We are pleased to share that we have won a trip advisor certificate of excellence for Think Earls Court. The continued hard work from housekeeping, maintenance, front of house and all involved from the Think team can feel very proud to have had their best efforts recognized. Think has continually invested in service delivery and the results are there for all to see, come and see for yourself and stay at our award winning Think Earls Court.

Think Vauxhall offers modern, well appointed, and spacious apartments located conveniently close to the West End and the City of London, and within easy reach of the Capital’s main shopping districts.

Set within a brand new (2010) development, Think Vauxhall is a two minute walk from Vauxhall train station which provides access to the City, West End and all parts of Greater London as well as the Gatwick Express via Victoria.

The location affords easy access to the shops, bars and restaurants of Victoria and the South Bank as well, and is ideal for those who require business travel and relocation accommodation in London.

Whether visiting London for business or pleasure, Think Apartments, Think Vauxhall.

Think Vauxhall will be live and bookable online from June 3rd so please feel free to make enquiries for 7night+ minimum stays  by calling 0203 465 9100 via email at bookings@think-apartments.com until then.

The Early Summer Special gives you access to our apartments from only £89+Vat on selected days throughout May/June.

This amazing offer is subject to availability so be sure to book early!

What are your plans for the Jubilee? Anyone famous staying at Think? Find out here

“Social Media is the most engaging business tool within the modern marketplace. Social networking sites have the ability to reach customers on a personal level and assist not only in brand recognition initiatives but enhance almost every aspect of the business.” 

Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs

Here at Think we love to engage with our clients across all social media channels and have now developed our facebook channel to offer full image galleries, V-Brochures, News, Events and Promotions as well as enabling you to book and share all our apartments without even leaving facebook!!! Check it out here

Think Tower Bridge
Think Earls Court
Think London Bridge
Think Bermondsey Street

What’s the solution?
Well, a centralised system or wise use of corporate credit cards are suggested by the authors of the report, Barclaycard (not surprisingly). However, there are other alternatives that may also help. What about a strongly managed mandated travel policy, that way travellers only stay at ‘invoicing’ hotels or apartments. Strongly mandated travel policies are becoming increasingly more common given CSR and ‘green’ issues; where travellers must also keep a wary eye on their ‘planetary’ expenses.

How can Think Apartments help?
Firstly, like a normal traditional hotel, we can become part of a mandated travel policy, we can offer corporate rates and discounts and we can help your travellers enjoy (or at least hate less) their travel to London. And secondly, we eliminate the extraneous expenses which can easily, and expensively, accrue in traditional, cheap and even budget hotels. There’s no minibar, no tipping; nothing extra to appear on your bill.

For an interesting take on the story have a look at what Management Today have to say.

Want to know more, or would like to discuss, then leave a comment.

It was soon clear that serviced apartments, particularly when used as a short-term option were misunderstood by a large majority of the people we spoke with. There were many barriers to preferring us to traditional hotels, but the major themes were repeated over and over.

• Is linen provided, how about towels?
• Do I need to make a deposit?
• Do I pay need to pay the electricity, gas and rates?

All slightly different, but they are all answered simply.

A Think serviced apartment is exactly like a hotel, pay like a hotel, check-in and check-out like a hotel, in fact it is exactly like a hotel, except that you have the freedom and independence of your own apartment together with a kitchen and lounge area.

What’s also interesting is that these are the same questions that our reservations team are asked on a daily basis…

Is there anything that you want to know about Think’s apartments? Leave a comment and let us know.

What has actually happened is that businesses still need to conduct meetings, but extraneous ‘on spec’ meetings have been reduced as well as extraneous costs. This has resulted in business travellers and their bookers thinking differently about where they stay and thus ‘booking momentum’ has been broken.

This has been to Think Apartments’ advantage. We don’t provide surprisingly expensive bills, no mini-bars, no ridiculously expensive room service. What we do provide is a sanctuary for the business traveller; one where he or she can unwind after a full day and do exactly what pleases them; order a takeaway, cook, work or just relax in front of the TV. It is this sense of freedom and great value for money that has seen our occupancy shoot up.

Is there another reason why serviced apartments are seeing a boom whilst a great deal of the hospitality industry suffers? Let us have your thoughts.

You are certainly under fire at the moment, expenses claims are more fiction than truth and political back-stabbing is on the increase, and will only rise given the impending general election which is looming within the next 12 months.

Now we here at Think Apartments cannot help you with your own standing in the party, nor can we help you deal with troublesome debates; but we can certainly help you with your expenses.

Stay with us at Think Apartments and start saving money, but also your face. You will not need to buy a house, as you can use our apartments as your home, come and go as you please (very important for those late night debates), relax, cook for yourself AND all within just a few moments of ‘work’, from either Tower Bridge or our Earl’s Court location. In a hotel, you will just have more of those naughty expense, stay with Think.

We save thousands of pounds in travel expenses for our corporate guests when they stay with us; why don’t you cut down on your expenses and Think?

What do you think; should MP’s have to use rented accommodation for their London home?