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Post by anniel on Sept 8, 2018 8:40:28 GMT
I would always recommend the Balham Travelodge. It's about 20 paces from the tube and is clean and spacious. I have never had a problem with noise or any unpleasantness!
Weekends are expensive but during the week it's pretty reasonable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 8:59:17 GMT
This is kinda off-topic, but for me no theatre break is complete without a full English breakfast. Where do they serve the best one in your opinion? In Northern Ireland - the English version pales in comparison. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 8, 2018 11:01:40 GMT
This is kinda off-topic, but for me no theatre break is complete without a full English breakfast. Where do they serve the best one in your opinion? At risk of sounding like I’ve got shares in Whitbread but Premier Inn again. £9.99 for all you can eat. Ok it’s not organic bacon from a pig with a CV but there’s a great range, the eggs are cooked regularly so they’re fresh, includes HASH BROWNS, pastries, the lot. You can’t half fill your boots, to the point where if you have it late at about 11am you don’t really need anything much more until after your evening show. Not ot that I do that of course. I just have a raspberry yoghurt 😑 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 13:04:11 GMT
This is kinda off-topic, but for me no theatre break is complete without a full English breakfast. Where do they serve the best one in your opinion? At risk of sounding like I’ve got shares in Whitbread but Premier Inn again. £9.99 for all you can eat. Ok it’s not organic bacon from a pig with a CV but there’s a great range, the eggs are cooked regularly so they’re fresh, includes HASH BROWNS, pastries, the lot. You can’t half fill your boots, to the point where if you have it late at about 11am you don’t really need anything much more until after your evening show. Not ot that I do that of course. I just have a raspberry yoghurt 😑 I’m with you. Again sounding like I’ve got shares. But I love their breakfast and having it means (as the Bear above says) I generally don’t need lunch. So £10 works out great value. Also Hash Browns lads. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2018 0:06:42 GMT
I booked the Olympia Hotel for my next trip, as I found a great price (202 pounds for 4 nights) and I like the Earl's Court area. But after reading Tripadvisor I'm worried, so might cancel and book somewhere else. I do love PI but their prices just get higher and higher. I've finally decided to cancel this reservation cause the reviews kept getting worse and worse, and their customer service is non-existent (totally ignored my e-mails, they just don't give a f*ck). Booked the Belgrave House at Victoria for a very similar price via Lastminute. They have some bad reviews but lots of good ones too. And I sent an e-mail and they replied in like 15 minutes, so at least I know they do care. |
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Post by hal9000 on Feb 1, 2019 5:06:10 GMT
Please ad your recommendations for reasonable places any city, any country (a theatre break in Budapest? Why the hell not!) that have a minibar fridge or a communal kitchan where I can store mah perishable bits and bobs.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 1, 2019 14:15:42 GMT
I stayed in a Jury's Inn recently and was v impressed with their buffet. They had little individual smoothies in mini milk bottles, and vats of watermelon water. Watermelon water! Bit posh for Milton Keynes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 14:28:03 GMT
Recently stayed at the Bloomsbury Holiday Inn and I would say that it is a pretty good spot! Right around the corner from Russell Square tube station, and only 4ish stops from the Leicester Square/Covent Garden/Piccadilly Circus theatre area. It’s even walking distance from some theatres, such as the Shaftesbury.
My only complaints would be that the room was very hot (you can’t open the window) and the breakfast is very expensive (£17 per person) but we found a cafe across the street (Marquis Cornwallis) which offered Full English breakfasts for £8.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 14:36:21 GMT
Starting to use AirBnB more and more so as hotels prices have risen in recent years, especially as I'm usually a last minute booker.
That said I've had good deals with L'Accor hotels (Ibis), 5% discount if you sign up and never had issues like you do with many of the 'independent' hotels across cities.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 1, 2019 15:01:47 GMT
Lord, i've stayed in countless London hotels.
The Hub Covent Garden (St Martins Lane) is a decent one, i was too put in a basement room once but i kind of also didn't feel it was any different to the others because you can hardly see out of the windows anyway.
Noise is a big issue for me. I do not want to be kept awake by road noise, nightclubs or people shouting on the street and given London is literally all those things it's hard to achieve. The Hub i have always found to be soundproof but have on occasion been bothered by strange noises from the AC in the room itself.
I've often found the hotels around Victoria go fairly cheap and i've stayed in the Park Plaza, DoubleTree and Nadler around there, The Nadler is excellent if you just want a room and not all the trimmings like a bar or restaurant. There is a kitchen in the room with microwave, crockery and and everything and it's just very nice with everything you could want.
Thing is, i like to be very near to the theatre i'm attending that night, so i usually go for those options no matter what (within price limitations obv). Though i'm not long back from a trip to London to see Come From Away and i stayed at the Radisson in Seven Dials, and i wish i'd have just walked the extra 5 or 10 minutes to something cheaper like a Z or Hub because let's just say it was the price of more than one top price Hamilton ticket and it really wasn't that worth it.
