Advantages: Quiet, friendly, informal, comfortable, much cheaper than local hotels
Disadvantages: Not all the rooms are en suite - you might have to share a bathroom with another person or couple

...Newbury is the home town of Vodafone-Airtouch and other hi-tech growth companies so accommodation locally is both scarce and expensive. So its good to find Tile Barn House (http://www.eto.org.uk/tbh), a friendly, comfortable bed and breakfast in the village of Woolton Hill - quiet and off the beaten track but just ten minutes from Newbury and four minutes from the A34 road between Winchester and Oxford. This is a family house not an hotel, so don't expect to meet a night porter, but you can come and go as you please. The rooms are large, the beds comfortable, with television and tea and coffee facilities in each room. They are flexible in their approach to breakfast - any time up to 9.30 and apparently quite happy to feed you at 6.30 am if you have an early start. Choice of cereals, good coffee, and English breakfast cooked individually... Read review

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Advantages: Good location, Cheap
Disadvantages: Unpleasent smell, Low maintenance

...I stayed in New Union Hotel (NU) in September 2004. The hotel was booked in a haste on the fact that it was located in the centre of Manchester. The location is very convinient to both Oxford road and Manchester City Centre. The rooms were spacious, fitted with a TV and all ensuite with double beds. Linen was clean and crisp, Tea/Coffee were supplied. On the negative side, the rooms had a distinct smell as if they hadn't been aired for a long time. The bathroom, although clean, was in need of a good scrubbing. My room was switched as the TY wasn't under operation and there was no bed light, or a switch close to the bed. And lastly, the hotel is situated above a pub/nightclub. Although this didn't effect me, it may be of consideration to someone with a less sound sleep. However, this fact is pointed out before payment is made... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money
Disadvantages: Can be a bit awkward to reach if heading in opposite direction on motorwary

...Excellent budget travel hotel. We arrived at 11.30pm andeven at this time it was no problem for the staff to make up a kids spare bed and put a baby's cot into our room. Accomodation appeared very new and was spotlessly clean. Buffet breakfast was in the adjoining service station, with a wonderful choice. Cooked breakfasts were served to the table by a very friendly waiter, while in addition you also have the option of helping yourself to as much as you can eat from the continental buffet breakfast. Great value, especially as the kids ate for free. Although based in a maotorway service station this hotel was noise free, and we all had a great nights sleep. We will definately stay there when next visiting that part of the country and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.... Read review

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Advantages: LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Disadvantages: Not Hotel for the softies out there.

...We Quatro Fontanas (or the Fountain Travel Club) stayed at the casa Franci last October. The first thing to stress is that this is Bed & Breakfast not a Hotel. The owner and his Family used to live in this Flat (Apartment) they have made it into a Bed & Breakfast and have another Apartment nearby. We booked through VENERE.COM which we find is quite a good site for Italian Destinations, one advantage of this site is that you do not have to pay up front when you book. You pay the Hotel on arrival, so if you need to cancel there is no cancellation charges given the correct notice. The Apartment is located in a Steet to the left of St Peters about 200 yards from St Peters. When you arrive you need to be in the end of the street furthest from St Peters Just past a Large Church. You enter through a locked gate and the Apartment... Read review

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Advantages: Stylish and elegant with an excellent restaurant
Disadvantages: Room initially cold - on a snowy January evening.

...Decided to have an early January break with my wife in a hotel which was different from the usual "corporate" style. We took advantage of an offer at Beamish Hall and paid around £135 total for dinner, bed and breakfast in a premier room. It was snowing when we drove up to this elegant building with ample car parking. The roaring fire in the reception hall was very welcoming, as was the greeting from the reception team. We were quickly directed to our huge room, with antique furniture and bed, and a newly installed double jacuzzi bathroom. Our only problem was that the room was rather cold, but this was rectified by the helpful staff, by the provsion of an additional heater. Before dinner we had a drink, at very reasonable prices, in the small bar. We enjoyed an excellent meal from table d'hote menu, with very friendly and professional... Read review

