Review of Cairn Hotel, Edinburgh
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Good - fantastic value for £20 a night bed and breakfast for ensuite single room midweek in February 2008. Good location, just of London road, 15 minutes walk from Princes Street.
Bad - room quite basic beginning to show some minor signs of wear and tear.
Score - 10 out of 10 (at £20 a night)
I found the hotel searching on my favourite HotelsCombined price comparison site with Laterooms for £22 for a single ensuite room without breakfast. I thought this was a pretty good price but I thought I’d also have a look at the hotels own website. Unusually the rooms were even cheaper there. A single room was £19, a double £29 including breakfast if you paid upfront and £20 for the single and £30 for the double, for the option to cancel up to one day before arrival.
The hotel consists of a conversion of several adjacent terraced Georgian town houses. The receptionist was cheerful and welcoming, My room was a good size for a single room, basically furnished with an ensuite shower room. Although the room had a high ceiling and it was a cold night, the room was nice and cosy. My room was at the front of the hotel on the ground floor but I didn’t hear any external noise as it’s a few hundred metres from the main road. Breakfast was adequate with a choice of cereal, yoghurt and tinned fruit, fruit juice and a cooked breakfast. If you have a car, you can park free overnight until 08.30 and it’s 70 pence an hour from 08.30 with a maximum stay of 4 hours.
I had a look at the availability of these low rates and could only find them midweek until the end of February, then the price increased to £37 a night. At that price my overall score would change as the price has almost doubled.
It’s always a good idea to use a price comparison tool in conjunction with a look at the hotels own site, to ensure you find the best rates. You can use the search box below to check the best rate available through HotelsCombined.
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