The Paddy Burt Collection
of places to stay
HOMEPAGE FOR 09 MARCH - 09 Mar 2010
THREE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
The hotel trade has for some time been offering ‘a third night, bed and breakfast, free’ when someone has booked two nights at the ‘dinner, bed and breakfast’ rate.
We wrote about this last week; initially, we couldn’t quite see what value this was to potential guests. When the penny dropped, it was obvious that it was a way of turning a couple of days away from home into a longer, more worthwhile break.
Drive to your chosen hotel after work, stop for a meal in a motorway service area, go to a convenient pub for a sandwich or, if your hotel serves bar food, have something when you get there. You will enjoy dinner on the next two nights much more after an enjoyable day out somewhere and the opportunity to shower and change before relaxing in the bar with a drink.
We have made a selection of places offering this deal in the ‘Hotel News’ section, below.
MORE ABOUT MUSIC
‘Pipedown seem to tar everyone with the same brush and use sweeping generalisation’ says one hotelier.
So who are all these people who support Pipedown? The opinions so far have been very much in favour of some sort of background music.
Perhaps both sides should give a bit more thought to what sort of music they have in mind. Have a look at the selection of opinions so far. Please let us know what you think.
ANOTHER NEW PLACE
We have another new hotel for you this week. The Bear at Hungerford, when Paddy and her husband got there, was not quite what he expected.
Brockencote Hall in Worcestershire
Glewstone Court, Ross on Wye
The Bear Hotel, Hungerford
Hempstead House, Sittingbourne
A BARGAIN IN THE FOREST
Last minute rates for Fri and Sat 12 and 13 March
Celebrate the arrival of spring this weekend at the Tudor Farmhouse, in the Forest of Dean. rooms for just £90 B&B or two nights for £150. Make sure you book a place in the restaurant; they get busy.
Foraging Day – Saturday 21March
Blow away the cobwebs with a guided walk through the local woodlands. It is Spring Foraging day on the 21March guided by Raoul van Den Broucke. There's a set lunch menu featuring wild local foods afterwards.
£25 per head (foraging trip only).
£40 per head including foraging and 3 course lunch.
Easter Get Away Break
Unwind this Easter weekend (02 and 03 April) from just £300. Stay in one of our well-appointed rooms; dinner both nights. Also included:
• hamper of local goodies.
• glass of prosecco before dinner.
• complimentary newspaper and full English breakfast.
From £300 for two.
BATH AT ITS BEST
Tasburgh House, in Bath tell us they have now refurbished several of their rooms and finished all the redecoration work.Until Easter, they have some midweek vacancies and are offering three nights for the price of two.
BEAR WITH US WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT IT
Paddy began her original report of The Bear, in Hungerford with a glimpse behind the scenes of the Burt household.
"Why have you booked this place?" raves my husband. "It's obvious from their letter that this is a faceless business hotel staffed by obsequious uniformed flunkies holding out their hands for tips."
Read the whole of her review and the reviews by The Hotel Guru in the Sunday Telegraph
and Sally Shalam in The Guardian to find out the truth about The Bear.
AVOID THE AIRPORT SCRUMS AND THE INFLATED PRICES ABROAD
At Glewstone Court, Ross on Wye, you can kiss goodbye to winter with a relaxed break in the wondrous unspoilt countryside of Herefordshire and the Marches. The snowdrops are out and the daffodils and crocuses are peeping through in the garden. Stay for three nights Dinner, B&B and get 3rd night B&B free. From £390 for two.
LAST MINUTE VACANCY
Stay at Combe House in Devon on Friday 12 & Saturday 13 March - and Sunday 14 will be on the house. The sun is shining at last so be spontaneous this weekend, hop in the car and drive to glorious Devon.
EASTER; A MOVEABLE FEAST
Stay any two nights at Brockencote Hall, in Worcestershire, between 01 and 11 April on a dinner bed and breakfast basis and bed and breakfast the third night free. Easter eggs included and an Easter egg hunt in the grounds on Easter Sunday.
From £398 for a double room and, the children can stay free if they share the parents’ room.
They will even throw in a couple of adult tickets to the West Midlands Safari Park if you mention this website.
SPRING FEVER IN THE NEW FOREST
The sun is shining and the birds are starting to chirp in the New Forest and so, to celebrate the arrival of Spring, at Hotel TerraVina, they have created this extra special midweek offer. Between 8 March to 30 April, any night, Monday to Thursday, it will cost as little as £175 for two.
