Originally Posted by
Spikes
No worries! 85euro per way seems great to me, I don't really care about saving a few as long as it's no frills, and that's exactly how many bags we will have. I assume I can arrange that at some point (a couple weeks out, or longer?) with the hotel via email.
I figure emailing the hotel a day or two prior would be sufficient regarding upgrades? I would hate to lose out on a better upgrade on site but I suppose if they had it, they'd offer it. We are definitely looking forward to the local cuisine and culture, seems like there's options aplenty for sure.
Cheers!
Yes they are helpful folks on the concierge there. I forget all the names but I am sure it was Rennis who arranged the olive farm and suggested the other options. But they were all helpful. The concierge email there is
[email protected].
Regarding upgrades, personally I'd be nurturing a relationship a lot earlier than that. But then again my wife considers that as "finding a victim"! ..... given a little email and friendly banter and a plausible story, I'd be surprised if you didn't land a nice enough upgrade....depending on your entry level of room of course.
And yes the cuisine was nice enough. Have to confess it was a corner of the world that never really grabbed me. The wife been on about going for years and when this new IC opened up, it gave the excuse and reason. For slightly odd thinking I had this image of it being knee deep in Ryan Air type Brit tourists (I can say that I am a Brit :-) ) and to some degree I believe this can be true but we saw a rather nice town, area and hotel and experience. So my jaundiced preconceptions were pleasingly proved wrong. We would return for sure.