Located in front of the Spencer Street Station, this hotel is less than half a kilometer ... more
from Crown Casino, Rialto Observation Tower, and Melbourne Museum. All guestrooms feature high speed Internet access (surcharge) as well as a turndown service. ...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Step into the beautiful Art Deco interiors of this heritage building, and you know you are ... more
somewhere special. The central location of Vibe Savoy Hotel Melbourne is certainly a bonus.With bright, spacious, elegant rooms, Vibe Savoy Hotel Melbourne goes ...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Located in front of the Spencer Street Station, this hotel is less than half a kilometer ... more
from Crown Casino, Rialto Observation Tower, and Melbourne Museum. All guestrooms feature high speed Internet access (surcharge) as well as a turndown service. ...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Located in front of the Spencer Street Station, this hotel is less than half a kilometer ... more
from Crown Casino, Rialto Observation Tower, and Melbourne Museum. All guestrooms feature high speed Internet access (surcharge) as well as a turndown service. ...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Central, cheap, free 'breakfast' Disadvantages: Tatty, grubby, impolite staff, very busy at all times
Though I don't like to believe it, some things in life simply are too good to be true. I booked to stay for 3 nights in Melbourne and my criteria were:
· cheap
· my own room (a backpacker hostel was ok, but a dorm room was not)
· centrally located
· preferably with breakfast included
With these things in mind, I surfed the net until I came across the Hotel Bakpak. It had its own website, which I always prefer, and looked reasonable. What's more, STA Travel were offering me a single room there, including breakfast, for a mere $70 for the entire duration of my stay. This is equivalent to 30 GBP, or a mere 10 GBP per night. That's probably the point I should have known something was up, but I didn't want to know, so went ahead and booked.
**- Getting There -**
About 6 weeks later I arrived in Melbourne. The Hotel offers ...
Advantages: Lovely surroundings, (mainly) delicious tea. Disadvantages: Poor service
An enjoyable, but disappointing for the cost, afternoon tea at The Savoy.
The location is ideal, on the Strand adjacent to Covent Garden, an easy walk from several tube stations and on several bus routes.
The facade of the hotel and the lobby are beautiful, as is the lounge area where tea is taken. During tea, a pianist plays, which is a lovely accompaniment, although some of the songs seemed a bit modern given the setting!
Unfortunately the service was not what you would expect. We waited quite a long time for various things and staff could be seen chatting in the corners while people waited etc.
There was an excellent choice of tea and the option to try as many as you wished. The Savoy blend which we chose was delicious, apart from our last pot, which didn't seem to have been brewed freshly and came out grey ...
Advantages: Free minibar, nice room and bathroom, tram stop right outisde Disadvantages: Too pricey for me, not so central, not so special
romantic enough to go with my boyfriend in the winter.
Next step was booking the hotel. I must say, I don?t normally mind about accommodation, I feel comfortable nearly anywhere, but this time, I wanted to treat myself. Unfortunately, I soon found out that Amsterdam is a really pricey place when it comes to hotel stays, and I was going to have to spend a lot of money to keep away from a shabby room in the red light district. I was going to settle for a basic double room in the centre for 105 Euros a night (breakfast not included) when I came across the SavoyHotel Amsterdam. The price was only al little bit more, and included a lot of extras. I decided to book us in for the week end. Unfortunately, as I booked our double room and changed the number of guests to 2, the price went up to 294 Euros for 2 nights. More than I wanted to pay, but it ...
