LateRooms.com are currently running a free nights promotion in selected hotels and locations all over the world for bookings made during September 2011, for stays until the end of November 2011. I checked out some of the UK hotels in the promotion and did find fair availability on the 3 nights for the price of [...]

UK budget hotel chain Premier Inn, highly rated by Europe a la Carte readers, has some £29 rooms on offer for Sunday night stays, in selected hotels during August 2011, in their Summer Sundays promotion. Below are some of destinations with £29 rooms up for grabs, with links to our tips for things to do [...]

Summary You can save some extra money on purchases using UK cashback sites. In my example below, I could receive a cashback of 12% on an Expedia hotel booking by using TopCashBack. This would be a saving £18.48 on the best rate of £154 per night, found on the HotelsCombined price comparison site.  To me, [...]

Update 21 September 2011 – You can now read my review of the Ardanaiseig. I’m really looking forward to our two night stay at Ardanaiseig Hotel on the banks of Loch Awe near Oban in Scotland in September. We’ll be staying in the boat shed. The Boat Shed at Ardanaiseig

I’ve stayed at many hotels where breakfast is only served until 10am, even at weekends. Sometimes they even start to clear away the buffet at the end of serving hours, which means you really have to go 30 minutes in advance of closing time. I don’t think that this is conducive to a relaxing stay [...]

My husband Demetrius and I spent two nights on half board at Crieff Hydro Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland in late June 2011, on a complimentary basis. The hotel is located in its own grounds, all 900 acres of them, on the slopes of the Knock hill in Crieff.

Update 25 July 2011 – The winner of the 2 night stay at Crieff Hydro is Gill Jennison with her entry: “I would like to win because whenever I mention having a holiday, my husband always says “Good Crieff” and “hydoventilates”. The Competition One lucky Europe a la Carte reader will win a two night [...]

We stayed at the 4 star Soreda Hotel in Qawra on our Malta trip in May 2011. We didn’t have great expectations of the Soreda Hotel, as it cost £18 per person per night on half board, booked through sunshine.co.uk and the guest reviews were mixed, many saying it was more like a 3 star [...]

I stayed for two nights at the 5 star Ring Hotel in Vienna in May 2011, on a complimentary basis. The hotel is in a central location on the ring road that encircles the old town, so very handy for sightseeing on foot. Exterior of Ring Hotel Vienna I thought that the lobby of the [...]

I stayed at the St Martins Therme & Lodge in Burgenland, eastern Austria for two nights in May 2011, as a guest of the Austrian National Tourist Office UK. St Martins Therme & Lodge Just before the Lodge entrance there’s a pen housing two very curious goats who enjoy being patted. One of the friendly [...]