We”re flying to Pisa for a seven night trip to Tuscany and Umbria the last week in May 2008. I want to stay at comfortable accommodation and pay an average of 70 euros, around £55 sterling or 108 US dollars for an ensuite double room including breakfast. The idea of our trip is to see [...]

by markus941 How important is the cleanliness of the bathroom at your accommodation? For me it’s crucial? I just don’t feel comfortable in an establishment that doesn’t have clean bathrooms. What a contrast I’ve experienced in standards of cleanliness in bathrooms in accommodation over a couple of days. On Sunday night I stayed at the [...]

When I read about a company called Tots to Travel I thought it sounded a really good idea to have a selection of accommodation chosen for families with young kids and asked the founder Wendy Shand to do a guest interview. 1 What is the aim of your business? The central aim of Tots to [...]

Good – Low price of £25 for a room which sleeps up to three adults. Ability to get low rate even with late booking. Convenient location, just off M9 with plenty free parking. Bad – Dirty shared bathroom facilities and no tea and coffee making facilities in room. Room very basic with very thin mattress [...]

Travelodge will be offering 1000s of additional rooms on their £19 advance booking, non refundable Saver rate, available for booking from 06:00 tomorrow, 3 April 2008 until 7 April for stays during May. With two Bank Holidays coming up in May, this could be an opportunity for a budget short break. Family rooms at Travelodge [...]

I read a post today by Phil Caines, one of the organisers of the Travel Blogger Summit in Berlin last week, describing the Newsweek report on the growing disillusionment among consumers with user generated reviews. I think that there’s too much emphasis on user generated reviews. If you’re going on a trip where you’ll spend [...]

It’s official the UK has the most expensive hotel rates in the whole of Europe. The highest increase in rates were both in Scotland, with an average annual increase of hotel prices in Aberdeen of 34% and 21% in Inverness. The average nightly price of a hotel room in the UK now stands at £106. [...]

Ramada Jarvis has Leisure Breaks from £59 per night for a double/twin room including full breakfast at a selection of their 40 UK hotels. You need to stay for a minimum of 2 nights and the offer is subject to availability. North Inch, Perth There’s a fair selection of rooms at the £59 rate including [...]

On my return flight with Easyjet last week, I glanced through the in flight magazine and was dismayed by the easyJetHoliday three page spread advert. One page described the tale of woe of a couple who’d put together their own holiday, spending all evening looking for hotels which caused the computer to crash twice, then [...]

Good – right next to S Bahn, tram and bus stops, good continental buffet breakfast, clean shared bathroom facilities, reasonable prices Bad – noisy, mainly from banging fire and room doors but also surprisingly from housekeeping staff starting work early and talking loudly to each other Rating – 7 out of 10 I choose the [...]