Where to stay in Glasgow?
Feb 13, 2007, 9:12 am
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Where to stay in Glasgow?
going there for a week. I know of the Premier Travel Inn. Does anyone know of any other hotels (inns) like that? about 45-60 pounds per day? I looked at expedia and all those other travel sources but it's all the same hotels.
Feb 14, 2007, 12:06 pm
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you can sometimes pick up some of the holiday inns for that - it depends on the offers on the go at the moment... try www.holidayinn.co.uk and click on the offer panel in the middle of the page - holiday inn express are the cheaper equivalent of Premier Travel Inn, so worth checking those out anyway.
Other than that, www.travelodge.co.uk - very similar to premier travel inn. There's also ibis hotels - http://www.ibishotel.com which generally have the added bonus of a continental breakfast.
They are the budget chains which spring to mind for me.
Other than that, www.travelodge.co.uk - very similar to premier travel inn. There's also ibis hotels - http://www.ibishotel.com which generally have the added bonus of a continental breakfast.
They are the budget chains which spring to mind for me.
Feb 15, 2007, 6:21 am
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The comparable hotels in the UK at this level are :
Premier Travel Inn (a merger of the old Premier Lodge and Travel Inn chains)
TraveLodge
Holiday Inn Express
Ibis Hotels (Accor group)
Look at their individual websites. All have built their properties in the last 10 years, and have this budget style of accommodation.
Glasgow, despite having many other redeeming qualities, is not much of a city for interesting hotels. If your business is near the Queen Street station in the city centre you may like to stay in the centre of Edinburgh and commute daily on the train (45 minute journey, several trains per hour).
Premier Travel Inn (a merger of the old Premier Lodge and Travel Inn chains)
TraveLodge
Holiday Inn Express
Ibis Hotels (Accor group)
Look at their individual websites. All have built their properties in the last 10 years, and have this budget style of accommodation.
Glasgow, despite having many other redeeming qualities, is not much of a city for interesting hotels. If your business is near the Queen Street station in the city centre you may like to stay in the centre of Edinburgh and commute daily on the train (45 minute journey, several trains per hour).
Feb 15, 2007, 6:34 am
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Then moving up the price scale there's Malmaison (second one to open maybe?) which I think is a very innovative chain and beyond that there's 1 Devonshire Gardens which certainly when I was in Glasgow in the early 1990's was well ahead of its time.
If your business is near the Queen Street station in the city centre you may like to stay in the centre of Edinburgh and commute daily on the train (45 minute journey, several trains per hour).
Feb 15, 2007, 2:58 pm
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I think Glasgow is a great city. Places to walk and all the sorts. My problem is finding a hotel with parking that's free. I'm figuring I"d have to go a little out of Glasgow but then I jut want a place where there's still people.
thanks for everyone's help. Any other places would be greaT! I've researched some of them and they sound good!
thanks for everyone's help. Any other places would be greaT! I've researched some of them and they sound good!
Feb 15, 2007, 3:01 pm
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The City Inn's a good compromise if you want parking. Not a bad hotel, either, just a little out the centre.
That said, unless you're headed into the wilds, you've no need for a car in Glasgow.
That said, unless you're headed into the wilds, you've no need for a car in Glasgow.
Feb 16, 2007, 12:36 am
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Glasgow, despite having many other redeeming qualities, is not much of a city for interesting hotels. If your business is near the Queen Street station in the city centre you may like to stay in the centre of Edinburgh and commute daily on the train (45 minute journey, several trains per hour).
Feb 16, 2007, 1:28 am
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I would just add that having lived in Glasgow for a good while (Byres Road if you must know) and also, for longer, in Edinburgh, the journey is actually quite reasonable - after all, several thousand people commute each way daily between the two.
Glasgow can be interesting once you get to know it, the Victorian architecture is fascinating, though evenings on your own can be a bit aimless. But if you get on the bus and sit next to somebody, chances are they will tell you their life story. In Edinburgh, not so likely, but it is a real world class destination of buildings, narrow winding streets, broad planned streets, restaurants, views, and just walkability.
If you are not familiar with Scotland there is a long-standing rivalry between the two cities with some amusing stereotypes about one another. One Glaswegian told me that you "Could see the people of Edinburgh are stuck up, because they paint their buses Royal purple" - an interesting description of a plain maroon colour.
Glasgow can be interesting once you get to know it, the Victorian architecture is fascinating, though evenings on your own can be a bit aimless. But if you get on the bus and sit next to somebody, chances are they will tell you their life story. In Edinburgh, not so likely, but it is a real world class destination of buildings, narrow winding streets, broad planned streets, restaurants, views, and just walkability.
If you are not familiar with Scotland there is a long-standing rivalry between the two cities with some amusing stereotypes about one another. One Glaswegian told me that you "Could see the people of Edinburgh are stuck up, because they paint their buses Royal purple" - an interesting description of a plain maroon colour.
Feb 16, 2007, 6:25 am
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If you are not familiar with Scotland there is a long-standing rivalry between the two cities with some amusing stereotypes about one another. One Glaswegian told me that you "Could see the people of Edinburgh are stuck up, because they paint their buses Royal purple" - an interesting description of a plain maroon colour.
And this one "How many Edinbuggers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they form a self-help group called "How to cope with life in the dark".
Feb 16, 2007, 8:33 am
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