Peter Locker

Review of Londonist

Stay as far away as possible and tell your friends...

Stay as far away as possible and tell your friends and family to stay away as well. You have better choices! London is huge and offers countless opportunities that are not high risk and low reward!

I would recommend anyone who values their money to stay as far away from Londonist as possible. There are many alternatives for rent in London which are a much better choice for students, interns or working people. Apart from the rooms being unrealistically small, overpriced and lacking cleanliness, which would not normally cause a 1 star review, the managers do not honor force majeure as a cause for refund. You are forced to pay the rent in either 2 or 3 installments. They are done way in advance with the intent of keeping your money if you end up wanting to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances such as Corornavirus.

Perhaps the most important thing to note is that because they do not respect force majeure is that if something were to happen such as the building burning down you would still not be entitled to getting your money back.

The best thing you could do for yourself is to avoid booking through these crooks for long term stays because you never know when the next big world crisis is going to hit you and Londonist will mercilessly taunt you for being gullible enough to pay someone 2 months in advance for a service you might not receive!