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To have made my partner switch hotels in London?

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LondonWoes · 09/10/2025 15:48

My partner surprised me with a long weekend in London, for my birthday. He got us theatre tickets and told me he had sorted the hotel out.

We got on the train today and he started bragging it was £30 a night. That immediately set alarm bells ringing. We arrive and it’s a dump. It’s not even a hotel, but someone’s house with a load of converted rooms. There’s no reception, just a living room, and every door has the same key. That same key also opened the front door. We had been put in a downstairs room, with no window. It was boiling hot.

I told him I wasn’t staying in that hotel. It didn’t feel safe and the vibes were off. He has begrudgingly moved but made me pay, so now im £500 down for my birthday weekend. Was I being unreasonable?

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YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 09/10/2025 15:51

Not really if you ended up paying.

HundredMilesAnHour · 09/10/2025 15:51

He made you pay? I’d be staying in the new hotel on my own and having a nice pampering weekend alone, and he can stay in his scuzzy fleapit.