Hello rec.travel.europe

Just to let you all know http://www.onepoundhotels.com/ has been
launched with many great deals on youth hostels and cheap hotels, ideal
for student travel or backpackers looking for a cheap place to stay.

Hope you find the site useful

Cheers
Geoff

x-no-archive: yes

i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)

"Bedders" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > x-no-archive: yes
    > i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
    > expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)

Agreed HI hostels are not hotels but many now have double rooms with
en-suites. And more and more are getting a bar.

Gerrit

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Bedders wrote:

    > i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
    > expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)

Never cared a damn for minibar in any hotel I've been, and never
consumed the pretty expensive stuff they put in there. Maybe used the
fridge to put MY stuff in.

I also don't care about the room having a TV set. Actually when I go on
holiday for a few weeks, part of the holiday fun is never switch on the
TV, even if available.

I'd appreciate much more hotel rooms with hair drier, or trouser press,
or eventually tea-making facilities.

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    > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Bedders wrote:
    >> i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
    >> expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)
    > Never cared a damn for minibar in any hotel I've been, and never
    > consumed the pretty expensive stuff they put in there.
Agree with that. It's more social to see the bar in the hotel.

Maybe used the
    > fridge to put MY stuff in.
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I know some friends who did so in an up-class hotel over the Octoberfest in
Munich. Actually they were PUT OUT from the hotel.
    > I also don't care about the room having a TV set. Actually when I go on
    > holiday for a few weeks, part of the holiday fun is never switch on the
    > TV, even if available.
    > I'd appreciate much more hotel rooms with hair drier, or trouser press,
    > or eventually tea-making facilities.
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:21:25 +0100, "Bedders"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >x-no-archive: yes
    >i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
    >expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)

Damn, that minibar trap sitting there, with miniscule amounts of booze
and soft drink at hugely elevated prices? You mustn't have spent much
time in hotels if you rate them!
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:35:24 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:21:25 +0100, "Bedders"
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>x-no-archive: yes
    >>i certainly wouldnt count a youth hostel as a 'hotel'. there are certain
    >>expectations (ie, comfort, privacy, and a minibar perhaps..!)
    >Damn, that minibar trap sitting there, with miniscule amounts of booze
    >and soft drink at hugely elevated prices? You mustn't have spent much
    >time in hotels if you rate them!
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First thing I do on arriving in the room is to empty the
minibar and use it as a fridge for my own drinks and food.

But these days you have to be careful. The practice of
installing minibars with internal sensors which
automatically add any item moved in the minibar to your bill
is growing.

So, part of my check-in process is to request the key to the
minibar (if required) but warn them in advance of my
intentions and that I would not be responsible for any
minibar bills.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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