And to celebrate the fact that Spring has sprung, they will give you a glass of champagne before dinner.
ARCHIVED EDITORIALS
HOMEPAGE 02 MARCH
HOMEPAGE 23 FEBRUARY
HOMEPAGE 16 FEBRUARY
SEEING STARS
HOMEPAGE 02 FEBRUARY
HOMEPAGE 26 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 19 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE FOR 12 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 06 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 15 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 08 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 01 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 24 NOVEMBER
HOMEPAGE 17 NOVEMBER
HOMEPAGE 10 NOVEMBER
KEYWORDS AND GRATUITIES 03 November
Robin Day, gratuities, Christmas, New Year
Ludo Kennedy, breakfast, gratuities
Gratuities, Christmas , New Year, breakfast
New Year, Christmas, gratuities
SPECIAL OFFERS
WHERE TO STAY FOR CHRISTMAS 2009
TOP NEW YEAR GETWAWAYS 2009/2010
THE UK'S BEST AUTUMN GETAWAYS
About our Christmas guide
Time to get festive
Hotel hates
If Muzak be the food of love...
Lionel Blair, festive thoughts, hotel hates
Robin Hutson, 2 new hotels, books
WALES ON FILM
POSH NOSH OR NOT?
THE MENU DEBATE
OFF-PISTE STOP OFFS EN ROUTE
BOOKEXCHANGE
IS THE QUALITY OF RESTAURANT MEALS TOO HIGH?
THE WORST HOTEL… EVER?
MUNDEN HOUSE
DOG BUTLERS?
SPOTLIGHT ON... MUNDEN HOUSE
ROOM SERVICE GONE MAD
SPOTLIGHT ON.. ORLES BARN
MEET OUR NEW BEST OF BRITAIN SECTION
FACE TO FACE WITH PADDY
HOW GREEN IS YOUR WEDDING?
WHO PAYS FOR THAT FIRST ROMANTIC GETAWAY?
January 2009
December 2008
THE GREAT BRITISH BREAKFAST
CELEBRATE ST VALENTINE IN STYLE
GRATUITIES, YES OR NO?
Combe House Press Info
IF MUSIC IS THE FOOD OF LOVE...
THREE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
The hotel trade has for some time been offering ‘a third night, bed and breakfast, free’ when someone has booked two nights at the ‘dinner, bed and breakfast’ rate.
We wrote about this last week; initially, we couldn’t quite see what value this was to potential guests. When the penny dropped, it was obvious that it was a way of turning a couple of days away from home into a longer, more worthwhile break.
Drive to your chosen hotel after work, stop for a meal in a motorway service area, go to a convenient pub for a sandwich or, if your hotel serves bar food, have something when you get there. You will enjoy dinner on the next two nights much more after an enjoyable day out somewhere and the opportunity to shower and change before relaxing in the bar with a drink.
We have made a selection of places offering this deal in the ‘Hotel News’ section, below.
MORE ABOUT MUSIC
‘Pipedown seem to tar everyone with the same brush and use sweeping generalisation’ says one hotelier.
So who are all these people who support Pipedown? The opinions so far have been very much in favour of some sort of background music.
Perhaps both sides should give a bit more thought to what sort of music they have in mind. Have a look at the selection of opinions so far. Please let us know what you think.
ANOTHER NEW PLACE
We have another new hotel for you this week. The Bear at Hungerford, when Paddy and her husband got there, was not quite what he expected.
HOTEL NEWS AND LATEST OFFERS
THREE FOR TWO OFFERS
Brockencote Hall in Worcestershire
Glewstone Court, Ross on Wye
The Bear Hotel, Hungerford
Hempstead House, Sittingbourne
A BARGAIN IN THE FOREST
Last minute rates for Fri and Sat 12 and 13 March
Celebrate the arrival of spring this weekend at the Tudor Farmhouse, in the Forest of Dean. rooms for just £90 B&B or two nights for £150. Make sure you book a place in the restaurant; they get busy.
Foraging Day – Saturday 21March
Blow away the cobwebs with a guided walk through the local woodlands. It is Spring Foraging day on the 21March guided by Raoul van Den Broucke. There's a set lunch menu featuring wild local foods afterwards.
£25 per head (foraging trip only).
£40 per head including foraging and 3 course lunch.
Easter Get Away Break
Unwind this Easter weekend (02 and 03 April) from just £300. Stay in one of our well-appointed rooms; dinner both nights. Also included:
• hamper of local goodies.