I'm back in a few weeks for Waitress and i shall probably go for The Strand Palace,which has been good value previously and they just refurbed the rooms. Though The Amba Charing Cross up the road is beautiful.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 1, 2019 15:16:25 GMT
Anyone have any recommendations for hotels in Edinburgh?? Going up the end of next month and need somewhere cheap to stay. Preferably within walking distance to the castle?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 15:19:23 GMT
Anyone have any recommendations for hotels in Edinburgh?? Going up the end of next month and need somewhere cheap to stay. Preferably within walking distance to the castle? The Hub by Premier Inn on Rose Street Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh City Centre (opposite Edinburgh Playhouse) In Edinburgh basically everywhere is walking distance from the castle. It’s not a large city at all really. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 11:52:25 GMT
Does anyone have one of those discount codes for Booking.com? If so, PM me please.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 12:36:21 GMT
Why not just google "discount codes, bookings.com" - that's what I do shopping online, and it brings up tonnes of site codes. Yeah, I know, but what Booking.com normally does, is recommendation codes, meaning you share your code with someone else, and you both get money back. Those are harder to find. And if I'm taking advantage of this, and the other person is also getting something in return, I'd rather do this with a fellow Theatre Boarder than with a total stranger hahah. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 2, 2019 14:51:39 GMT
I don't know about Booking.com but usually expedia and hotels.com have a lot of 10% off codes about. Usually though they are for only selected hotels and not the big chains.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 15:21:57 GMT
Received some PMs. Thank you, you beautiful people ❤️
I must say, as a hotel worker, I hate Booking.com, it is the enemy! And always try to book direct. But if I'm getting 15€ back, I'm ready to be a hypocrite lol.
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Post by hal9000 on Apr 22, 2019 22:23:22 GMT
Any recommendations for Leicester? Clean and well located with free WiFi are my priorities. Secondary is a mini-bar fridge to store mah snax.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2019 15:21:48 GMT
Another mini-break coming soon. Looking for accomodation. Any available Booking.com discount? Hahah!
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Post by sagiirl on May 1, 2019 23:13:00 GMT
Starting to use AirBnB more and more so as hotels prices have risen in recent years, especially as I'm usually a last minute booker. That said I've had good deals with L'Accor hotels (Ibis), 5% discount if you sign up and never had issues like you do with many of the 'independent' hotels across cities. I use a great Airbnb in Wandsworth Common. Self contained basement apartment great bedroom, sitting room and small kitchen where the fridge is filled with fresh juice, milk bottled water and other breakfast items are also included. Less than 5 minutes walk to train station and 12 minutes into Victoria by train. Also walking distance to the tube northern line. £60 per night and an extra bed can be added in the sitting room. My favourite accommodation in London |
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Jun 9, 2019 19:56:45 GMT
For oxford. Travellodge is about 10 minute bus ride into the city. If you are on a budget. I wouldnt recommend diving a car into the city in parking charges but transport is frequent.
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Dec 6, 2019 13:57:04 GMT
Anyone stayed at norfolk towers paddington? I normally dont do 4 star hotels but with my growing age I cant slum it these days. I visited a friend there and it's not far from paddington so should be ok for the lion witch and the wardrobe and the endgame in January.
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Post by maggiem on Feb 8, 2020 14:06:43 GMT
Bumping this thread with an update. When I stayed at the County Hotel at the end of January, another guest told me it was being sold.
I double-checked this by emailing Imperial London Hotels and received the following response:-
"Please note that the County hotel has been sold and from 29/2/20 it will be run by the new owners.
The bookings that are in the system will be honoured by the new owners at the rate they were booked at."
As I have a booking with them for August, I was relieved to hear the last part! I have no idea who the new owner will be yet.
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Mar 2, 2020 21:46:12 GMT
I just stayed in the holiday inn express in birmingham that wasnt bad close to new street for 50.00 breakfast inc wasnt bad to be honest! Interesting to see how i go with the travellodge in bethnal green this weekend!😮 have you stayed there?
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Post by maggiem on Mar 4, 2020 15:09:14 GMT
I have no idea who the new owner will be yet. So long as it isn't Britannia Hotels, or the Youth Hostel Association, I guess... New website here bit.ly/3cuMi2u |
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Post by NorthernAlien on Mar 4, 2020 21:32:23 GMT
I've taken to staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Croydon - it's about a ten minute walk from East Croydon railway station - but fast Thameslink trains run to London Bridge in about 15 minutes - you can also go into Victoria on Southern Services (I know, I know - same people, different livery!). It's also walking distance from West Croydon for slightly different journey options. The hotel itself is fine - if located down what appears to be a fairly seedy alley/back street. They do a breakfast which has both continental and hot options, and a range of teas and infusions. The rooms themselves are plenty roomy, and you get a selection of pillows - something I'm a bit picky about. Now, I will counter all this by saying that the last time I was there there was a fire alarm at 3am that went on for over an hour as the hotel staff had no clue how to reset it properly, and eventually the London Fire Brigade had to turn up and deal with it - the manager was nowhere to be seen. The building wasn't actually on fire, and it seems like someone was smoking in a room - it's all still unclear. But for a reasonable price, and a room that you can fit three or four people in, there's usually some really good prices to be had.
In response to a different query raised up-thread, the Double Six Cafe on Eversholt Street, down the side of Euston station, does an absolutely superb Full English, with a flexible range of options, and IIRC, caters for veggies.
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