Advantages: Confortable, Friendly, Nice wholesome breakfasts. Disadvantages: Creaky floors and Stairs. Slight lack of communication.
Back in June I attended a Ciao meet in Dundee which was organised by the lovely Belinda (belfin to you all) and wanted to stay in nearby Arbroath from Friday to Sunday so I could attend Belinda's hen night celebrations. I didn't want anything too expensive but also wanted a little comfort and so thought a guesthouse would be my best bet.
So scouring the internet I came up with a few possibilities and this seemed ideal for my needs.
I used the www.hotelsandguesthouses.net website to search for my accommodation; this is where each guesthouse has their own advertising page and where you can contact them from. I decided upon Scurdy guesthouse. (I know this review is about Kingsley; all will be made clear as you read on)
I used the contact button to enquire about availability of a room about 4 weeks prior to my visit and to get a price ...
Advantages: reasonable price and free internet entrance. Disadvantages: no lock in bathroom and no shower in peak time.
My husband and I visited York city for 4 days during September 2009. The base for our stay was a B&B named Holmlea Guesthouse.
Why we chose it?
Before we started our trip we searched on the internet trying to find reasonably priced accommodation that ideally was close to the tourist areas of York. Most B&Bs and hotels we found charged at least £60 for a double room per night. However Holmlea was an exception. On their own website they advertised £45 for a double room with private bathroom, but not en-suite. Personally I?m not used to a room without an en-suite bathroom, so I hesitated to choose Holmlea. We searched again and found even if you were prepared to pay £60 we still couldn?t get a room with en-suite bathroom. So we decided to take a chance with Holmlea.
Booking
We made our reservation by telephone, giving credit ...
Advantages: Great location, family room in an annex Disadvantages: Expensive given that it is quite basic
The Travel Inn Guesthouse in Reykjavik benefits from an excellent location and it is apparently very reasonable (difficult to be very accurate on this, see below for why), but I expect that there are nicer places to stay in the city and more reasonable, and maybe even both. The owner is very chatty and quite a character, but this probably doesn't make up for poor value for money. Whilst our accommodation did not spoil our holiday, I think that in retrospect, with a bit more research we could have found somewhere a lot more reasonable that would have been a more pleasant place to stay.
~~~How we came to choose this guesthouse~~~
We know from experience of travelling with our 3 and 7 year old sons that self-catering accommodation is a real bonus. It means that when we get to the end of the day and they are really tired from the day ...
