Simon Wilson checks into the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest.
Getting there: Picked up at the airport by shuttle, an easy drive to downtown hotel location.
Check-in experience: Arrived around 9am after flying for a thousand hours and the room wasn't ready until 11am. Nothing offered to make the wait easier.
Price: Around $330 per night.
Room: Even the standard rooms are excellent: good size, view to the street below.