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Thanks! Are snacks laid out throughout the day? And is the coffee ok quality?

Looking forward to the trip:)

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Thanks! We’ll mostly be eating at the resort, so any recommendations for places doing more traditional Tenerife dishes for lunch would be good 🙂

Hopefully we’re also lucky with the wildlife we see!

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Not been to the city for ages, but Isted Grill did a fantastic pork sandwich. Really fantastic, and very reasonably priced by Copenhagen standards.

It’s a short walk from a Mikeller pub. Great beer (though expensive).

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The Radisson Collection Edinburgh was very nice, but been closed for refurbishment for so long that I don’t know what’s going on 🙁

The Radisson Red in Madrid was a stylish, modern hotel when I stayed a couple of years ago. Decent location, too. Not a ‘destination’ hotel in itself, but would happily stay again if visiting Madrid.

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Cadiz? Less than 2hr train ride from Seville, lots of nice and affordable rental flats in the city centre, usually good weather, and lots of high quality and affordable places to eat out and to drink (lots of great fish and seafood, and sherry). It’s a lovely historic city, too.

You’ll find cheaper options if you head further east in Europe or go long haul. Cadiz could be a fun option, though.

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Name: Radisson Blu Royal
City: Dublin
VIP Acknowledged at check in? Yes
Upgraded? Yes, Standard room to a big junior suite with balcony
Lounge Access: no lounge
Welcome gift: a fruit bowl
Breakfast: very good. Good made to order pancakes and omelettes. Warm pastries. Nice overnight oats. Cooked breakfast selection mostly decent. Nice room to eat it in, and not overcrowded.
Late Check out: 3pm granted no problem
Comments:
– lovely spa with hydrotherapy pool, but charges 20 euros per person per visit if booked at same time as room. Worth at least one visit in my opinion!
– excellent location. Central, but the streets by the hotel are quiet.
– room would have felt very luxurious (very big, lots of marble, includes a balcony) but there were maintenance issues. Air con wasn’t working well, one of three sinks didn’t work.
– staff keen to be helpful, but not always the most organised. Several issues with billing, which still may not have been resolved (not major – I might end up charged 30 euros more than expected – but frustrating).
– comfy bed, good linen.
– I’d go back if it wasn’t due to be hot (most of the time in Dublin!) With discount booster the room ended up costing about the same as a sub-20 square meter room in many other central 4* places, so was excellent value. Overall, was a v nice place to stay.

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I think there was a free mini bar in the junior suite. Unexciting contents, though – a few soft drinks/mixers and few macro beers and mini spirits. Handy if you’re wanting a quick drink in the room – and nothing to complain about given the price! – but nothing to write home about

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Any recent experience at the Radisson Blu Royal Dublin?

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bthere79 wrote:

TomNI wrote:

Any experience recently in the Radisson RED Madrid?

stayed there one night earlier this year, booked the cheapest room and got upgraded to a suite

hotel, room and breakfast were all very very good, i’d definitely stay again

Stayed there when I had premium status – wasn’t expecting and didn’t get an upgrade, but agree it’s a nice hotel

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Thanks! Booked for the Blu

Radisson Blu Glasgow was very good – thanks. Got upgraded from a standard room to a junior suite (a little small for a junior suite, but very nice). Got free breakfast and some chocolate dipped strawberries, and 2pm checkout. Room service breakfast was pretty good quality – excellent cheese, and you can order off menu things like eggs Benedict and pancakes. Service was good throughout. On the downside, no lounge (AFAIK) and pool was out of order. I’d be very happy going back, but would compare prices with the Glasgow voco and indigo.

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Thanks!

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Thanks! Booked for the Blu

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Any recommendations for the Glasgow Blu or Red hotels as VIP? The Red is cheaper, but location less convenient – so by the time I’ve paid for the odd taxi I’ll have spent about the same

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La Sanabresa does very good, mostly fairly simple/traditional, meat and fish for very reasonable prices. The lunch menu at the restaurant in Reine Sofia museum was quite nice when I went, too, and not too much of a premium for the location (may be a touch more fussy than you’re looking for, but convenient location if you’re looking round the museum and the food and price were way better than I expected).

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Thanks again for all the suggestions. Realised we’d booked for about the most expensive weekend of July! We’ll change to head out at a somewhat cheaper time, where these suggestions should all be an option (and Hotel Maria won’t be massively over budget)

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Zinema7 looks decent and in budget – thanks 🙂 The One Shot hotel also looks decent and a similar price – is that a bit more central?

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Thanks. @strickers The Social Hub is way out of the centre?

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Thanks! The Zenith looks nice, but is sold out 🙁 Hotel Maria looks lovely, but is £2k/night!

How nice is Hotel Atari? It’s £350/night during our stay, which is stretching the budget

Ended up with a cancellable booking at The Social Hub. Looks ok and has pool for £200/night. Will try to find more central and a bit more upscale if possible, though – other suggestions are welcome:)

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Thanks – yeah, decided to go for the extra night in the RC. Will let you know how I get on @bobthebuilder. It looks like restaurants sometimes book out in the resort, so probably makes sense to book some meals in advance if you haven’t already

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NorthernLass wrote:

It was the DT Tower of London, sorry it wasn’t meant to be secret! The breakfast buffet both in the restaurant and lounge had a decent selection of fresh fruit and yoghurt as well as cooked items and cereal. The mushrooms were really good – cooked with parsley or something similar and not tinned. The nice wholegrain breads were only in the restaurant, though, but you could probably grab a few slices and take them into the lounge (next door) if you wanted.

There was actually no sign of the bar credit so you might need to chase it up – we didn’t want any more drinks so didn’t bother. It was per room.

We’re already committed to ICPL in May but would stay at the DT in future.

Thanks!

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Going back on topic, I’ve now been downgraded to platinum. Will see whether I miss diamond – suspect I won’t miss it that much!

Joining in the breakfast chat, that’s one thing I like about hotel stays in Sweden. Places tend to offer tasty and healthy options – last stay was at Elite Hotel Adlon (nice, but not super-luxurious or anything) and the buffet included good wholegrain bread, a couple of types of oily fish, decent eggs, lots of veg, fruit and yoghurt…along with sweet options.

Going even more off-topic, I wonder if places buying in vac packed poached eggs will improve or worsen quality. I use a sous vide machine to poach eggs at home when I’ve got time – with good eggs, I prefer the results to doing it the old fashioned way, and it’s harder to mess up.

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NorthernLass wrote:

Well I’m at a London Hilton tonight and definitely feeling the love. Booked 3 rooms for me and two girl pals, all of us given lounge access (or breakfast in the restaurant if we prefer), a cocktail voucher each, rooms were all ready at 1pm and I got an email and text welcoming me as HH gold. And what I think is brilliant is that you get a £10 bar credit if you forego housekeeping, which is miles better than 500 IHG points!

When you’ve left, could you share what the Hilton is? That’s good treatment for gold, and I’ve got some Hilton points to burn…

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Thanks! Sounds like it’s a choice between the premier Inn and an Airbnb then.

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Thanks. Also don’t know if hotels get commission, targets or something

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I might just be unlucky, but the couple of times I asked about buying Ambassador at the hotel they offered me nothing extra. Do people directly ask about perks for renewing at the hotel if they aren’t volunteered?