Staying near Heathrow Airport

Premier Inns, a budget chain (spot-checked at 50 pounds) has a hotel on Bath Rd near Heathrow. Probably no dedicated transpotation, but has two tube stops within a five minute walk. There's a bus stop right across the street almost, but I have no idea how to ride buses anywhere in the world.

Debbie, with two days, I would still stay in London rather than at Heathrow.

I would suggest that you choose a hotel on the Piccadilly line of the tube. A hotel at either Earl's Court or Gloucester Road would still be convenient to Heathrow (about 45 minutes on tube) and convenient for sightseeing in London.

I agree with Laura....why go back and forth to the airport (45-60 minutes each way) every day. Plus if you stay at the airport, you can't just go back to your hotel to relax a bit before going out in the evening.

I like the area between Earls Court and Gloucester Rd. There are even a couple of Premier Inns within 2-3 blocks of the Earls Court tube station.

I like the convenience of staying near Paddington Station. In September I stayed at the Ashley Hotel, a short walk from the train station. It's across from a nice park (Norfolk Sq), has decent rates and a good breakfast. When I want to travel I just walk to the station and catch a train or the Underground or take a bus. The Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express both terminate at Paddington. The less I have to travel with my luggage, light as it is, the happier I am.

If you are going into London, the only hotel I would consider is the Jurys Inn Heathrow, by Hatton Cross Underground Station. All the other hotels except for the expensive Hilton and Sofitel attached to terminals require a tedious transfer to the airport, with a typical time of around 90 minutes from airport hotel to Central London assuming you'll use the Underground, not the expensive trains or very slow vehicle based options.

The Jury's Inn is about 50 GBP a night and is good, its still best part of an hour into London on the Underground.

You might look at Kensington, around the Earls Court, Gloucester Road area. The Underground comes here in 40 minutes from Heathrow very inexpensively, about the same as your elapsed journey on the transfer buses from the Heathrow airport hotels.
(Note the cost of the transfer bus from a Heathrow Hotel to Heathrow Terminals is the same as the Underground from Heathrow to anywhere in London)
A good mid range hotel her like the Premier Inn Kensington is going to be about 80-100 GBP. Only you can make the decision whether the savings at the airport justify having to make the long cummute each day.

I agree that you could stay in London, but if you don't want to I would suggest staying in Windsor. Windsor is a 15 minute taxi ride to Heathrow and a the train ride into London from Windsor is only 35 minutes. Also, you could see Windsor Castle.

Earls ct is actually about 35 minutes on the tube from Heathrow.

The Premier Inn is next to the Earls Ct Easyhotel on West Cromwell Rd, about a 7 minute walk from Earls Ct tube station.

Also, Earls Ct is only 3 stops away from Central London on either Piccadilly or District tube lines.

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I think you're getting confused with the two Premier Inn's at Kensington. The one next to easyHotel is Premier Inn Olympia.
The best and original one is Premier Inn Kensington, closer to the Underground Station at Earls Court - but both are still very close.
7 minutes seems a very precise figure walking from easyHotel/Premier Inn Olympia to the Underground. Are you sure you didn't walk to Gloucester Road Underground instead of Earls Court or maybe 4 minutes of the 7 were spent waiting to cross the Cromwell Road.

I have the same dilemma. I am thinking about a hotel near Heathrow so I don't have to drag bags with me on the Tube. I have been using TripAdvisor to check reviews and most of the hotels have both positive and negative reviews. As of right now I am leaning towards one of the Sheratons or the Radisson. The local bus is available at no cost, versus the Hoppa which costs 4 pounds each.