Airport Garden Hotel, Colombo

Advantages: Sometimes good
Disadvantages: Sometimes bad

...*The first in a tour of air travel around five continents I say Asia. Then I say airport. Then you say ‘gross’. Why is it that we automatically assume that every airport that is not Heathrow will be the most revolting dump in the world? And why is it that if I say Asia you will think of dirty, basic, antiqued airports? Because, you see, this is very unfair. I’m going to tell you the stories of two wonderful Asian airports here, Singapore Changi and Colombo Bandranaike. Sure, many airports around Asia will be pretty nasty, but it’s the same in Europe. Ever been to Heathrow? Why we assume Asian airports to be dirty... If we’re going on holiday to Asia, we could well end up at Chennai airport or perhaps in Bangalore (opinion coming after Christmas). In these situations, you will end up at a dump... Read review

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Advantages: Wodnerful Staff, Clean, Classy, Good Location - Everything
Disadvantages: I have not a bad word to say about them!

...After a very unfortunate start to our city break to Amsterdam my friend and I arrived at this hotel. I want to tell you all the shortened version of what actually happened... Our Tour Operator booked us into the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Den Haag instead of the hotel in Schiphol [where the airport is]. Not wanting to miss out on the sights of Amsterdam, and not wanting to travel 60km each way between the sights and the hotel we made our way to Amsterdam. After about 300EUR in transport, conmen taxi drivers, and "Sorry we're full, good luck!" from ever hotelier we were directed to the Garden Hotel by their sister hotel Jan Luyken. We arrived to see a hotel in a quiet area next to a canal with ducks and boats...absolutely gorgeous area! Lovely houses, lots of plants and trees and of course the ducks and geese! The hotel had a red... Read review

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Advantages: Nice enough hotel, good for meetings
Disadvantages: Keep in mind the time you need to transfer to the airport

...to the hotel when I arrived. It's worth considering that in the hour and a half that it could take you to get to the airport if you'd just missed the previous shuttle, you could book a hotel near a railway station at quite a considerable distance from the airport, and get a cheaper deal and be at the airport in the same amount of time. Summary I have mixed feelings about the hotel. On the positive side, the price was OK, the staff were nice, the room was fine, the gardens were pretty on a sunny day and it was a good, convenient place to have a meeting. On the negative side, the distance from the airport made it either very expensive or very time consuming to get back and forth, the shuttle service was infrequent and if you had an early flight or were pushed for time, it wouldn't be suitable. There's also really not much to do... Read review

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