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Advantages: luxury
Disadvantages: none

...The reference to eat your heart out does not relate to the quality of the food because, being honest, I only stayed there on a bed and breakfast basis. It relates to all thye other 4 star hotels I have stayed in, particularly in the UK. The hostel is absolutely fantastic. You cannot help but be impressed by its entrance hall which will match nost seen at this category of hotel but, go to the first floor to be amazed. It has a central piazza where, not only can you enjoy breakfast but sip an evening drink or two or just coffee if that is your preference, but every evening there is live music to enjoy ranging from quartet to opera. There are internal glazed lifts in operation to add to the feeling of luxury and the rooms are placed around the piazza area which extends upwards to the, whatever floor. The rooms themselves are of a very... Read review

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Advantages: brillant location, traditional hunting lodge.
Disadvantages: avoid weekends with wedding receptions.

...apartments. PRICES In hotel Price guide Four Poster Rooms Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £70 £93 Large Four Poster Rooms Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £90 £113 All prices per person per night Price guide Single Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £60 £83 Double/Twin Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £49 £72 All prices per person per night In the Courtyard Price guide Courtyard Four Poster Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £70 £93 All prices per person per night Price guide Courtyard Single Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £60 £83 Courtyard Double/Twin Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast £45 £68 Family Rooms - (based on 2 sharing) 1 double & 2 single beds Bed & Breakfast Dinner Bed & Breakfast Each additional child £45 £68 £10 All prices per... Read review

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Advantages: A wonderful dish for your fresh berries
Disadvantages: They will make you chubby

...A few years back I had a side business in which I built websites for small businesses. One of the niche markets that I targeted were the bed and breakfasts here in Texas. Most bed and breakfasts are contained in old homes called Sunday Houses. These homes were built by rural landowners so that they would have a place to stay when they came into town for church on Sunday. The town of Fredericksburg, Texas is where many of my German descendants first settled when they came to Texas. Fredericksburg has many charming shops, restaurants and bed and breakfasts that make weekend retreats to this town a special treasure. Many of the people that I built websites for did not have the money to pay me in cash so I would often trade out weekends stays. One of these houses that I built a site for is Das Garten Haus (www... Read review

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Advantages: beautiful setting, very convenient
Disadvantages: a bit far from the center (by foot)

...This hotel is wonderful for families: **access** Not to difficult: on a hill above Amboise castle in the direction of the Mini-Chateaux park... **parking** Free of charge and closed at night **check-in** Warm and welcoming (especially Caroline and Chloe)... they explain quite correcctly the using pf the hotel and facilities (tennis [paying], park [free], swimming pool [free]) **Room** Novotel room: double bed plus sofa bed (extra bed), bathroom (with bath tube) ans toilets (separated), satellite TV channels, payTV, mini bar... **Restaurant** Very welcoming with beautiful panoramic view over amboise castle, nice cuisine both traditionnal and local... wonderful service ! **Break-fast** Buffet (with almost whatever you can wish: from fresh croissants and pains-au-chocolat to scrambled eggs and bacon, fresh fruits, bread, marmelade... Read review

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Advantages: quality food and plenty of it, sufficent parking, close to town centre, enconomical - guest house rates but hotel service
Disadvantages: few beers on tap, can be too quiet

...I stay at various Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts around the country, presently working in York I have found a very nice quiet hotel near the city center that doesn't cost a fortune. The place is called ABBOTS MEWS HOTEL and it is just to the West of York town centre about 8 mins walk. Advantages. Approximately £50.00 bed/breakfast/evening meal. A car park that is large enough. Friendly staff and an excellent evening meal menu with something for everyone. Service in the dining room is prompt and efficient, checking in/out doesn't take forever as at other hotels. It really is 8 mins from the town center but is also very quiet, no traffic noise or drunken yobs heading home from the pub. It appears to be favoured by older guests who revisit every few years and of couse people like myself seeking quality economical accomodation close... Read review

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