Triple rooms: Where arrre youuu?
Sep 3rd, 2010, 05:25 PM
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Triple rooms: Where arrre youuu?
Three adults will be travelling the countryside of England/Scotland by car in early October.
I am having difficulty finding hotels or B&B's listings for triple rooms. If any anyone knows of a internet site that cuts quick to triple room listings, please let me ( and readers) know. I have wrestled with Trip Advisor, bookings.com, venere.com and hotels on google maps with frustration.
Is there a website with immediate listings of triple rooms by town?
I am having difficulty finding hotels or B&B's listings for triple rooms. If any anyone knows of a internet site that cuts quick to triple room listings, please let me ( and readers) know. I have wrestled with Trip Advisor, bookings.com, venere.com and hotels on google maps with frustration.
Is there a website with immediate listings of triple rooms by town?
Sep 3rd, 2010, 06:25 PM
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meant to add -- since most B&Bs are independent and don't belong to central booking sites, it is hard to find a specific criteria -- like triple room.
Often the best way to find one is to pick a town/village from a map and google it for accommodations -- something like >>Thirsk bed and breakfast<< or >>Windermere B&B<< or >>Edinburgh guest house<<
Those sorts of searches. And then look at the accommodations offered at each one. There are many regional/town/county tourism sites that you will also find this way. These lump lots of B&Bs together, but you'll have to look at each one to see their individual room set ups.
Often the best way to find one is to pick a town/village from a map and google it for accommodations -- something like >>Thirsk bed and breakfast<< or >>Windermere B&B<< or >>Edinburgh guest house<<
Those sorts of searches. And then look at the accommodations offered at each one. There are many regional/town/county tourism sites that you will also find this way. These lump lots of B&Bs together, but you'll have to look at each one to see their individual room set ups.
Sep 3rd, 2010, 06:35 PM
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What janisj said (as usual!)
That's kinda why it took so much time for me to secure 7 different B&B's, besides the one in London that I used an agency to find, because searching through the ones that crop up on such general internet searches or searching on tourism sites takes time. I did not discover a short cut or one central website when looking.
That's kinda why it took so much time for me to secure 7 different B&B's, besides the one in London that I used an agency to find, because searching through the ones that crop up on such general internet searches or searching on tourism sites takes time. I did not discover a short cut or one central website when looking.
Sep 3rd, 2010, 07:05 PM
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janisj and texasbookworm... guess the 'n' hours spent to find one night's lodging on the road outside of London will be multiplied by a factor of 14. I'll need a week's holidays to set up accommodations for the two weeks+ in England/Scotland. Thank for your direction.
Sep 3rd, 2010, 07:33 PM
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If you tell us what sort of route you are considering (So far Bath > Cotswolds > then ??)
We can give you some recommendations/hints.
Also -- you can always check Tripadvisor -- but don't let reviews/lack there of bother you too much
TA is great for some things -- but for tiny B&Bs in rural UK not so much. Where a small hotel might have 4,000-5,000 visitors in a year, a 2-room B&B will be lucky to have 200-300 people staying during a year - and maybe 2-3% of those even know TA exists.
We can give you some recommendations/hints.
Also -- you can always check Tripadvisor -- but don't let reviews/lack there of bother you too much
TA is great for some things -- but for tiny B&Bs in rural UK not so much. Where a small hotel might have 4,000-5,000 visitors in a year, a 2-room B&B will be lucky to have 200-300 people staying during a year - and maybe 2-3% of those even know TA exists.
Sep 3rd, 2010, 11:37 PM
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Almost any town you would want to visit in the UK will have some sort of local tourist authority which will be delighted to book rooms for you for a small fee, provided that you don't leave it until 5 PM. Another good source of places to stay is recommendations at one B&B for another. These are often worth changing your route/plans for. So unless you are traveling at the height of the tourist season, an obsession with advance reservations is usually unnecessary.
That said, follow the advice above about "family" rooms but be prepared to pay as much as for people in separate rooms. Many places in the UK and Europe charge by the person, rather than by the room as we do in North America, and that usually includes paying for children, something of a shock if you are used to traveling here.
That said, follow the advice above about "family" rooms but be prepared to pay as much as for people in separate rooms. Many places in the UK and Europe charge by the person, rather than by the room as we do in North America, and that usually includes paying for children, something of a shock if you are used to traveling here.
Sep 4th, 2010, 06:14 AM
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janisj...I will be looking for opinion when I post the towns in a couple of days under "Joining Dots in UK" or something. Hope you are on this site at that time.
Ackislander...we will be touring in the first half of October 2010. Is that the "height of tourist season"? Will there be a large number of peak fall colour tourists at the time?
GoAway...we will be changing beds 88% of the time. Somewhat like texasbookworm's latest trip report, we will be doing a "teaser tour": as in filing our plate with buffet samples and then returning someday to feast on the favourite(s).
Ackislander...we will be touring in the first half of October 2010. Is that the "height of tourist season"? Will there be a large number of peak fall colour tourists at the time?
GoAway...we will be changing beds 88% of the time. Somewhat like texasbookworm's latest trip report, we will be doing a "teaser tour": as in filing our plate with buffet samples and then returning someday to feast on the favourite(s).
