Tea Trails cheaper alternative
I am starting to look into Xmas travel options, including Sri Lanka. Tea Trails looks great, but at 650 Euro, a bit out of budget. Also this rate is all inclusive - all meals, alcohol etc. I avoid all inclusives since frankly, we don't eat and drink that much and I'd rather pay for what I eat. Can anyone recommend a hotel with a similiar ambiance/setting/level of service?
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We looked at the Tea Trails for our upcoming trip (Feb 2013), and decided to stay at cheaper places with similar history. One that I am looking at booking is the Heritance Tea Factory (http://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/). I think there are a few places around Ella and Bandarawela which may not be as grand as the Tea Trails hotels but offer similar ambiance.
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No place will have the service, food, amenities of Tea Trails. But as albert points out, there are lots of places that are in tea country and will give you a nice experience there.
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You might take a look at Boutique Sri Lanka's website, as they have lots of hotels listed with lots of information about each place. As I remember, all of the places we looked at in Tea Country were all-inclusive.
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If you don't want all-inclusives you probably need to stay in Nuwara Eliya or Ella, but you won't get the ambiance or service of Tea Trails (based on what I read - it's WAY out of my budget). I ate lunch at Heritage, it seemed nice, but again, I would say the ambiance at Tea Trails would be better.
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i might have to rethink our dates then....this is why I never travel at Christmas! Tea trails does look lovely but I can't swallow paying that much in Sri Lanka. Thanks for the boutique Sri Lanka website tip. There are some other places that look nice as well.
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Yes, as you know, Xmas travel is expensive. I don't know what Tea Trails regular prices are now, but I expect they are significantly less than that.
We rarely use agents to book our trips, but we did use BSL to book our trip to Sri Lanka. They were excellent. |
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