Help and Suggestions Please. Holidaze's / London!

[The General]

Good afternoon all, 2 things ...

1) Me and the better half have booked up our honeymoon for July/August next year and have 2 weeks of bliss lined up in Barbados and St Lucia ... What we need to look at now is to book up a little 5 day trip straight after our wedding; something they call a "mini-moon" (basically an excuse for another holiday !!) ... Now it needs to be nice (obv) and in Europe. Open to suggestions but criteria is 1) wont to do too much - so dont worry about sightseeing 2) nice hotel / beach 3) decent local grub 4) good value for money ... You may have suggestions of a nice resort so just shout them out. Want somewhere we havent been before so that rules out Portugal & Spain. Perhaps Greece?! Monaco?! The floors open to you ...

2) Now im off from next Saturday for 2 weeks and looking into doing a late deal jobbie; that could be a whole another thread (if they exist!) but if not then we need to head into London and get a few bits done for the wedding ... any suggestions of places to stay in London which dont cost a bomb. (not easy!!) Need to stay anywhere around Oxford Street / Leicester Square / Sloane Sq station so fire away.

Hit me baby

x

:high five:

 

[Pubey]

When are you getting married?

Flying from Southend seems sensible. Maybe pick your mini-moon based on there?

 

[pickledseal]

Useful thread... We're trying to work out:

1) Where to go for our honeymoon - school holidays next year (end of July/August) - heard weather isn't great in lots of places? Want a bit of time on beaches do sweet FA but also want to see/do some stuff too.

2) Where to go for our minimoon - in Feb half term - was thinking just a few days in a nice spa hotel in UK? Don't want to have to drive too far...

 

[Mad Cyril]

Give Belchamps a call.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Mini moon.

The modern world. :nope:

 

[A Century United]

Mini moon.

The modern world. :nope:

 

[MK Shrimper]

So THAT's what's happened to Blueblood!

 

[Napster]

South of France mate. Lots of resorts which won't cost a bomb away from Nice and towards Spain, like Canet, Agde, Narbonne

Good food, relaxing ambience. Great value for money if you go before the locals (i.e. July)

 

[Napster]

ps in London - check out www.laterooms.com or www.trivago.com

 

[Davros]

With London, judging by the places you want to go to, i would suggest staying around Victoria, which is one stop on the district line from Sloane Square, and 2 stops from Oxford circus on the Victoria line, plus Victoria will probably be a little more price friendly than most other parts of central London

 

[Kent Shrimper]

your best bet for a late deal in london is lastminute Top Secret

http://www.lastminute.com/hotels-d27274-top-secret-surprise-hotels

As its the school holidays you will pay top dollar anywhere. Even the travelodge will be £100 plus

As for a Mini Moon, Dubai or Egypt

Egypt you will get a top hotel for a reasonable price and Dubai is only 7 hours away

 

[Nestudas]

Monte Carlo - a little pricey in main areas but off the beat and track some reasonable value can be found. And of course the additional benefit of what should be done on a honeymoon - you can spend plenty of time in the casinos.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

This place is decent.

http://www.columbiahotel.co.uk/

 

[The General]

When are you getting married?

Flying from Southend seems sensible. Maybe pick your mini-moon based on there?

Sun 25th May 2014. Yeah that would be ideal and flights come out soon too. But then that does rule out South of France / Greece ...

Pickled - Youve just got to be careful of the hurricane/s ... thats why we've gone for 2 of the southern islands as that tends to avoid the big hurricane's but it does rule most places out unless you wanna play russian roulette! We're going the first 2 weeks of the summer hols and flights will basically be officially out this week, so its a good time to book it up.

Nestudas - Any recommendations!?

 

[pickledseal]

Sun 25th May 2014. Yeah that would be ideal and flights come out soon too. But then that does rule out South of France / Greece ...

Pickled - Youve just got to be careful of the hurricane/s ... thats why we've gone for 2 of the southern islands as that tends to avoid the big hurricane's but it does rule most places out unless you wanna play russian roulette! We're going the first 2 weeks of the summer hols and flights will basically be officially out this week, so its a good time to book it up.

Nestudas - Any recommendations!?

Cheers buddy! Sounds sensible advice - you get so much it's hard to take in! Yes we want to decide and book soon!

 

[Nestudas]

Nestudas - Any recommendations!?

We used lowcostholidays.com for a 5 day break, flew with easyjet to Nice and then train to Monte Carlo. Its a great journey. Stayed at Port Palace Hotel which is a bit pricey but overlooks the harbour and is only 5 minutes walk from Le Casino Monte Carlo.

 

[OldBlueLady]

We had our mini-moon down in the Cotswolds last October, stayed at The Snooty Fox in Tetbury which was absolutely lovely. Congrats incidentally Kev and Emu :thumbsup:

 

[londonblue]

Good afternoon all, 2 things ...

1) Me and the better half have booked up our honeymoon for July/August next year and have 2 weeks of bliss lined up in Barbados and St Lucia ... What we need to look at now is to book up a little 5 day trip straight after our wedding; something they call a "mini-moon" (basically an excuse for another holiday !!) ... Now it needs to be nice (obv) and in Europe. Open to suggestions but criteria is 1) wont to do too much - so dont worry about sightseeing 2) nice hotel / beach 3) decent local grub 4) good value for money ... You may have suggestions of a nice resort so just shout them out. Want somewhere we havent been before so that rules out Portugal & Spain. Perhaps Greece?! Monaco?! The floors open to you ...

2) Now im off from next Saturday for 2 weeks and looking into doing a late deal jobbie; that could be a whole another thread (if they exist!) but if not then we need to head into London and get a few bits done for the wedding ... any suggestions of places to stay in London which dont cost a bomb. (not easy!!) Need to stay anywhere around Oxford Street / Leicester Square / Sloane Sq station so fire away.

Hit me baby

x

:high five:

The Langham. We had our wedding reception there. Fantastic place.

 

[Davros]

lol, just round the corner from my office, and about £300 a night i believe

 

[southend4ever]

Hi Mate,

Try www.airbnb.com

People renting out their properties, or even the case that you rent whilst they are there. Will save you a lot of money for the London accommodation. You may wish to do something similar for Europe.