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If you prefer to stay in a boutique hotel in London, then there are plenty of five star ones to choose from. Here are our pick of the top 5.

1. The K West Hotel and Spa is in Shepherds Bush, just a ten minute tube ride to Bond Street.

Close to Harrods and the Natural History Museum, this modern hotel has strong clean lines and the lobby is glass fronted, filling it with natural light. The tiny televisions studded in the walls of the lobby and corridors are just one of the many features of this luxury hotel.

Glass bricks in the Kanteen Restaurant enhance the vibes, and the sumptuous foods such as seared tuna complete the sensual experience. Imbibe a cocktail while seated on the leather sofas beside the open fire in the K lounge. Luxuriate in a Reiki Treatment or hot stone massage in the K Spa and sleep deeply in the wonderful beds. Dramatic yet peaceful colour schemes complement the expansive leather furniture and sand blasted glass in the bathrooms.

2. San Domenico House Hotel In Chelsea

Enjoy the excellent personalised service available at the San Domenico House Hotel in Chelsea. Each room here is individually themed using antiques from their personal collection. Featuring rare originals from the eighteenth century, the rich fabrics of the double superior rooms are a delight to behold. The marble bathrooms and chrome heated bath towel rails make life here pleasurable. Four posted or canopied beds are a feature in most rooms.

This fashionable fifteen room house has been converted from two Victorian houses and been awarded the best London B&B for the year 2008/2009 by the AA. With the tube directly across the road, it has easy access to anywhere in London. Have your pre-dinner drink or enjoy breakfast on the rooftop terrace, overlooking Sloane Square. There is no restaurant attached but Chelsea is at your doorstep.

3. Zetter Hotel

Constructed in 2004 the Zetter Hotel has only 59 rooms. It is a short taxi ride to West End and situated in Clerkinwell, on the edge of the financial district. The spiral staircase leads the eye up to the five story atrium where you gain access to the rooms.

While much of the old building has been kept, the young designers have made their mark with wallpaper, ceramics and artwork. Each room is designed with your comfort in mind. Cuddle up with duck-down pillows and enjoy the soft rain-like feeling of the showers. The rooftop studio has a large patio to rest in while you enjoy your drinks and with its large glass partitions, the suite has loads of natural light. If you prefer not to use the air conditioning, then you can snuggle up with a hot water bottle.

The Zetta Restaurant has fresh seasonal food with a modern take on Italian classics. This ultra modern hotel has all the hi-technology you could want with over four thousand music tracks to play for free. This cutting edge hotel is a feast for the senses.

4. Hazlitts, Soho

Another luxury, London boutique hotel to soothe the senses is Hazlitts. Situated in Soho, it is close to Covent Garden, Piccadilly and Bond Street. It was originally built in 1718 and renovated in 2006. It has kept some original quirky details and has genuine antique decorations, but unfortunately no lifts. Spread over three historic houses, Hazlitts sets out to provide comfortable rooms and genuine hospitality. Set in the middle of London's theatre precinct, it is popular with people from all over the world.

There is no restaurant attached but you are able to enjoy the freshly baked croissants for breakfast! Soho has numerous places to eat, just ask the friendly staff at the front desk.

5. Bingham Hotel, Richmond

If it is avant garde you are after, stay at the Bingham Hotel on Petersham Road, Richmond. This enchanting boutique hotel is set on the banks of the Thames, and its contemporary elegance and style is offset by its vintage Georgian architecture. Its fifteen rooms are each individually designed. Duck and goose down quilts are gorgeous to snuggle up under and each room is designed to create tranquillity and sensuous pleasure. The art deco furniture is complemented by every modern comfort available. The river rooms provide views of the Thames and a luxurious whirlpool bath.

The Bingham Restaurant and Bar provides delicious breakfasts, set lunches and fabulous dinners and sits alongside the Thames. The windows invite the tranquil scenery inside and the Bingham chef provides a sumptuous dinner menu and fantastic cheese selection to complete your meal.

There is a wonderful range of fabulous boutique hotels throughout London.

Karen Cooke is a professional consultant with Travel Associates, an exclusive Australian travel agency catering to the premium travel market. More helpful travel tips and suggestions are available at http://www.travel-associates.com.au

Looking for Collectible Postcards

I’ve found that the best place to find collectible postcards is at art auctions.  I was at an art auction in Eastlake, Ohio looking for stained glass and found them auctioning a lot of vintage collectible postcards.  I bought the lot at the art auction and it contained almost three thousand beautiful collectible postcards.

About thirty percent of the collectible postcards were pre-linen.  These are postcards that were all made before 1930.  The linen collectible postcards were made from 1930 to 1945 and the lot I won at the art auction had thirty percent linen cards as well.

Forty percent of the lot I won at the art auction was for early chrome collectible postcards.  Most of them were from the fifties and sixties.  There were also collectible postcards from the British museum series from the seventies.

The collectible postcards that are my favorite are all turn of the century and were sent for holidays.  Valentine’s Day collectible postcards from the early 1900s are very romantic.  The Christmas postcards have some really nice artwork.  I was really fortunate with the purchase at the art auction because the assortment was so varied.

My collection of collectible postcards contains many different themes.  I like the non-US card.  I found an art auction that had a shoebox full of these postcards and they were from places like Bermuda, Zurich, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, Germany, Ireland and even Istanbul.  I had never owned a collectible postcard from Niger before that art auction.

People who do not collect vintage collectible postcards just don’t understand their value.  They are usually not even mentioned as being part of an art auction.  I go to art auctions every other weekend on the off chance that there will be collectible postcards on the auction block.

I am always so pleased when I find linen ere collectible postcards at an art auction.  The auctioneer at most art auctions does not even announce the lot as linen postcards; he usually just announces it as vintage or old collectible postcards.  His lack of knowledge of the subject almost always works to my advantage.

I have various collections of collectible postcards within the main collection.  I tried for awhile to complete a set of state views in all linen era postcards.  I can’t even count how many art auctions I attended before I even had thirty of the forty eight states.  I know that I finally tired of the pursuit and have just put it on the back burner.

The holiday collectible postcards go to collectors of more than just postcards.  I’ve seen people buy holiday collectible postcards at an art auction just to frame and decorate with them during certain holidays.  I actually found five really nice vintage Christmas collectible postcards at an art auction and had them framed for my mother as a Christmas gift.

I went to an art auction and estate sale of a man whose grandfather had been a colonel army officer.  The collectible postcards that I found there were fantastic.  The officer had amassed 353 different postcards from India.  It was amazing.  They had been tucked into an album and never used and were in perfect condition.

For awhile, I thought that I wanted to collect postcards from soldiers in WWI.  I found a two hundred piece lot of this type of collectible postcards at an art auction in New Haven.  The mix of cards was British, French and German.  It was interesting because some of the collectible postcards were censored.  I’ve never seen censored collectible postcards before.

The most I’ve ever spent on collectible postcards at an art auction was $530 for four postcards.  They were all from 1904 and they depicted automobile racing.  They were in pristine condition.  I doubt that I will ever find any more even remotely like this the rest of my life.  They were exceptional.

The lot of collectible postcards I found last weekend was really fun to look through.  The art auction had a lot of things from a family that had emigrated here from Serbia.  The postcards were all from either Serbia or Belgrade.  This was a good lot and it went for the opening bid.

About the Author

Matthew Jenkins, is one of the treasure hunters at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow. If you would like the Treasure Hunters Roadshow to come to your city contact at 217-636-7900 or visit TreasureHunters Roadshow

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