IBIS hotel - Swindon

Advantages: Cheap, easy to find, friendly helpful staff
Disadvantages: Needs refurbishing

...My wife and I stayed at the IBIS hotel in West Swindon last weekend as we were going to a friends 40th birthday party that evening and neither us fancied the lengthy drive home in the early hours of the morning. We booked in for 1 night, planning to arrive on Saturday afternoon and leave on Sunday morning. We chose the IBIS because we wanted a budget hotel and because it was located very close to where the party was being held. Also, we could book in anytime after mid-day and didn't have to vacate our room until mid-day either so we could have a lie-in after the party if we needed to. ~~ Booking ~~ As I had found this hotel using the web, it made sense to book the same way - this can be done from the IBIS website (www.ibishotels.com/ibis) quite easily and you receive...

nigeofnewbury 11.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Ibis, Swindon

SUICIDAL IN SWINDON

Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: Everything else

...My experiences of Thistle Hotels have not exactly been fantastic – you may recall that The Thistle Hotel in London only managed to get three stars in my review of last year. Sadly, on a recent visit to Swindon I was faced with an extremely bleak range of hotels to choose from, and reluctantly agreed with the travel agent to take the plunge and stay in The Swindon Thistle. (Note: In order to facilitate meaningful comparison between hotel reviews, I have decided to implement a scoring system similar to that used in my food and drink opinions.) LOCATION Situated on Fleming Way, right in the town centre, The Swindon Thistle is very well placed for whatever purpose your stay is intended for. The hotel is roughly five minutes’ walking distance from the main train station, which is regularly serviced by trains to and from...

LostWitness 14.02.2002 · Read review
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Review of The Thistle Hotel (Swindon)

Team Building at the Swindon Hilton

Advantages: Dedicated Business Floor, Comfortable accomodation
Disadvantages: Slight downfall on the food quality, small bar area

...Destination: Hilton Swindon, Swindon, England Duration: June 22nd-24th 2004 Swindon, England Swindon is a vibrant, lively town situated along the M4 corridor in the South of England. Entertainment, History, and Shopping can all be found in this bustling town, with such delights as the McArthurGlen Designer outlet store, Museum of the Great Western Railway and a beautiful countryside surrounding the town. Reaching Swindon is very convenient with excellent transport links running into the city, and is merely an hour away from the Capital, London Swindon Hilton Hotel The hotel is located minutes of Junction 16 of the M4, conveniently placed for easy access for business visits, and social/personal events. I was actually arriving at the hotel by car, with a friend of mine; as we were due to attend a 3 day Team Building...

kelr101 24.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Hilton, Swindon

Feel like a Partridge in a Hotel Room

Advantages: Good Leisure Facilities
Disadvantages: Microwaved or Deep Fried Food

...television or 20" in an executive room. Sky Sports Channels 1-3 were also provided as well as Sky Premiere movie channel. The rooms were generally quite clean, but it is fair to say tired and slightly old fashioned, although official reports state that it was last renovated in 1999. I also found some bathroom shower areas to be culturing black mould, but this was only in two rooms. Additional Facts Location - South Marston, East of Swindon on the Oxford Road Unofficial Rating - 3 Stars Rack Rate - £85 per room per night (not including breakfast) Telephone - 01793 83-3700 Overall for a special corporate rate of £72 a night including breakfast, I don't believe it represents very good value for money. It is possible to get a cheaper deal especially on laterooms.com, if you dare. Although this hotel was fully booked a lot of the time, I...

jason.rowe 26.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of Village Hotel Leisure Club, Swindon

Swindon Town FC

Advantages: Ought to gain promotion this season...
Disadvantages: ...from League 2

...Swindon Town Football Club can now be found sat in League 2...just over ten years ago they were a Premiership team. Their fall from grace has been dramatic, not only from a playing point of view, but financially. Their stadium, The County Ground in the middle of Swindon, is an all-seater stadium of just over 15,000, not that it'll get anywhere near being filled for a few more seasons until they are back in the top 2 leagues in English football (well, IF they are back in the top 2......) For a brief history lesson, they were League Cup winners in 1969, after beating Arsenal 3-1 in the final, and won the 1969 and 1970 Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners' Cup, against Roma and Napoli respectively. Then, after an extremely quiet period, they gained promotion to the Premiership for the 1993-94 season after beating Leicester City in...

carl.mcqueen 29.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Swindon Town

