Whittlebury Hall Hotel and Spa

Advantages: Pleasant staff, facilities, closeness to Silverstone
Disadvantages: Remoteness

...the buffet as many times as you like. However, it can be difficult to get served tea/coffee. Quite a few times I've had to go without because I've been running late and not able to get a responsive member of staff to serve me. The hotel markets itself as being a spa and corporate events hotel and also makes a lot of the fact that it is located very close to Silverstone race course. I sometimes feel that there's a bit of a contradiction between being a spa and a corporate events hotel. I remember being at the hotel on Valentine's Day a couple of years ago while on a course and there were lots of couples who were staying there on one of their spa deals - most of the couples weren't particularly appreciative of the fact that they were sharing their fine dining experience with several tables of rowdy twenty somethings taking advantage of the free...

chcouper 17.02.2007 (24.02.2008) · Read review
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Review of Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa, Towcester

North stafford hotel

Advantages: Close to town centre,20 mins from alton towers
Disadvantages: None

...to choose from,and with alton towers being a mere 20 minute drive away it was perfect. It was called the north stafford hotel and it was situated opposite stoke on trent train station,which I imaging would be ideal for those arriving buy train. The hotel boasts 88 bedrooms and is one of many britannia hotels On arriving we parked our car in the car park outside the hotel were there was plenty of spaces to choose from,but my hubby was fretful of leaving his baby there all night but his mind was soon put at ease when we were told there was 24 hour cctv on the car park. Entering the hotel I was quite taken aback by how grand this hotel looked,it was very clean and the staff seemed pleasant. After checking in swiftly, we were given the option of a smoking/non smoking room,and told what times breakfast was served from in...

sha-olga 14.05.2007 (24.04.2007) · Read review
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Review of North Stafford Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent

The Lovely Lake vyrnwy Hotel

Advantages: Beautiful location
Disadvantages: Quite expensive!

.... Recently, a new building has been built where there is a gym and spa for all the guest, which i have to admit i have never been in myself but have heard excellent reports from other people. Not only is there the beautiful hotel, but there is plenty activities to do there such as biking around the lake, scenic walks, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, fishing, shopping in the local gift shops and cafes. Overall it is a specatcular place that is well worth a visit, if not for a short break then for a day visit, you will not be disapointed! Thanx for your time x...

shellbeez 31.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lake Vyrnwy Hotel, Llanwddyn

The Felbridge Hotel & Spa Hotel

Advantages: Stunning decor, exceptional food, polite, friendly staff
Disadvantages: None

...Situated in East Grinstead, West Sussex this hotel is counted as a Gatwick Airport Hotel. Compared to all the other Gatwick hotels and all other hotels I have stayed in, this has to be one of the best. The hotel has recently been taken over in the last year and gone through a 5 million pound refurbishment taking the hotel and spa to 4* Deluxe Status from its previous 2* rating. I did not visit the hotel when it was previously owned so cannot compare. I drive past this hotel every day and it always catches my eye, it looks really nice. I first went into the hotel to take a look at the spa. When I went in the whole hotel was spotless, the staff on reception were very polite and helpful and directed me to spa. ~~~~~~~~~ Reception ~~~~~~~~~ This is the first thing you see when you walk through the revolving doors into...

lilyellowfish 20.11.2007 (15.11.2007) · Read review
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Review of Felbridge Hotel, East Grinstead

mirabello hotel lake garder

Advantages: glean
Disadvantages: bar expensive

...A nice small friendly family run hotel in simirone on lake garder as a nice surprise my boyfriend oh now now my future husband took me away and this is where we stayed a lovey view a great place a romantic setting but oh watch the biting flies at night i got bit the hotel has three floors each with so many bedrooms we were on the first floor in a nice room with a double bed well two singles made into one there was a wardrobe and dressing table also and one chair we had a nice balcony with a view over the car park but there are rooms with views over the pool and the lake, there is also free soap and shower gel in the bathroom there are towels but there like sheets really thin cotton but the rooms are clean and cleaned daily. the food well some complained it was not anoth but there was a choice each day for the breakfast it was...

vikkisbest 12.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Mirabello, Lake Garda

A decent hotel choice for downtown Vancouver

Advantages: Great location, good facilities, great deal
Disadvantages: You'll be lucky to get the same deal

