Send the outline and the dates. The desk replies with one figure, what it covers and when she is with you, before anything is confirmed. Half of that figure holds the weekend.

A weekend is not forty eight hours without a break. The quote shows the hours she is with you and the hours she is not, so both of you know where the day has room to breathe. Guests who want a morning alone for calls, or an afternoon at a match with friends, simply leave that gap in the plan.

Why continuity is worth planning

A single booking spends its first half hour on introductions. A run of evenings spends it once. From the second night on, she already knows your hotel, the name the room is under, the bar you like and the restaurant you did not. Plans get better, conversations go further, and the checks at the start of each evening shrink to a quick confirmation in the same chat. For guests on a long assignment, that ease is the whole reason to book this way.

Where long stays happen

Serviced apartments in the City of London for bankers and lawyers on long assignments. West End hotels for a week of theatre and restaurants. Terminal hotels only now and then, and for a two night stopover near Heathrow the airport rule applies to each evening. Zones 1 and 2 never add a fare; beyond them, the fare for each journey is quoted before you confirm.

Setting up a week of evenings

One message sets the whole schedule. Include the points below, and the desk confirms the full week in a single reply, evening by evening, with a figure against each.

Companions for more than one night

Rosa keeps a Sunday to Thursday diary for City hotels, which lines up neatly with a working week. Liana stretches a few hours into something that feels like a proper holiday. Patricia turns a hotel room into a hideaway, one chosen book and one old film at a time. Milena is direct and organised, the right company when a long stay needs structure. Vanessa prefers midweek and collects a new phrase of your language each evening. Liana, Patricia and Vanessa all sit on the slim and slender list.

Changing a long booking

Plans on a long stay shift more than most. Cancel any single evening 3 hours or more ahead at no charge, and the rest of the schedule stands. Inside 2 hours, half of that evening's fee is due. On weekends and overnights, the travel part of the deposit is non-refundable once paid. The booking page covers the basics. Send your dates.