OT Joining WUN in the muttering about 2 night bookings.

Rant mode on.

All I want is one night in a hotel in Brighton so I don't have to
drive there and back in a day.

Brighton hotels want a 2 night stay.

On Friday I have belated birthday meal for madam combined with family
saying goodbye to eldest. So I can't book that as an extra night.

On Monday morning I'm in work so I can't book Sunday as the extra
night.

What's so sodding difficult about one night stays? I've been told to
ring back on Friday to check availability, I'd rather know that I have
a room. Looks like a travel lodge or similar about 20 miles out is the
answer.

<growl>

 

Someone here explained this recently. They'll only sell one night if
they can't sell two - which obviously brings them more money. As born
out by

 

http://www.a1tourism.com/uk/brighton.html

Is that any help?

 

I had the same for last weekend, trying to find something in/near
Portsmouth. An event at Goodwood had increased demand and the usual
suspects came up as fully booked if you tried a 1 night stay.

Miraculously, if you changed the tab to 2 nights several options
materialised. Fuckers.

I eventually got a room by waiting until the Friday. I either got a
cancellation or the hotel, Best Western Royal Beach hotel in Southsea[1],
released some rooms for single night stays.

[1] which seems to be a bit of a dump.

 

Goodwood Revival? Yeh, I _bet_ it "increased demand"... Rather hugely.

 

The same is true of hotels in most French ski resorts - they won't
take a weekend booking unless you ring up just a day or two in advance
and the have a spare room not booked for the entire week(Sat-Sat).
Pisses me off big-time, it does.

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Good Pub Guide --> pubs with rooms.

Sorted.

 

It would be good to catch up with you if you're in Brighton soon. Email
me removing the _REMOVE_ bit first if you've got time.

 

No, because I've no difficulty finding hotels, it's ones that will
only take a one night booking that are proving elusive.

I'll just spend Friday morning ringing.

<still growling>

 

Looks like this is the way forward. However I like being organised
damn it. My inner control freak is screaming.

If that's the one I stayed at for work last year (On the front, looks
down onto the lower road) it wasn't too bad, but I like old creaky
Victorian buildings with sash windows.

They'd had a fire in the kitchen so the restaurant was shut but they
did a decent bar meal in the back bar that you got to by walking
through a lounge straight out of Fawlty Towers.

 

I've been working through those - they'll do one night stays - but
they're full.

Not yet.

<grits teeth>

 

Have you still got my mobile number? The original plan was to see what
time I off loaded eldest and then ring sweller and go for a pint or
dozen.

However if I'm in a hotel miles away then I'l not be hanging around.

 

Sorry, I lost that with my old Ericsson T39m, when it muddled up the
names and numbers randomly.

Ok.

 

I had a quick look on hotels.co.uk and it *looks* like they are offering
rooms for a Saturday night stay only. Which is what I assume you were
after.

Oh, and if you're on Quidco, you can get a little cashback via the site,
too.

 

There's a Travelodge in Brighton only about a mile out from the centre:

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=18

I stayed there once (for 1 night), it's acceptable. Although the car park
charges, they let us park our bikes round the back for free.

Regards, Ian

 

Full, as is every other travel lodge as far as Gatwick. Ta though.

 

I'll have a look tomorrow, I don't think I can face any more trawling
websites and ringing this evening.

Noted, ta.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lady Nina

You could adopt my policy, which is to think that if they don't want my
money, then **** them. And to laugh when they whinge about how bad
business is.

I recommend it.

 

I would only I really don't want to drive there and back in a day and
it makes the logistics of seeing M this weekend a lot easier if
there's a double bed in a hotel involved.

 

Ta, but see above, I've a family party on the Friday, it's the
Saturday I need to book for and lastminute dot com also had the two
night booking thing - apparently it's standard for Brighton at
weekends.

I'll ring round Friday and sort it. It's probably good that my inner
control freak has to wait. Character building and all that.