heathrow hotels

Given that parking at heathrow airport is so expensive, heathrow airport hotels offering free airport parking are almost always cheaper than 7 days parking and always cheaper than 15 days airport parking. Plus, you get to start your holiday early and avoid the traffic.
In order to get the cheapest price at any heathrow airport hotel (with or without parking) you need to check your dates and the prices at 5 airport hotels websites.
Most 'heathrow hotels' websites are affiliates of one of these websites (they offer a limited number of heathrow hotels from just one of five airport hotels websites).
Here we tell you about all 5 websites, plus a further website - airport hotels guide - that makes it easy for you to search them all and quickly compare prices.
Where to book a heathrow airport hotel at the lowest price

		airport hotels guide recommended in the Guardian newspaper's 'best of the net' this is a UK airport hotel price comparison website with a 'one click search'. It allows you to quickly compare the cost of airport hotels at all of the websites below. Enter your dates once and check the prices at all 5.
		holidayextras heathrow hotels offer airport hotels with or without parking plus hotel and coach or train packages. They offer rooms at most heathrow hotels, including the hilton, le meridien, renaissance, sheraton, radisson edwardian, novotel, thistle, comfort, crowne plaza, travel inn and all 3 holiday inn hotels.
		FHR heathrow hotels offer a more limited range, but they are often cheapest for the hotels that they do offer - including at the le meridien, thistle, crowne plaza, sheraton skyline, holiday in ariel and the holiday inn M4. They also offer hotels with up to 21 days free parking.
		APH heathrow hotels offer rooms at berkeley apartments plus the heathrow marriott, marriott slough, thistle and the renaissance. Their prices are particularly keen at the berkeley apartments, the heathrow thistle and for family rooms.
		superbreak (when you get to their site click on 'airports' at the top of the page) offer a range of heathrow hotels including the crowne plaza, holiday inn, sheraton, st giles and many other 3 and 4 star hotels. Their prices are very good for budget hotels and for 'room only' (no parking).
		Active hotels (at their website enter heathrow in 'where' or click on the airport link) offer up to 40 hotels but only offer airport parking on a few of them (look for a 'stay, park and fly' hotel). With prices from £30 per room, their hotels range from the Night Inn B&B hotels to the 5 star Radisson Edwardian.

Given that two of these websites have a 'best price guarantee', we are confident that you can't book cheaper. These websites will offer you every heathrow airport hotel and save you up to 70%.
If you are looking for family rooms at heathrow hotels, click on the link and we will tell you which hotels and which booking companies offer them.
The heathrow airport hotels checklist
The only 'on airport' hotel is the Hilton Heathrow - a short walk over a bridge from Terminal 4. However, there are another 50 or so hotels close to the airport offering a 'with airport parking' package, including the 5 star Radisson Edwardian (regularly votes the worlds best airport hotel), 3 Holiday Inns, 2 Marriotts.
Off-peak, a double room at the 5 star Radisson Edwardian is a steal at £99 a night including 15 days airport parking. Other excellent heathrow hotels include the Renaissance, Hilton, Le Meridien, Thistle, Crowne Plaza, Sheraton and the Holiday Inn heathrow (the smaller of the 3 holiday inns serving heathrow).
If you are on a budget the new Heathrow Travel Inn hotel is great, and for families both the Renaissance and the Sheraton offer family (5) rooms.
When looking for and booking a heathrow airport hotel, there are a few things to look out for:

For detailed information on any heathrow airport hotel visit airport hotels guide, click on an airport name and then on any of the hotel thumbnails in the margin.
When comparing prices, the most important thing is to make sure that you are comparing ‘like with like’. Not just the same hotel (and there are 3 Holiday Inn hotels serving Heathrow, for example), make sure the ‘package’ is the same. Parking and breakfast are the usual variants.
If you want a heathrow airport hotel 'with free parking’ package holidayextras / APH / FHR are likely to offer the best prices. If you don't want parking then make sure you include superbreak and active hotels in your search.
Most ‘airport hotel and free parking’ packages include parking at the hotel, where there is limited security. If it is important to you that your car is parked in a ‘secure’ car park, make sure you book a hotel with secure parking package (or book a hotel on a room only basis and book parking separately at 1stairportparking.co.uk).
How many days parking do you need? The choice at airport hotels is not very flexible:
a. No heathrow airport hotel offers a package with less than 8 days parking
b. FHR and superbreak offer a number of hotels with up to 21 days free parking at Heathrow.
c. Some hotels offer free parking after the 8 or 15 days included in the package during quiet periods. Otherwise you should expect to pay £3 - £10 for each additional day.
If you want a budget hotel or guest house superbreak and active hotels offer the widest choice.
When you are comparing the prices of hotels also consider how far they are from the airport. This is particularly important at Heathrow, where some ‘airport hotels’ are a junction up the M4.
Compare facilities offered by the hotel. Not all 3 or 4 star hotels are the same – for example, Express by Holiday Inn airport hotels may be 3 star, but most do not have a restaurant. Make sure the hotel has the facilities you want.
Check in and check out times are not consistent across hotels. Both can be as early as 11 am or as late as 2 pm. If this is important to you, make sure you know what they are.
Do you want breakfast at the hotel?
a. If you do, superbreak and active hotels are more likely to include it within the price;
b. but, make sure it is available at the time you want it. It is not unusual for hotels to only offer breakfast from 7 am midweek and 8 am at weekend.
c. Expect having breakfast delivered to your room outside ‘normal’ hours to cost extra.
If you want to stay at an airport hotel the night before and the night after your holiday, with parking in between, check the price of ‘with parking’ and ‘room only’ for both dates. Pick the best pair and (to avoid confusion) phone the airport hotels company to book (airport hotels guide will help you do this quickly and provides all of the phone numbers).
Not all ‘airport hotels’ provide free transfers to the airport. Most Heathrow hotels are served by the ‘hoppa’, which costs £3 one way or £5 return (each). Key questions (answered by the airport hotels guide pages) are:
a. Are transfers to the airport available from the hotel?
b. During what hours?
c. Are they provided ‘on demand’ or at specific times
d. Are they free?