Great Country Hotel for a weekend away

Advantages: Included Golf, Health Club, Super Value
Disadvantages: Ridge Restaurant not great, Busy in Summer

...I have been going to the Blunsdon House Hotel for about 7 years. It is located in the village of Broad Blunsdon just North of Swindon and boasts wonderful panoramic views of the surrounding area. On a clear day you can see 15-20 miles, absolutely beautiful, rolling fields as far as the eye can see. I visit the hotel on average 4 times per week and am very familiar with it and it?s surroundings and wanted to share with you my thoughts and feelings about it. I have also received feedback from many friends and relatives who have stayed there because my house isn?t big enough to hold them so I have enough information to give you a balanced view and I?ll deal with things one part at a time. The Hotel Firstly the hotel itself. It is split into two distinct buildings. The main building holds the majority of the hotel rooms, the food...

Lexica 20.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Best Western Blunsdon House Hotel, Swindon

DES VERE'Y SCRUMPTIOUSLY ROMANTIC!!

Advantages: Close to the M4, free parking on site, superb leisure facilities, spacious comfortable rooms
Disadvantages: Poor room lighting - I forgot my swimming costume :(

...through the old faithful, www.activehotels.com. LOCATION & GETTING THERE The hotel is well situated on the edge of Swindon West Centre, an out of town commercial development, and is within 5 minutes of junction 16 of the M4. As the hotel had been booked for us while we were on the move, we were restricted to verbal directions from hotel reception, and they worked perfectly. We also established at that point, that they stop serving food at 1030pm in the bar. There is ample on-site parking for around 200 cars, and there is a commercial area alongside, which I would imagine could be used for overspill during busy, out of hours parking. CHECK-IN & RECEPTION Reception is a grand spacious affair with a reception desk to the left and the concierge to the right. Be warned if...

sue.51 13.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of De Vere Hotel, Swindon

Swindon - Roundabout capital of the world

Advantages: Good jod opportunities and shedloads of pubs
Disadvantages: Not many parks for kids and all the roundabouts

...I've lived in Swindon for most of my life, apart from 5 years spent in Somerset. When I was a lass, I hated this place but moving away for so long and returning has made me love my little home, roundabouts and all. Even the hated 'magic' roundabout which caused my mum to fail her driving test when she stopped right in the middle of it, traffic coming at her from all ways. The poor lamb has never recovered and never driven again. Swindon is the richest place in the uk, outside of London, and has job opportunities galore. Many people gravitate here, and to cope with the demand it's crammed with housing, but has a healthy mix of greenery and buildings. The area I live in is beautiful. It may be a council estate but is surrounded by trees. Such a blend of people is another reason why I love it here. As a product of a mixed...

pennii 09.06.2001 (26.06.2001) · Read review
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Review of Swindon in General

The Strand Palace Hotel

Advantages: Central location, clean
Disadvantages: Food, rooms

...We stayed at this hotel in London a little over a month ago now for two nights, we chose this hotel mainly because of the central location and because it was only a ten minuite walk from the show we had booked to go too. Check in was very quick - About ten minuites and the staff at the reception seemed very friendly. My first thoughts on the hotel was that it looked really clean and that it was nicely decorated and it looked modern. I was a little dissapointed with our room as it was very small and basic, our room had a double bed, tea and coffee making facilities, a tv with satellite and a small, basic en suite bathroom with a shower. The views from our room very very poor - A block of offices which made our room dark as they were so close. The hotel has two bars and two resturaunts, the bars were again nicely decorated...

kate44 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Strand Palace Hotel, London

Booking.com helps hotels cheat customers.

Advantages: extensive database of hotels, many quite inexpensive
Disadvantages: if a hotel cheats you, they will apologize, but do nothing.

...Booking.com: Colluding with Corrupt Hotel Owners to Cheat Customers? I am sorry to have to write this review, but I have tried for months to get Booking.com to address my complaint. I have reserved rooms using this service in the past, and have been very pleased. This, however, came to an end this summer. I booked a room at the Travel Inn in Reykjavik, only to find, upon arrival, that my wife, son, and myself were escorted to a car with no explanation. Eventually the clerk told us that we would be driven to the "other" location. The Travel Inn has, it seems, bought space in the Pavi Guesthouse (over a mile away). I would have refused on principle, but I know the situation in Reykjavik is such that I might have had no options. We were driven there, the driver stopped along the way to encourage me to withdraw money from...

seth66 23.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Booking.com