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Title: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 11:31:17 AM
I travel around the country on "bizness" fairly often and have learnt not to bother with hotels unless I can hlep it.

A good source of info is this

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/)

for checking up on places, but a while back I discovered places like this:



http://www.arcapartments.co.uk/apartment-2bed.php (http://www.arcapartments.co.uk/apartment-2bed.php)

where Nick, Mrs Nick and The Boy will be staying next week for one night for £60 for the three of us.We shall wash and dry all our laundry, cook our own food and arrive home with not much to do.

Why do folks stay in Travel Inns and similarly  sick2: places, whilst there is this around?

This has been a public service broadcast
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Barman on August 11, 2008, 11:51:38 AM
I travel around the country on "bizness" fairly often and have learnt not to bother with hotels unless I can hlep it.

A good source of info is this

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/)

for checking up on places, but a while back I discovered places like this:



http://www.arcapartments.co.uk/apartment-2bed.php (http://www.arcapartments.co.uk/apartment-2bed.php)

where Nick, Mrs Nick and The Boy will be staying next week for one night for £60 for the three of us.We shall wash and dry all our laundry, cook our own food and arrive home with not much to do.

Why do folks stay in Travel Inns and similarly  sick2: places, whilst there is this around?

This has been a public service broadcast
Why on't you just burn all your clothes after the holiday?  whistle:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:03:30 PM
I do, they don't  evil:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Barman on August 11, 2008, 12:04:34 PM
I do, they don't  evil:
Once the fire is going what are they going to do...?
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:05:03 PM
Mrs Nick would pounce upon me in an unpleasant manner  scared2:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Barman on August 11, 2008, 12:07:36 PM
Mrs Nick would pounce upon me in an unpleasant manner  scared2:
Has she got that burkah off yet?
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:08:18 PM
I traded the burkah woman for her.I had to also send a camel voucher  evil:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Barman on August 11, 2008, 12:09:43 PM
I traded the burkah woman for her.I had to also send a camel voucher  evil:
I thought the burkah woman was quite pleasant...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: TG on August 11, 2008, 12:14:51 PM
But its in Birmingham. WTF wants to go there?  scared2:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:15:29 PM
Werk
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:15:52 PM
I traded the burkah woman for her.I had to also send a camel voucher  evil:
I thought the burkah woman was quite pleasant...?  rubschin:

She refused to show me her mole, remember?
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Barman on August 11, 2008, 12:17:10 PM
I traded the burkah woman for her.I had to also send a camel voucher  evil:
I thought the burkah woman was quite pleasant...?  rubschin:

She refused to show me her mole, remember?
Um... yes...  noooo:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: TG on August 11, 2008, 12:19:16 PM
Werk

I wish you hadnt posted it.

Mrs TG will want to go there now.  noooo:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:20:08 PM
They are all over the country.Or did you mean Brummagem?
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: TG on August 11, 2008, 12:28:17 PM
Site only refers to Brum. Where else can you get one eh?

Come on, if your doing public infomation posts lets have all the info like.  noooo:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:29:43 PM
http://www.premierapartments.com/ (http://www.premierapartments.com/)

 happy088
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: TG on August 11, 2008, 12:36:01 PM
Ta.  lol:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:36:39 PM
They even have them in Scallypool!

And always cheaper via

www.lastminute.com (http://www.lastminute.com)
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 12:37:45 PM
Handy places to go when you've been barred from all major hotel chains and all your friends & rellies are mysteriously busy whenever you suggest you will be in their area  whistle:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 12:38:18 PM
I am so sorry to hear that.Was it something you said?
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Mrs TG on August 11, 2008, 01:58:10 PM
But its in Birmingham. WTF wants to go there?  scared2:

that lovely apartment an all them shops...we could live like a sum rich bitches for a couple of nites...

very tempted.. eyes:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:00:30 PM
Never tried 'em personally ~ must be a bit like those serviced offices that you rent by the hour............ Mind you there used to be a hotel in Amsterdam that one could book by the hour  whistle:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 02:00:56 PM
Quite.

I use these places a lot.Take all your washing up. They have tumble driers too (no meter) ..............
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 02:01:20 PM
Never tried 'em personally ~ must be a bit like those serviced offices that you rent by the hour............ Mind you there used to be a hotel in Amsterdam that one could book by the hour  whistle:

We defer to your greater experience
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:04:25 PM
Oddly it was called "The Cok Hotel"















Perhaps not so oddly when I think about it.
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 02:05:38 PM
I don't get it
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:07:55 PM
You would have if you'd booked a room there  whistle:


I see from Google that it has gone upmarket now and become the "City Cok Hotel" and is no longer describing itself as a "Budget Hotel" which it was in the 1970s.

Number 2 tram from the Station ~ get of at the Vondel Park. Hotel was just up the road. By the tram stop was a bar that opened from 9.30 pm until breakfast. ~ Happy Days  cloud9:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 02:11:36 PM
I used to sleep in the Vondel Park. It was free
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2008, 02:14:09 PM
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You would have if you'd booked a room there 


He fell into my trap! eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Hotels and stuff like that
Post by: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:15:49 PM
Then you will remember the "Crazy Horse" Bar on the other side of the road.
I got into a lot of trouble by going there whilst on a city break with Mrs S#1. She had a "headache" and went to bed early ~ I said I was going for a stroll and headed straight for the Crazy Horse (which I knew well from my previous visits) for a couple of beers. Got back to the hotel in time for lunch the next day. She was on the point of calling the police and reporting me missing. eeek: She couldn't understand that when you meet up with old "friends" in a bar like that you don't look at your watch.