Advantages: Pretty cheap, the chance to be spontanious, an adventure, safe, fun, exciting Disadvantages: Not everybody's cup of tea
...zones pass as it gives you more time and much more freedom to do as you wish. The passes include pretty much all your train travel throughout the countries which your pass is valid for, with the exception of a few high speed trains where you must pay a supplement. For example, we had to pay our Eurostar fare from London to Paris, however this was at a cheaper rate than we would usually pay, costing just £20 each. Examples of other trains which you may need to pay a small supplement for are the Talgo (high speed train from France to Spain) or the TGV (high speed train which travels through France). In addition to this, if you are making an overnight journey you may which to pay a supplement to have a bed for the nigh on the train. This cost varies depending on the train and the country, and ranges from approximately £5 to £15. I highly...
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Advantages: Various locations providing a good standard of service Disadvantages: Restaurants attached can vary in quality
...Having travelled around the country on numerous occasions, I have often found the need to find over night overnight accommodation. This can be a very hit and miss affair and the standard can sometimes disappoint. Hopefully this opinion will to point you in the right direction, should you need somewhere to stay in the UK.
Travel Inns provide a good standard of rooms and services in this department and I would suggest them as your first port of call when travelling in the UK. I will use my most recent experience of this company as an example. But I would like to point out that the standard of Travel Inns is very much the same across the country.
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Prior to travelling it is often wise to pre-book your accommodation, particularly on bank holidays as places to stay can often become fully booked long before you...
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Advantages: Cheap, clean room, convenient location (near Rock City and town centre) Disadvantages: Poor check in, rude staff, left waiting over 24 hrs for promised refund
...Premier Travel Inn, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham
On Sunday 27th November, myself and my boyfriend were travelling to Nottingham from Sheffield for a concert. As neither of us drive, we had to get the train to Nottingham and stay overnight as the concert wasn't to finish until past 11pm. So we decided to book a room at the Premier Travel Inn on Goldsmith Street, which was very near to the venue (the Rock City) where we were seeing the show.
I have used the Premier Travel Inn, Holiday Inn and Travel Lodge (which I believe to all be the same company) on several occasions. As you may have noticed, I have done a review on their GMEX hotel in Manchester where we stayed again for a concert (actually it was for the same band, Opeth). Before staying at the GMEX, I had never had any problems with any of their hotels before; in fact...
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