Am I getting on your nerves yet?

[lavvyan]

Dearest Londoners and London-knowledgeables on my f-list

Comments

[kensieg]

Can you have him have a friend in London that would store it for him? Maybe at his flat, maybe at his place of work?

[lavvyan]

Mmm, no, that wouldn't work, though it's a good idea. I don't want to give away the whole plot to explain, but I need the luggage to be somwhat easily findable (is that a word?) by someone else.

[kensieg]

if it's at the friend's work, couldn't a co-worker easily find it if the friend put in a place that anyone working there could access? e.g. behind the reference desk in a library, or behind the cash register in a retail store.

[ginbitch]

I'd stow my case (illegally) at the British Library (next to Euston and King's Cross. They have v. large lockers and it's a quid which you get back when you retrieve the stuff. Officially you can't leave the site if your stuff is there but everyone does... Or I'd use the cloakrooms of museums - the British Museum, National Portrait Gallery or National Gallery. Used to do this a _lot_ when I was younger.

Any good to you??

[lavvyan]

Large enough for a large-ish suitcase?

[lavvyan]

There aren't any scanners there, though, right? Or are there? And how are the bags and whatnot stored there; all lined up next to each other?

[jimandblair]

your question regarding luggage as been answered i.e. unpoliced luggage storage --> terrorists use them.

However, hotels often have luggage stores, where guests leave their luggage if they're checking out in the morning but aren't leaving the vicinity until much later. There's no x-rays. Generally, since you've checked out you just have a little paper slip with an identification mark. By the time you return to get your luggage there's someone else on the desk, so theoretically another person could retrieve the baggage. A little bit of finagling and possibly a person could leave luggage without being resident at the hotel.

To answer your question regarding skips. They're everywhere. I doubt that you'd find them on Downing Street or the Mall, though.

[lavvyan]

A little bit of finagling and possibly a person could leave luggage without being resident at the hotel.

Or bribing, possibly. Interesting, thank you.

[temaris]

Oh, no bribe necessary. As long as someone has an idea of the hotel room number and the name given by the occupant, and can offer a decent description of the suitcase, you can get it. Trust me on this :) And, er, a bribe might be counterproductive, though a tip wouldn't hurt afterwards.

Leaving it would be easier -- talk to the front desk and then stride confidently to the concierge and offer a name and room number and ask them to store your luggage. Someone's real name & room no. if possible, they may well check.

[lavvyan]

Super. Though I'll probably go with the museum; it seems to make the most sense, plot-wise.

Again, thank you! <3