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Title: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:19:42
Taking my daughter to her first game v saints, and too much hassle to drive back, so going to stay over. Looked at Jurys and the central holiday inn, does anyone know which is the better one? Ta v much.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: @MacPhlea on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:32:23
Cheapest is going to be Holiday Inn Express - good rooms, sensible rates and my Niece is head receptionist


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 11:43:28
The Jurys Inn is OK - Use it quite alot for functions and bit and bobs


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Chubbs on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 12:18:55
jurys have a deal at the moment, £20 a room (yes a room not pp) its subject to t+c and needs to be booked online in advance
http://www.jurysinns.com/


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: donkey on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 14:36:32
The Jurys Inn is OK - Use it quite alot for functions and tits and boobs
Go there then...


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 14:50:57
jurys have a deal at the moment, £20 a room (yes a room not pp) its subject to t+c and needs to be booked online in advance
http://www.jurysinns.com/

Still showing £79 for 18th Aug, so i might wait a bit and see if it drops ta.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:08:20
You going to be doing anything else in the evening?


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Chubbs on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:08:26
ye ive just read into more and its only the 5 new ones, including swindon, the southampton one isnt included in the offer
Still showing £79 for 18th Aug, so i might wait a bit and see if it drops ta.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Chubbs on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:08:58
you little snake!
You going to be doing anything else in the evening?


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:10:47
Erm, well depending on what you want to do then some hotels are in a better location than others.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Arriba on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:13:35
do we have a premier inn around here?
just say you had a shit nights sleep the following morning,and you will get your money back.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:18:14
You going to be doing anything else in the evening?

Watch the game, put my daughter to bed and hit the bar for an hour hopefully


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Don Rogers Shop on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:24:03
I see the McCanns taught you fuckall


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:24:50
In which case the Premier Inn or Jury's Inn are a lot closer and will be easier to get to and from the stadium, the Holiday Inn is over the other side of the city centre if it's the one I'm thinking of.

Traffic in and out of Southampton is a nightmare, especially on matchdays so getting taxis around match time may be more of a struggle.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:29:06
I see the McCanns taught you fuckall

I should have mentioned the wife will be there also . although she's normally reluctant for me to hit hotel bars late at night for some reason!


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Don Rogers Shop on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:32:42
Haha can't see why


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: herthab on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:39:39
The weekend between my bird's birthday (14th September) and my birthday (23rd September) we were planning to go to Cornwall for three nights. After looking at hotel prices (Fucking steep!) I innocently suggested a city break instead. London's been done to death, so I mentioned that Brum has changed a lot in recent years and is now a pretty good place for a short break.

We've booked 3 nights at a hotel on New Street. Train station is 5 mins away. We're playing Walsall on the Saturday. Job done.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:48:37
Why not Austria instead, we're playing 3 games that week!

I think I stayed in the Macdonald hotel in New Street, despite the almost fast food chain name it was quality.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: herthab on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:52:54
Why not Austria instead, we're playing 3 games that week!

I think I stayed in the Macdonald hotel in New Street, despite the almost fast food chain name it was quality.

A league game v 3 meaningless, pointless friendlies? No contest Si.

I think the hotel we're in is called the Britannia. She wants to go to a show while we're there. I suggested Sunday evening, not Saturday. As I will hopefully be pissed.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Doore on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 15:53:11
The weekend between my bird's birthday (14th September) and my birthday (23rd September) we were planning to go to Cornwall for three nights. After looking at hotel prices (Fucking steep!) I innocently suggested a city break instead. London's been done to death, so I mentioned that Brum has changed a lot in recent years and is now a pretty good place for a short break.

We've booked 3 nights at a hotel on New Street. Train station is 5 mins away. We're playing Walsall on the Saturday. Job done.

Impressive, but will this work?  If I tried to do this with my better (looking) half, when I said on the Saturday morning while browsing the paper "oh look, Swindon are playing Walsall, what are the chances?  It'll only take a couple of hours out of the day" she would say something along the line of "you bastard, you knew that all along, that's why you suggested coming Brum in the first place.  There's no way you are going to that game, you sad, selfish arse."

Not only would I not see the game, I'd hear about it for years on end.  As would everyone else I know.

Of course, if you can pull it off you're a better man than me.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: herthab on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 16:09:42
Impressive, but will this work?  If I tried to do this with my better (looking) half, when I said on the Saturday morning while browsing the paper "oh look, Swindon are playing Walsall, what are the chances?  It'll only take a couple of hours out of the day" she would say something along the line of "you bastard, you knew that all along, that's why you suggested coming Brum in the first place.  There's no way you are going to that game, you sad, selfish arse."

Not only would I not see the game, I'd hear about it for years on end.  As would everyone else I know.

Of course, if you can pull it off you're a better man than me.

I was pretty up front tbh. As soon as she'd bought into going to Birmingham I told her Town were playing down the road and suggested it would be the perfect time for her to do some retail therapy while I went and watched the football.

