Southampton Hilton

Advantages: Helpful and considerate reception staff
Disadvantages: Off-hand restaurant staff.

...On the whole we enjoyed our short stay at this hotel and the reception staff were extreemly helpful and pleasant. We are Gold VIP Hilton Honours members and we enjoy the little extras that our loyalty usually brings. We are entitled to an upgrade to an executive room and can use the facilities of an Executive Lounge if the hotel has one. Southampton does not have an executive floor but the receptionist made sure we were given several extras to compensate. She sent a bottle of wine and a small box of handmade chocolates to our room along with bathrobes and bottles of water. We were impressed! The room was quite a good size and it was clean and nicely decorated, if a little dark. We didn\'t eat dinner in the hotel so I can only comment on the breakfast. There was a wide range of hot and cold choices but the scrambled egg had run...

suelr13 23.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hilton Southampton, Southampton

Southampton - A Great Day Out!

Advantages: Attractive, historic, yet modern, and the sun seems to shine more
Disadvantages: It can be a bit chilly by the water

...I was walking through one of Southampton's many parks today and had to admire it. The gardens were well tended with beautiful scented tulips growing in dedicated beds surrounded by bright yellow flowers. This garden was in the centre of a walkway (which completes a circle) and is a fine feature. I enjoyed my walk so much in the sunshine I decided to review the area. I moved to Southampton three years ago when I started University at what was then the Institute but is now Southampton Solent Universiry and initially lived in the Oceans Village area down by the docks, in my second year I moved to the student area also known as The Polygon and into an abysmal student house, before moving home to the country for my final year. I'm no lover of the city in fact I despise the noise, the small, the buildings etc etc. Southampton...

carysb 28.03.2007 · Read review
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Why should Football Clubs be special?

Advantages: tighter controls on clubs
Disadvantages: some clubs may go bankrupt

...In short yes. In this day and age of global football brands and huge television contracts football is a business. In any other business if you spend more than you have then adverse consequences happen. Be it a requirement to cut back on expenditure or to fold and go into administration. Business is about discipline and football is no exception. As a supporter of Crystal Palace FC, I've been through administration with a football club and it's not particularly pleasant. Going to a match and not knowing if it'll be the last one your club ever plays is a strange feeling. But then we paid the price for over extending ourselves. Through our then esteemed Chairman Mark Goldberg he instigated his so called 5 year plan which would see us competing as one of the biggest clubs in the country and in European competition year in year out. It...

robertocpfc 24.04.2005 · Read review
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SOUTHAMPTON....

Advantages: Lots to do.
Disadvantages: None - I still live here

...Well, what can I tell you about Southampton. I have lived here all of my 27 years of life and what can I say.... I am still here. I don't think there is anywhere else I would rather live within the UK (except perhaps Bournemouth but it is so close that it doesn't really make much difference). Shopping - There are 3 Mall type shopping areas in Southampton centre - The Marlands, The Bargate Centre and the new West Quay Development. The first two are small shopping areas with various shops. However, West Quay covers a huge area and a a massive variety of shops from cloths, shoes, jewellery, cosmetics designer shops, food shops and there is a food court so you can stop for lunch etc... There are also many other shops outside of these malls in the main centre of town and also lots of larger warehouse type shops the other side...

Lizzy1 13.03.2003 · Read review
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Liquid football!

Advantages: Depth and challenge remain, but so much simpler for the time conscious!
Disadvantages: Well, some people just don't like football - fools!

...FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 (PSP) A long time ago (1992 to be precise) in a bedroom far, far away, sat a geeky football loving goof who, when not outdoors kicking a football about (surprisingly for a geek he was also frigging awesome at football), they were sat on their Amiga 600 being wowed by either the greatest football game ever made - Sensible Soccer - or the beginnings of an otherwise humble football management simulator. Little more than a text database with no discernable graphics or sound, Championship Manager did feature an addictiveness only previously matched by the e-numbers found in a packet of Skittles. Quite simply, there was little better than looking at a bunch of numbers to determine the best starting eleven, the tactics required to utilise the eleven purposefully and identifying future transfer targets to build...

