Q. I'm planning a small city break in Edinburgh, but can't decide for a hotel. Has anyone got any ideas? Would be great if it was in or close to the city center and not too expensive.. but also nice enough to stay in one night..
A. From £30 per night
The Kinnaird Guesthouse is situated close to the A8, serving Edinburgh from the west including Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport.
.Facilities include
Centrally heated rooms, colour television, en-suite facilities (selected rooms) and tea and coffee making facilities. All the rooms have been decorated to provide a warm, cosy environment for you to relax in.
http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/scotland/lothian/edinburgh/accommodation/bedbreakfast/the-kinnaird-guesthouse/details/
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The Kinnaird Guesthouse is situated close to the A8, serving Edinburgh from the west including Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport.
.Facilities include
Centrally heated rooms, colour television, en-suite facilities (selected rooms) and tea and coffee making facilities. All the rooms have been decorated to provide a warm, cosy environment for you to relax in.
http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/scotland/lothian/edinburgh/accommodation/bedbreakfast/the-kinnaird-guesthouse/details/
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Q. I am spending 6 nights at a hotel in Glasgow...a friend is coming over to join me for a few of those nights. Will I get charged? Or will they even let this happen? Also, when it says a 'single standard' room...what exactly does that mean? One double bed? Twin beds? Soo confusing!
A. hotels vary a lot ... many hotels don't have rooms with only one single bed in it so anyone booking a single room will actually get a room with double or twin beds in it, but you can't guarantee this ... if you are lucky enough to get a room with beds for two and it's an impersonal sort of hotel then you might be able to sneak another person into the room ... traditionally hotels in UK charged per person so if they were to find you had another person with you then yes they would charge ... however nowadays there are some hotels that charge per room so then it wouldn't matter ... places like Travelodge, Premier Inn etc tend to charge per room
all in all it's difficult, if not impossible, to answer your question ... you'd need to say to the hotel that you were thinking of having someone join you for part of your stay and see what reaction you get
all in all it's difficult, if not impossible, to answer your question ... you'd need to say to the hotel that you were thinking of having someone join you for part of your stay and see what reaction you get
My BF and i are planning our first vacation to the UK and Ireland. What are the best websites to use to plan?
Q. Also, if you have any advice or tips we would really appreciate it! We are planning on going next year but really haven't decided on when (anytime but summer). We want to stay for at least 2 weeks. We want to visit the major cities, London, Glasgow, and Dublin. But, we also want to experience local life so we want to go to smaller cities and towns. I am a major history buff so i want to visit every place i can! Thanks!
A. Let your curiosity lose with a good search engine. What are you curious about what intrigues you? Put it into a search engine and see what comes up. Look up trip reports from other people for some ideas. Searching with "my trip to Ireland" netted me a lot of good results. Skim through to see if you like the style the person is traveling with and if you identify with them and then read about what they did. That will give a lot of good ideas. Start planning from those things or things that you find while looking at those things. When you are over there go and take a look when you see something that interests you. It is really that simple. Ask questions and just be open. The really cool stuff will often just simply not be on the net.
There are normally 3 things that you are going to need to know. 1) How you get there and get back. Which you should be able to handle. 2) Where will you stay. And 3) How will you get around once you are there. Everything else is gravy.
Points 2 and 3 can be left as tentative if you are comfortable with it. But often you will want to have those planned if you want to spend less time on the adventure of travel and more time looking around.
For where you will stay I highly recommend checking into Bed and Breakfasts instead of a hotel as often as you can. When my family took a trip to Ireland we stayed almost exclusivly at farmhouse bed and breakfasts. (http://www.ireland-bnb.com/) (http://www.bedandbreakfasts-uk.co.uk/) If you do stay in a hotel try to pick one not in a chain and part of the local color. Not all BnBs are created equal either. Sometimes it can be hard to tell but really all you are looking for is a friendly comfortable atmosphere. The only one we had a tad discomfort in was one that was a bit posh for a family with my 3 brothers and I.
If you can afford it, (and think you can drive on the wrong side of the road) renting a vehicle may be a great way to get around Ireland. It is what we did, with much successful adventure. For London you will be fine on the public transit and on foot.
If there is anything you simply Must see I suggest you do it as soon as possible to leave room for problems and to get it off your chest so you are free to take the path your feet chose for you.
Get comfortable with maps. If you are not already great at using them start learning now. Map out places that are familiar to yourself so that you can see what a street view of a map looks like. Learn about topo maps and how to do terrain association. You will be using many different maps when you travel, posted on bus stops, printed on brochures, not always from the point of view of someone who does not already know how to get there. Think of all the things that would be difficult about travel where you live if you had never been there before. The stop signs turned the wrong way. The street signs hidden in bushes. The exit ramps 500ft after the sign telling you to be in the left lane traveling at 70mph. The kinds of things that would make route finding almost imposable but that no one complains about because the locals all already know where they are going. Those things happen everywhere. You will encounter them. You need to know how to not be lost even if you don't know where you are.
