Fancy a Dirty Weekend Away
 Aug 8th, 2001
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  belinda9
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Sorry I haven't been around to write, but still log in every now and then to read.
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My husband and I have just come back from a weekend away in Nottingham.
I wanted to do something special for him for his BIG 40 Birthday.
"I know I thought, I will book us into a nice hotel for a weekend". With being a dab hand at this internet lark especially when it comes to searching for holidays, I set about the task.
I came across Superbreak.com who are an on-line hotel directory.
On entering their site, you are welcomed by a bright yellow, orange and blue coloured screen.
You then have a choice of searching for the hotel you are looking for by price and date, or if you would like to search from a map.
If you want to go to London, you can search for London hotels or search by key word.
If you click on search by price and date, you can then click on your chosen region, i.e East Anglia, Europe , Lake District etc.
Once you have clicked on the chosen region, it leads you to a destination table, which consists of the towns within the area.
The next box is the price guide, you can click on the price which suits you, or just click "All price". Underneath, there are several drop down boxes, asking you which night you would like to start your break on, then the month and year.
You need to enter how many nights, and how many adults and children.
You are now three steps away from making your booking.
Once you have chosen the dates, you then click on submit, the next screen will bring up all the available hotels on that date, in the chosen area.
You will get a choice of rooms and how many rooms you want, just incase you need to do multiple bookings. There will be a description of the hotels and sometimes photos.
Click on obtain price and this will be the price you pay.
The next screen will lead you to a secure server.
There you will get the price, and you will be asked for your name , address etc.
You then get the choice to pay by Visa, Delta,Mastercard, switch,Solo and American Express. When we booked the Gateway Hotel at Nottingham, the price came up at £55.00 a night each for dinner,bed and breakfast.
I didn't really want to pay this, but I couldn't find anything else in that area and price range.
In the end , I got the final price of £153 for the two of us, for two nights, D/B/B.
Quite a big saving, I thought, the rest can go towards buying the drinks.
Once you have submitted everything, you can print the paperwork off for your records.
You will then get an email for confirmation.
A couple of days after, I received a wallet with the documents in along with some discount vouchers for local attractions. About a week later, I was chatting to my mum when she mentioned coming over for my hubbies birthday on the thursday.
I said no his birthdays on the wednesday the 2nd .
No she said the 2nd is on a thursday, oh s**t , I thought, I'd been so busy at work that i'd got my days mixed up.
I'd only gone and booked the hotel for the wrong days.
I quickly emailed Superbreak.com and telephoned the Gateway hotel, they said they still had rooms available for those days I wanted.
They said because I'd booked with Superbreak, I would have to sort it out with them.
The next day I phoned superbreak direct and they said they had already changed the booking for me, I was very impressed at their efficeint service.
I felt a right fool.
The day after I received new documents for the amended booking.
On arrival at the hotel, i didn't even have to produce the invoice from Superbreak, they just trusted our word.
In fact going down the list of people, there were loads of others who had done the same, booked with this excellent company. I won't hesitate to use them again.
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25.08.2001 23:00
Great opinion Belinda9. Very useful and i`m sure it will come in handy for my husband and i lol. Thankyou Maria ....
24.08.2001 11:46
I think that you and hubby just like dirty weekends away don't you? LOL x x x
22.08.2001 21:42
I'm with you on this one - some great offers to be found here! I've really enjoyed reading your reviews.