I did - I used laterooms.com which has always ben good in past. I specified near Victoria, this was only 3 pm today for tonight!!! so a lot were booked out, this looked good at about £90 I think (even a Travelodge costs £85 in central london at that kinda notice) bit when I rang they said "that's gone but you can have the exec room for 186" and I was just in such a rush and not wanting to make more international mobile calls i took it.. ((Lots of detail excluded here about work colleagues demanding conversation, absent wi fi, laptops, writing papers at last min, ppt in Finnish and trying to aqueeze in a last min shopping hour to Stockmans!!)

ah well you live and learn. I feel better after a swim, sauna, bath, glass of wine, LJ and The F Word:)