Eat with the locals. Pubs, cafes, bakeries, are all great places to meet people and see the culture. Good signs for a place are when you see a lot of locals crowded there. Bad signs is when you see only tourists (tourons we call some of them) around. This may sometimes take you out of your comfort zone. If you want to stay comfortable stay home and watch tv. If you want to experience what is out there, then get out and have a look around for yourself.
Get comfortable on your feet. Start walking as much as you can. Take hikes if you can (good time to get used to maps both getting to trail heads and while hiking). The amount of time you can comfortably spend on your feet will be a significant determining factor of how much you get to see and do. And the key word there is Comfortable. It isn't much good to be able to keep going if you don't enjoy it.
I understand the drive to see as much as you can. Just be careful not to plan your trip so that you see everything out of a window. If you plan too much you will end up regretting when you can't stop and take in what you came to see in the first place. On our 2 week trip to Ireland we stayed in the south west part of the country and had more then enough to see and do for the time we had. (Dingle bay and the Cliffs of Moher are some things to look up.) When traveling to London we normally would have one or two objectives for a day and leave the rest open to change. Planning too little has never hurt in my experience so long as you leave plenty of room to maneuver, and aren't afraid to go and try things unscripted.
The most important thing you can do for yourself is realize that travel is an adventure, it is not a vacation. Get that straight in your mind before you set out and it can put you in the right frame of mind when you encounter the hardships that WILL happen to you. No amount of planning will make the airlines work like they should, or the weather cooperate, or change the layout of streets to be easy on strangers. Only a person ready to roll with what happens in every event, will be able to negotiate the obstacles with the minimum of stress and be open to the unique opportunities that WILL open if you can travel well.
There are normally 3 things that you are going to need to know. 1) How you get there and get back. Which you should be able to handle. 2) Where will you stay. And 3) How will you get around once you are there. Everything else is gravy.
Points 2 and 3 can be left as tentative if you are comfortable with it. But often you will want to have those planned if you want to spend less time on the adventure of travel and more time looking around.
For where you will stay I highly recommend checking into Bed and Breakfasts instead of a hotel as often as you can. When my family took a trip to Ireland we stayed almost exclusivly at farmhouse bed and breakfasts. (http://www.ireland-bnb.com/) (http://www.bedandbreakfasts-uk.co.uk/) If you do stay in a hotel try to pick one not in a chain and part of the local color. Not all BnBs are created equal either. Sometimes it can be hard to tell but really all you are looking for is a friendly comfortable atmosphere. The only one we had a tad discomfort in was one that was a bit posh for a family with my 3 brothers and I.
If you can afford it, (and think you can drive on the wrong side of the road) renting a vehicle may be a great way to get around Ireland. It is what we did, with much successful adventure. For London you will be fine on the public transit and on foot.
If there is anything you simply Must see I suggest you do it as soon as possible to leave room for problems and to get it off your chest so you are free to take the path your feet chose for you.
Get comfortable with maps. If you are not already great at using them start learning now. Map out places that are familiar to yourself so that you can see what a street view of a map looks like. Learn about topo maps and how to do terrain association. You will be using many different maps when you travel, posted on bus stops, printed on brochures, not always from the point of view of someone who does not already know how to get there. Think of all the things that would be difficult about travel where you live if you had never been there before. The stop signs turned the wrong way. The street signs hidden in bushes. The exit ramps 500ft after the sign telling you to be in the left lane traveling at 70mph. The kinds of things that would make route finding almost imposable but that no one complains about because the locals all already know where they are going. Those things happen everywhere. You will encounter them. You need to know how to not be lost even if you don't know where you are.
Eat with the locals. Pubs, cafes, bakeries, are all great places to meet people and see the culture. Good signs for a place are when you see a lot of locals crowded there. Bad signs is when you see only tourists (tourons we call some of them) around. This may sometimes take you out of your comfort zone. If you want to stay comfortable stay home and watch tv. If you want to experience what is out there, then get out and have a look around for yourself.
Get comfortable on your feet. Start walking as much as you can. Take hikes if you can (good time to get used to maps both getting to trail heads and while hiking). The amount of time you can comfortably spend on your feet will be a significant determining factor of how much you get to see and do. And the key word there is Comfortable. It isn't much good to be able to keep going if you don't enjoy it.
I understand the drive to see as much as you can. Just be careful not to plan your trip so that you see everything out of a window. If you plan too much you will end up regretting when you can't stop and take in what you came to see in the first place. On our 2 week trip to Ireland we stayed in the south west part of the country and had more then enough to see and do for the time we had. (Dingle bay and the Cliffs of Moher are some things to look up.) When traveling to London we normally would have one or two objectives for a day and leave the rest open to change. Planning too little has never hurt in my experience so long as you leave plenty of room to maneuver, and aren't afraid to go and try things unscripted.
The most important thing you can do for yourself is realize that travel is an adventure, it is not a vacation. Get that straight in your mind before you set out and it can put you in the right frame of mind when you encounter the hardships that WILL happen to you. No amount of planning will make the airlines work like they should, or the weather cooperate, or change the layout of streets to be easy on strangers. Only a person ready to roll with what happens in every event, will be able to negotiate the obstacles with the minimum of stress and be open to the unique opportunities that WILL open if you can travel well.
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