 Poster: A snowHead
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Just tried this website on recommendation of one of my ski buddies:
www.airporthotels4u.co.uk
Found a single hotel room on there for the night before my departure (BHX 5am check-in!) including a week's car parking for £38.50! That's a few quid cheaper than off-site airport car parking alone and an extra hour's kip!
Just thought I'd share this good news and see if anyone else can benefit.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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its not some concrete tower on the coventry road is it?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I had similar booking the Holiday Inn in Glasgow Airport, through the AA website - according to the booking, we have a triple room in the 'proper' HI, rather than the HIExpress, and for £45ish including 8 days' parking (15 days is hte same price). I think this works out a little more expensive for a week than just parking, but convenience is worth it, particularly as there is no drop-off at Glasgow anymore, so we would have had to get all bags, skis etc onto the shuttle bus.
For anyone flying from Edinburgh, I got 10 days parking in the MultiStorey opposite the terminal for about £40 in October, by booking in advance on the BAA website - again, that is only a road crossing from check-in.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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We're flying from GTW on Saturday, and 3 of us are driving. We got a hotel just outside Gatwick (a Ramada), and a weeks parking, for £69, or £23 each. Parking alone was in the region of £30-40, so it seems a pretty good deal.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It is always best to contact the hotel direct for best prices. (but not Holiday Inns)
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We stay at a small independant hotel when we fly from Gatwick - £38 for bed, breakfast, transfers to the airport and a weeks car parking. Even if we're not flying til the afternoon we use it as its as pretty cost effective for parking...
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mustdash, I think you use the same place as us, cracking breakfast!
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I am pretty sure the premier inn/travelodge/ holiday inn, which ever it is, close to stansted on the A120 runs the same scheme because at times the field next to it is full of cars parked bumper to bumper...
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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mustdash, any chance of a heads-up or are you keeping the name a secret?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My booking is at the Hilton Metropole at the NEC. It's not something I've ever considered before as single rooms are rare in these establishments so I normally get stung for a double room price. Airparks car parking worked out at £44 and is 6 miles away from the airport. It still seems an amazingly good deal to me. Not only is it nearer to the airport but I get an extra hour's kip!
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P.S. A direct enquiry on the Hilton website gives me a quote of £89!
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You know it makes sense.
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queen bodecia, we used that same website back in November when we were flying from Heathrow. A taxi from Chichester is now about £70 each way and we ended up with a room and parking for a week for about £88, which is less than airport parking and meant not quite such a crack of dawn start to the day. I think it was the Thistle hotel, which was perfectly adequate for a night, bit squashed pineapple carpeting along the corridors, but quite comfortable and the hoppa bus picked us up on time to go to T5, Think that was £4 each, each way. I know we still had to put the diesel in to get there, but it still seemed a good deal to us.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Flying from Gatwick Sunday morning at 0620 - hotel Saturday night for 4 of us plus a weeks parking comes in at £49. We have to get a taxi to the airport which comes in at a £10 for the 4 of us, but the bus back is included.
Think its pretty good, and it gives us an extra 2 hours in bed.
booked through www.parking4less.com
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Poster: A snowHead
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mustdash, ah not the same place we use the Corner House b&b, simple accomodation but warm, clean and a cracking brekkie!
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