Reading Spa Day

Advantages: Excellent Central Location, Superb Meal
Disadvantages: Limited private parking

...We used this hotel a week ago for a friend's Hen Day. She booked a Spa package through a third party provider, and it was this hotel that they sent us to. As the Renaissance is a small chain owned by Marriott Hotels, we were looking forward to a good night away. A friend and I drove to Reading which neither of us are greatly familiar with. We took the directions from the hotel website, and followed these to reach the hotel, and unfortunately found them to be pretty poor. We got lost with the directions as we found that they missed out a couple of junctions - and we were proved not to be the problem as the other group also got lost on their way to the hotel. Upon arrival, we headed for the hotel car park, only to be put off by a notice on the car park sign instructing us that we should report to reception first. We turned...

sally.jenkins 08.05.2006 (11.05.2006) · Read review
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Review of Renaissance Reading Hotel, Reading

Cracking night's sleep, by George!

Advantages: Comfortable, historic hotel
Disadvantages: Bar shuts too early!

...Thanks to the ticket touts (aka parasitic scum), I couldn't get tickets to any of the Manic Street Preachers' London gigs on their recent tour. As the Manics are a band that seem to be constantly on the verge of retirement, you don't like to miss an opportunity to see them live, so I booked the Reading concert. Over the years, I've decided my least favourite aspect of going to concerts is travelling home afterwards - ever since my sister threw up in the car somewhere in Somerset on the way back from the Newport leg of Radioheard's Big Tent Tour. So I decided to book a hotel, and I decided I wanted a NICE hotel. The George Hotel is apparently the oldest building in Reading. It's incredibly easy to find, right at the heart of the town centre, and about a ten minute walk from the train station. From the outside, it looks like some...

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Review of The George Hotel, Reading

Great Western Calcot Hotel-Adequate not Great

Advantages: convenient location,clean,comfortable
Disadvantages: expensive

...This hotel is located five minutes drive from Junction 12 of the M4 and there is a frequent bus service along the Bath Road on which it is situated to Reading town centre.It is 29 miles to Heathrow airport and there are good transport links from central Reading( 15 minutes bus ride from hotel to town centre) to Heathrow .It is possible to walk to the town centre but would be a good 40 minute trip.The hotel has access to a 9 hole golf course and offers a 24 hour staffed reception desk as well as currency exchange, dry cleaning/laundry,safety deposit boxes, a lounge bar and restaurant. It accepts major credit cards .It also hosts weddings and other family/social functions . My parents stayed at this hotel in Reading when they came to visit me so I went to look around it before we booked a room .The staff were helpful and were...

Jenner1 02.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Best Western Calcot Hotel, Reading

Ideally Located For A Reading Pub Crawl

Advantages: Nice and central, cheap price
Disadvantages: The extras are a little bit expensive

...It would seem over the last few months I've spent almost as much time staying in Hotel rooms as I have in my own flat, which can prove rather costly. One of my more recent excursions was to the Novotel in Friar Street in reading. Now being as how I only live in Basingstoke, getting a hotel for the night in Reading might seem a little bit pointless, but as it was my leaving do from work it seemed a cheaper and simpler option than trying to get home. That said, once all the little extra bits and pieces are added on it soon mounts up and what seemed like a good idea at the time, was perhaps a little too close to home to justify. As I'd decided upon the need to book myself a hotel room I paid a visit to the Novotel website where I managed to secure the room for a reasonable price. I've stayed in Novotel's quite a few times before so knew...

Andy.mack 03.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Novotel, Reading

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

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Norbreck Castle Hotel

Advantages: Out of the town
Disadvantages: Too many people!

...I'm glad that I did not get to read any of the reviews before I went to this hotel, or see the Holidays from Hell programme the night before! The hotel can be found along the seafront, about three miles from the main centre of Blackpool, heading out towards Fleetwood. It is now under the Britannia hotels group and it is easily accessible by tram and bus. We used the trams the whole time instead of me driving all the time. My husband, my two youngest children and myself went last week for a couple of nights, after finding an advert which gave a special price of £35 per person dinner bed and breakfast per night. The two children were included free of charge, including their meals. The advert did state that the hotel was ungoing a £7million pound upgrade, and that some services may not be available. This did not deter us as we...

sarah110 18.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool

Holiday Inn Reading - Great Hotel

Advantages: Spacious well equiped room, fantasic food, great service
Disadvantages: Restaurant too big for romantic meal

...point to remember if you use the hotel car park you need a token to get out, it is much easier if you remember when you check out rather that have to go back. All in all we had a thoroughly enjoyable stay at this wonderful hotel, we didn’t have the time to enjoy the swimming pool, sauna or fitness centre, and no need to use the business suite with phone, fax, internet access etc so I can’t comment on these features, but I do know that I want to go back at some time in the future. For those of you who want to know more here are the facts and figures. The hotel I have written about is: Holiday Inn Reading, Caversham Bridge, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8BD, ENGLAND. The phone number is 0118 925 9988 And Fax Number is 0118 939 1665 Directions are easy, find your own way to M4 (It is on all the maps...

pottmar 01.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of Holiday Inn, Reading

Great hotel

Advantages: lovely rooms, nice food and fab facilities
Disadvantages: none really

...of plants and flowers. The location of the hotel could not be any better, the beach is just two minutes walk from the hotel grounds and the town centre is only a 5 minute car journey away; although the parking in the centre of Bournemouth is quite difficult. Overall Impression: I was genuinely impressed with this hotel considering it's a three star. The prices are reasonable, the rooms are decent and the staff extremely helpful. Well recommend this hotel to anyone going to Bournemouth. Prices (per person): Inland Room - £45 Garden View Room - £55 Sea View - £65 Sea View + Balcony - £65+ Address: Chine Hotel, Boscombe Spa Road, Dorset, BH5 1AX Tel: 01202 396 234 Web: www.chinehotel.co.uk Thanks for reading....

beanie8844 12.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Best Western Chine Hotel, Bournemouth

hotel olsanka

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: Not so easy to access the town centre of prague.

...hotel olsanka prague Having been to prague recently and having stayed at this particular accomodation a few years ago, I was keen to give this place one final chance as I had had a really rubbish stay at this place. Similarly to my previous stay, I had notice that the Hotel seems to be advertised much cheaper on accomodation websites compared to near enough all other places to stay in prague. getting to the accomodation The details of getting to prague town centre are covered in my previous prague accomodation review, and whilst this accomodation is not as easy to get to location wise, a tram journey needed to get the accomodation from one of the central location's of prague town centre. booking process I booked this accomodation using a third party reservation booking website and paid around seventy euros...

costas1234 02.12.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Hotel Olsanka, Prague

IT MAY BE ROYAL BUT IT'S NOT FIT FOR A KING

Advantages: fantastic location, spacious bathroom, good quality food
Disadvantages: layout of bedroom, no hot water, size of meal portions,

...On a recent business trip to Reading, I was booked into the Royal County Hotel (formerly the Ship Hotel), located in Duke Street. Having not chosen the accommodation myself, I did not know what to expect and had no preconceptions about what the hotel would be like. In order to express my experience of the hotel I have scored it on a number of criteria to give you an accurate idea of my impressions. LOCATION The hotel is situated in the town centre in a little road just off the main high street. It is ideal for shopping enthusiasts with The Oracle shopping centre about a 3 minute walk away, and obviously the other shops in the high street. The Royal County hotel is about an 8 minute walk from Reading's main train station and is very easy to find if you are following directions from the train station. Equally if you are driving, it...

jellybean11 02.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Royal County Hotel, Reading