I stayed for three nights at the 3 star Days Hotel Manchester City when attending the Travel Bloggers Unite Conference in March 2011.  I searched for a hotel that was good value, located in the city centre, offered free internet connection and included breakfast in the rate. I found the Days Hotel Manchester City for [...]

Introduction There’s a fab event for travel bloggers taking place in the UK this Spring. Travel Bloggers Unite is hosting a conference in Manchester, England, over the weekend 26-27 March 2011. You can see who’ll be attending on the delegate list. Visit Travel Bloggers Unite What’s Included in Your Ticket The Event venue is The [...]

If you’re looking for the best Manchester airport hotels, here are my picks, all are within two miles of the terminal building and receive guest ratings of at least 80% from verified guest reviews (the person leaving the review actually stayed there).  I checked prices for a one night stay in a double room on [...]

I stayed at the Radisson Edwardian Manchester for one night in February 2010 on a complimentary basis. I was there for a lastminute.com travel networking event so was planning to do live tweeting from the workshops. I had phoned the hotel prior to my arrival and been informed that there was free wifi throughout the [...]

I requested tips on the blog and on Twitter about what to do and see on the Manchester stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. Here are the tips I received to help you make the most of your visit to Manchester. Manchester through the centuries Tips Paul Morris of the Chocolate Cafe recommends [...]

I was in Manchester from 26 – 28 July during the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. I arrived on the flight from Newquay at 23:00 and headed stright for my hotel, the Manchester Abode. Madchester pavement sculpture, Northern Quarter I met up with tour guide Chris Norwood the next morning. He’d put together a “Manchester [...]

Urbis, AKA as @UrbisManchester on Twitter, responded to my call for volunteer guides for the Manchester stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour by offering to take me on one of their walking tours. However so many of their guided tours sounded really interesting and it was too hard to select only one. Therefore [...]

Tour guide Chris Norwoord (AKA @norwoordchris on Twitter) put together a really interesting “Manchester off the Beaten Track” walking tour for me on the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. We set off from my hotel, the Manchester Abode. The first stop was to look at the Brownsfield Mill chimney, the oldest factory chimney in Manchester [...]

Chris Norwoord is a Manchester tour guide who offers a wide variety of specialist guided walks in Greater Manchester as well as introductory walks covering the main sites in the City Centre. He designs bespoke walks for citizens and visitors with particular interests. The most commonly requested subject for a walk is Radical Manchester. You [...]

You can satisfy your retro cravings on several fronts with a visit to the Pop Boutique and the Mod Pop Cafe on Oldham Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The complementary businesses are housed in the same building. I had a look around the Boutique and a coffee at the Cafe on the Manchester stop of [...]