...INTRODUCTION It was the first time Ms Larsbaby and myself had been to Vancouver, and without first hand experience of knowing where to stay, we had a look on the net and took this hotel booked for us by the excellent Trailfinders, which was one of their options. LOCATION The Century Plaza is pretty much was the heart of the shopping and eating area of downtown on Burrard Street and so is ideally placed for the tourist. This end of Burrard Street had several restaurants and coffee shops, as well as a Market Place supermarket which had lots of excellent foodstuffs as well as a café which serves nice paninis. Just a short walk to the north was Robson Street, which had lots of shops such as Gap & Banana Republic, and a lot of Asian restaurants. There was also an interesting looking hot dog stand very close by which...

larsbaby 01.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Century Plaza Hotel and Spa, Vancouver

The North Stafford Britannia Hotel

Advantages: 20mins from alton towers, thats it
Disadvantages: Everything. Awful place, website terribly misleading

...Reading the review before mine, clearly this family had the better-side of the hotel. Do not waste your money on it. I have stayed in a few hotels while travelling, here and abroad. I wanted to take my partner away for his birthday to alton towers (i bought two-day passes) and searched online for a nice hotel to enjoy our weekend away in. I came across the North Stafford Hotel and it appeared to be quite luxurious and smart and within my price budget. We stayed 2nights for £180. On arrival we found the hotel carpark but it was fee-payable, the receptionist explained that did not apply to us but that whenever we wanted to go out we would have to get her to credit our pass for the barrier to go up (?). What a hassle! We were not told of any elevators (which we saw only once we'd reached the top floor) and had to lug our bags up 4 flights...

supersami 06.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of North Stafford Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent

Eden Lake

Advantages: Powerful horror, genuinely scary
Disadvantages: Sickening to watch

...It took me at least a week to come to a semi conclusion of how I felt about Eden Lake; it took me a few days at least to get over the initial shock and emotion felt by watching it. And I have to say that the film I am about to review is like nothing I have seen before. Eden Lake, is an English film directed by a man called James Watkins, I had never heard of the film nor the director and I was not that enthusiastic about watching it, but after a day moping about alone I wanted something scary to watch and it was in the horror section of my local movie shop at a price of £4 so I thought I would give it a watch. Sometimes I just crave something to give me a bit of a scare. Horror films which are genuinely scary are few and far between and it is almost unheard of to find one which gives you more than a few jumps and actually offers...

amyloop 24.08.2009 (30.08.2009) · Read review
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Review of Eden Lake (DVD)

A Lodge on the Lake

Advantages: Fantstic service and lovely lodges
Disadvantages: You have to go home !!!

... PINE LAKE CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRe I am very lucky as I live only 20 minutes away from this lovely location in my native county of Lancashire - UK. Pine Lake is part of Diamond Resort, a leisure company of whom I am a member, so I use the facilities here a lot - my grandkids love it!! Pine Lake is a complex a series of wooden lodges by the side of Pine Lake in Carnforth, Lancashire . It is three miles from Morecambe Bay and 19 miles from Preston and very close to the beautiful Lake District. There is wonderful restaurant, an indoor pool( with spa, sauna, steam room and children's pool) , games room with arcade type games, table tennis, pool and air hockey, tennis court, children's club, childrens indoor ( with soft play area) and outdoor play area, small shop, a health club, internet availability and a marina...

oldchem 10.06.2009 (18.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Pine Lake, Lancashire

Le Spa, a day in Paradise

Advantages: Elegant, Beautiful and very relaxing
Disadvantages: The cost of the treatments can mount quickly.

...A couple of years ago, my parents were trying to decide what to get me for my birthday, and decide to treat me to a stay at Le Spa. My friend who lives in the area and is a member of Le Spa's Gym decided to spend the day having treatments with me. I was advised to arrive at the hotel at 9am to book in for my treatments whilst having a relaxing cup of tea. During which time, my luggage would be taken to my room and the booking in forms would be delivered to me during lunch. Cool, I thought no rushing around with checking in and booking treatments before everything was fully booked. I duly arrived at 9am, and headed for the entrance. The door was locked, with a note up saying Le Spa would be open at 10am. Intriguing seen as I was told to arrive at 9am. I had a look around for another entrance or someone to ask about the mix up. There...

hammd1974 20.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Le Spa Hotel, Cirencester