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De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton

Advantages: Fantastic rooms, friendly staff, great location
Disadvantages: some of the other guests seem to think their a bit special!

...of the main pool, it really is fantastic down there only spoilt by the rather snooty health club memebers who seem to think that because your only staying in the hotel you shouldn't be allowed down there - that said its not enough to put me off! There are also beauty rooms where you can have various beauty treatment, pricelists for these are left in your room and at the reception, i've never used any of them but they look reasonably priced and you can have everything from massages, to waxes to haircuts! The hotel also has many business suites which can be used for meetings and conferences which can hold up to 500 people. These rooms can also be used for weddings. Hotel Location and nearby attractions: The hotel has great road links and free car parking for hotel guests, it is also within 15minutes drive of rail and air connections. It is...

Bambika1984 21.10.2006 · Read review
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Southampton need to take responsibility

Advantages: The season is only just underway so anything can happen
Disadvantages: The early signs are bad and Southampton need to get their act together

...Please someone tell me what is going on at Southampton at the moment, I just don’t understand it, everything seems to be falling apart on the pitch and we seem to be involved in some playground squabble with Spurs. I don’t hate Spurs, sure Glenn Hoddle left Southampton to join them, but surely no manager/player/person can be bigger or greater than that collection of individuals and fans that form a club. If anything I wouldn’t want a manager no matter how good staying and working for a club if he did not really want to be there. Besides that, it’s over Hoddle has left, and it’s time to look forward and start building on the foundations created during his time at Southampton. Enter a certain Mr S Gray, arguably the player’s choice. There has been no real change in personnel on the field over...

Royston1 11.09.2001 · Read review
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My kind of clubbing

Advantages: Save money on something you were going to do anyway
Disadvantages: Waistline!

...Do you know what? They made it better! It's still the same price, but they now give a voucher for a free bottle of Proseco (Italian sparkler) with your membership every year when you renew (or two for a joint membership) and you can now submit a members questionnaire every quarter for a £10 voucher. This all just makes this great scheme even better! *** This is a bit of an addicts club (could have been called 'Pizza Anonymous' I suppose) but I am a big fan of it. Now in my 5th year of continuous membership, I continue to enjoy the benefits - and the pizza - and heartily recommend it. *It works like this?* Membership is £40 per annum for one person, £80 per annum for a couple. Four times a year, each member is sent a voucher, valid for the quarter, which can be used at any time in any Pizza Express restaurant in the UK...

andyk910 23.08.2007 (04.11.2009) · Read review
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The road to Southampton... #1

Advantages: Clean rooms, comfortable bed, great pub!
Disadvantages: Was having an extension built!

...My sister started Southampton University last weekend; the drive down from Liverpool to Southampton takes around 5-6 hours, so we needed a place to stay for the night close to Southampton. We ended up staying in two Travelodges and I intend to review them both, ultimately to show the huge contrast between the two. The first one we stayed in was in Eastleigh; about 5 minutes drive from Southampton. We booked online for a price of £26 per room per night which we thought was very reasonable - for £26, you wouldn't anticipate more than just a bed! We knew exactly where we were going as Travelodge had e-mailed us directions to the Travelodge from the motorway as well as directions to the centre of Southampton. The site looks like it was an old farm. One of the buildings had been converted into a nice local pub and restaurant...

nemesis2004 08.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Travelodge Southampton, Eastleigh

Southampton for teens

Advantages: Lots of shops available
Disadvantages: Needs more facilities for kids

...and under18 nights in the holidays. Here is a list of things to do in southampton for teens: Lesiure World: Cinema, Clubs for Over 18 Bargate: Sega Park WestQuay Shopping Centre: Shops, Food Outlets Guildhall: Occasionally a concert is played there Football Ground: Tucked away in rough area of St Marys The Common: Once a year there is a concert here called Power in the Park. As you can see from above there is nothing to do for kids on a regular basis, there are probably a few youth clubs scattered around but realistically ur not going to see teens from 15+ in a youth club cause you see them instead scattered around near shops or in just hanging about in the streets. The only thing i can think of which brings kids of streets and enjoying themselves is Under18 IKON which probably happens 6 times a year where approximetly 2000...

TYoung 08.06.2001 · Read review
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