If I had tried to pretend I didn't know until we were there, I wouldn't stand a chance!


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 16:14:05
A league game v 3 meaningless, pointless friendlies? No contest Si.

I think the hotel we're in is called the Britannia. She wants to go to a show while we're there. I suggested Sunday evening, not Saturday. As I will hopefully be pissed.

Good work :)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Doore on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 16:16:43
I was pretty up front tbh. As soon as she'd bought into going to Birmingham I told her Town were playing down the road and suggested it would be the perfect time for her to do some retail therapy while I went and watched the football.

If I had tried to pretend I didn't know until we were there, I wouldn't stand a chance!

Ah, I see - good work.  Thought I was missing some kind of bainwash your lady trick that lets you go to every game.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:01:44
In which case the Premier Inn or Jury's Inn are a lot closer and will be easier to get to and from the stadium, the Holiday Inn is over the other side of the city centre if it's the one I'm thinking of.

Traffic in and out of Southampton is a nightmare, especially on matchdays so getting taxis around match time may be more of a struggle.

I believe sutton's after a hotel in Swindon, not Southampton.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:05:45
Oh, it's not very clear, especially with the Jury's Inn offer post.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: blinkpip on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:16:10
Travel Lodge is the nearest and probably the cheapest to the ground


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:20:40
Technically the new Jury's Inn is about 50 yards closer ;)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:21:45
County Ground Hotel is even closer :)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:23:53
County Ground Hotel is even closer :)

As if i'd get away with that!


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: jonny72 on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 17:34:44
I'd go with any of the main chains - whichever is the cheapest, plenty to choose from.

Talking of staying in Southampton for matches, I went down to watch them in the the UEFA cup a few years ago and stayed the night in a hotel with my bird - she'd found a decent deal in one of the expensive chains. Turned out we'd picked the same hotel as the opposition (Steau Bucharest), no good stories though as they were all well behaved before and after the match. A few of them were eyeing up my bird though, until I flexed my muscles and scared them off.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: ronnie21 on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 18:12:08
The Jurys Inn is OK - Use it quite alot for functions and bit and bobs
Christ, you got a season ticket for there then JFW?  It's only been open for two weeks!


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: girlyred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 19:35:48
Travelodge good, central and cheap when booked in advance  ::)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 19:43:10
Christ, you got a season ticket for there then JFW?  It's only been open for two weeks!

If it's only just opened it'll be nice and clean, might be able to have a poo without going home for once.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 20:47:10
I believe sutton's after a hotel in Swindon, not Southampton.

I'm glad you cleared that up....I was right confused by Si Pie's application of his noted local Soton knowledge, when I thought Sutton was talking about the fixture coming relatively soon to the CG.

Then JFW going on about using a 2 week old hotel all the time led me to think it must be Soton.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 22:20:34
I should have mentioned the wife will be there also . although she's normally reluctant for me to hit hotel bars late at night for some reason!

Can't she drive back? 70 miles?


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 22:28:50
i just got a deal at the paragon in brum for 60 quid for 2 nights for a double.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 22:30:39
i just got a deal at the paragon in brum for 60 quid for 2 nights for a double.

 ??? Only about 140 miles out.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: suttonred on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 06:38:09
Can't she drive back? 70 miles?

I'm not letting her drive my car, i'll have no clutch left by Membury!


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 08:05:41
i was refering to hertha and his weekend away.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: reeves4england on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 09:28:42
I'd go with any of the main chains - whichever is the cheapest, plenty to choose from.

Talking of staying in Southampton for matches, I went down to watch them in the the UEFA cup a few years ago and stayed the night in a hotel with my bird - she'd found a decent deal in one of the expensive chains. Turned out we'd picked the same hotel as the opposition (Steau Bucharest), no good stories though as they were all well behaved before and after the match. A few of them were eyeing up my bird though, until I flexed my muscles and scared them off.
UEFA Cup to the Paint Pot Trophy. Bit of a come down! :)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: herthab on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:02:38
i was refering to hertha and his weekend away.

88 quid for three nights mate.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: donkey on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 18:02:20
88 quid for three nights mate.

How much for just the Friday and Saturday, we could make a TEf weekend of it. :)


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: herthab on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 18:35:18
How much for just the Friday and Saturday, we could make a TEf weekend of it. :)

It's actually more for just Saturday and Sunday, as you only get 10% discount. For three nights you get 20%.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: donkey on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 18:57:09
It's actually more for just Saturday and Sunday, as you only get 10% discount. For three nights you get 20%.

Cool!  And good work on getting that weekend in Brum.


Title: Re: Hotel advice
Post by: Samdy Gray on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 13:28:10
Just booked up for the Britannia as well. £70 for two nights.

Steve, your idea of parking in the NCP at New Street might be a bit of a no go. This link suggests it will cost £605 to park from Friday to Sunday :)

http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/birmingham_new_street_station/b2/birmingham/