• glass of prosecco before dinner.
• complimentary newspaper and full English breakfast.
From £300 for two.
BATH AT ITS BEST
Tasburgh House, in Bath tell us they have now refurbished several of their rooms and finished all the redecoration work.Until Easter, they have some midweek vacancies and are offering three nights for the price of two.
BEAR WITH US WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT IT
Paddy began her original report of The Bear, in Hungerford with a glimpse behind the scenes of the Burt household.
"Why have you booked this place?" raves my husband. "It's obvious from their letter that this is a faceless business hotel staffed by obsequious uniformed flunkies holding out their hands for tips."
Read the whole of her review and the reviews by The Hotel Guru in the Sunday Telegraph
and Sally Shalam in The Guardian to find out the truth about The Bear.
AVOID THE AIRPORT SCRUMS AND THE INFLATED PRICES ABROAD
At Glewstone Court, Ross on Wye, you can kiss goodbye to winter with a relaxed break in the wondrous unspoilt countryside of Herefordshire and the Marches. The snowdrops are out and the daffodils and crocuses are peeping through in the garden. Stay for three nights Dinner, B&B and get 3rd night B&B free. From £390 for two.
LAST MINUTE VACANCY
Stay at Combe House in Devon on Friday 12 & Saturday 13 March - and Sunday 14 will be on the house. The sun is shining at last so be spontaneous this weekend, hop in the car and drive to glorious Devon.
EASTER; A MOVEABLE FEAST
Stay any two nights at Brockencote Hall, in Worcestershire, between 01 and 11 April on a dinner bed and breakfast basis and bed and breakfast the third night free. Easter eggs included and an Easter egg hunt in the grounds on Easter Sunday.
From £398 for a double room and, the children can stay free if they share the parents’ room.
They will even throw in a couple of adult tickets to the West Midlands Safari Park if you mention this website.
SPRING FEVER IN THE NEW FOREST
The sun is shining and the birds are starting to chirp in the New Forest and so, to celebrate the arrival of Spring, at Hotel TerraVina, they have created this extra special midweek offer. Between 8 March to 30 April, any night, Monday to Thursday, it will cost as little as £175 for two.
And to celebrate the fact that Spring has sprung, they will give you a glass of champagne before dinner.
ARCHIVED EDITORIALS
HOMEPAGE 02 MARCH
HOMEPAGE 23 FEBRUARY
HOMEPAGE 16 FEBRUARY
SEEING STARS
HOMEPAGE 02 FEBRUARY
HOMEPAGE 26 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 19 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE FOR 12 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 06 JANUARY
HOMEPAGE 15 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 08 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 01 DECEMBER
HOMEPAGE 24 NOVEMBER
HOMEPAGE 17 NOVEMBER
HOMEPAGE 10 NOVEMBER
KEYWORDS AND GRATUITIES 03 November
Robin Day, gratuities, Christmas, New Year
Ludo Kennedy, breakfast, gratuities
Gratuities, Christmas , New Year, breakfast
New Year, Christmas, gratuities
SPECIAL OFFERS
WHERE TO STAY FOR CHRISTMAS 2009
TOP NEW YEAR GETWAWAYS 2009/2010
THE UK'S BEST AUTUMN GETAWAYS
About our Christmas guide
Time to get festive
Hotel hates
If Muzak be the food of love...
Lionel Blair, festive thoughts, hotel hates
Robin Hutson, 2 new hotels, books
WALES ON FILM
POSH NOSH OR NOT?
THE MENU DEBATE
OFF-PISTE STOP OFFS EN ROUTE
BOOKEXCHANGE
IS THE QUALITY OF RESTAURANT MEALS TOO HIGH?
THE WORST HOTEL… EVER?
MUNDEN HOUSE
DOG BUTLERS?
SPOTLIGHT ON... MUNDEN HOUSE
ROOM SERVICE GONE MAD
SPOTLIGHT ON.. ORLES BARN
MEET OUR NEW BEST OF BRITAIN SECTION
FACE TO FACE WITH PADDY
HOW GREEN IS YOUR WEDDING?
WHO PAYS FOR THAT FIRST ROMANTIC GETAWAY?
January 2009
December 2008
THE GREAT BRITISH BREAKFAST
CELEBRATE ST VALENTINE IN STYLE
GRATUITIES, YES OR NO?
Combe House Press Info
IF MUSIC IS THE FOOD OF LOVE...
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