Welcome Cesme Ilica Hotel, Izmir

Advantages: The location, excellent rooms in that price range, the pool
Disadvantages: No internet, few if you consider what you're paying, mixed opinions on cleanliness

... YOU'VE GOT TO FIND IT FIRST If you decide to stay at The Welcome Plaza Hotel, or indeed any hotel in Pattaya for that matter, it is advisable to print off the address in thai from a website. The chances are that you will be landing at either the new airport or the older (but impressively) refurbished one in Bangkok. From the latter it is a two hour taxi ride to Pattaya. This includes two obligatory stops: one for the driver to refuel the car and another for him to stop suddenly and dash off for a piss in a ditch. It seems to be a tradition. If you are really lucky like me then there might be a third time; when you get to help him change a tyre while huge trucks thunder past within inches of your backside.. ....all because he didn't pull over to the side of the road when he noticed he had a puncture. Suicidal mechanics... Read review

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Advantages: Erm…has potential
Disadvantages: Just too expensive for the quality on offer

...Ok; I'm hopeless at making firm arrangements. I was due at a leaving do for a colleague in London this last week; but had been uming and ahring whether or not I had the time to go. What really swung it for me was another 2 former colleagues who I haven't seen for years also decided they were going at the last minute. I offered to do the driving (seeing as I'm a non-drinker) and swing by Aldershot on the way past, pick them up and then drive onto South London. So in need of a hotel room (which, by this time, was tomorrow night) I was frantically searching the t'internet for a room for the night. There's a Premier Travel Inn in Aldershot, but on the numerous occasions I needed a room, they'd always been full (and was so in this case). I'd managed to track down a room at a Travelodge, but by the time I came to confirm... Read review

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Advantages: range of locations, lots of deals, pets welcome
Disadvantages: added costs

...When it gets around to a certain time of year, most people start thinking about booking a holiday as something to look forward to. It can often be quite a stressful task, deciding where to go, whether you want to rent a place or stay in a hotel and what activities you're interested in doing. We normally decide to rent a holiday home as it gives us more freedom when it comes to when to get up and eating arrangements. To make the process of somewhere to stay easier, we always book with Welcome Holiday Cottages. They offer an extensive range of cottages and villas with properties in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and Croatia. Each of the properties is rated according to their easy-to-use grading system so finding your ideal place to stay is made simple: Comfortable properties are practical, robust and reliable. The furniture... Read review

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