Guest Post: Guide to Renting a Self Catering Cottage in Britain and in England
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Jane – who owns the fabulous Updown Cottage which we had the pleasure to stay in last November. Since she’s an expert on everything self-catering – I...
View ArticleNew Hi-tech Hotel in London Opens in April
The newly renovated Eccleston Square Hotel plans to become London’s most high-tech hotel when it opens in April.Architects Woods Bagot have designed bedroom interiors with 46-in (117-cm) 3D LED TVs, HD...
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Days Out: Family Fun in Portsmouth England – HMS Victory And More!
If you’re planning on visiting Portsmouth with children, you needn’t worry about being stuck for family-friendly activities. There are lots of things to do in Portsmouth with kids, and plenty of family...
View ArticleRoyal Wedding: Stay at the London Hyatt Regency in Style with Special Packages
The Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill is offering two packages for Royalists wanting to celebrate the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton on 29 April.The Royal Opulence package offers...
View ArticleEngland’s Top 10 Quirkiest Hotels
England is a wonderful place to go for a visit. It has some of the most beautiful countryside in all of Europe, as well as some great historical sites to explore. One of the best things about visiting...
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Devon and Dorset – Cliffs, Cream Teas and Cheetahs
Devon, located in southwest England, is the ideal holiday destination for anyone who wants to escape from hectic city life and experience English country living for a couple of weeks. That doesn’t mean...
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Royal Wedding: Take a Peek at Kate Middleton’s Pre-wedding Hotel
The hotel I’ll be staying in while in town for the Royal Wedding it not quite as nice as this place…Kate Middleton is spending the night before her wedding at the 5* Goring Hotel. £150k has reportedly...
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Royal Wedding Trip Diaries: Hotel Review – The Cavendish London Hotel
After I booked my tickets with British Airways for my Royal Wedding trip, the next task to deal with was finding the right place to stay in London.Usually, I’m after the cheapest place to stay, but in...
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Liverpool Gets New Luxury Hotel
A new 5-star ‘boutique’ hotel opens in Liverpool later this year, in three restored 1920s buildings in the centre of the city.The Layla hotel will have 84 bedrooms including Junior Suites and a Grand...
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Video: Check out this crazy awesome Hobbit House in Montana
This. Is. Awesome.Hobbit House – In a remote valley in Northwest Montana visitors will find the Hobbit House of Montana. More than a bed to sleep in and a stove to cook on, the Hobbit House of Montana...
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A Georgian pub rises from the ashes in Wiltshire
A traditional country pub and hotel has reopened after suffering a serious fire last summer. The Beckford Arms, a Georgian coaching inn on the edge of the Fonthill Estate in Wiltshire, has undergone a...
View ArticleA Look at Bristol’s new boutique hotel
A Georgian merchant’s house in the Clifton area of Bristol has opened as a boutique hotel with 10 bedrooms and a rooftop terrace.Number Thirty Eight Clifton has nine double bedrooms and one twin room....
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London 2012: Swap a home for the Olympics Instead of Staying in a Hotel
Home Base Holidays is advising visitors planning to come to Britain for the London 2012 Games, and who don’t want to pay for accommodation, to start holiday planning soon. The company has been helping...
View ArticleNew Garden Bedrooms at Stoke Place in Buckinghamshire
The English country house hotel Stoke Place has opened 10 new garden bedrooms. Each of them has one wall of glass with views of the walled garden. The William and Mary style house was built as a family...
View ArticleA new look for Manchester’s Portland Hotel
The £3-million restoration of the Portland hotel by Thistle in Manchester is scheduled to be finished this November. The refurbishment gives the 3-star hotel 204 new-look bedrooms with air conditioning...
View ArticleNew Budget Hotel for Newcastle
Sleeperz Hotels is planning to open a hotel in Newcastle in December. This will be the company’s second UK hotel.The 98-bedroom, six-storey hotel will be on the site of a former parcel works and is...
View ArticleStay at your very own Downton Abbey with Oliver’s Travels
Planning a trip to the UK? Have you got your hotel sorted or are you looking for a different type of experience? With the British Isles brimming full of history it would be a shame not to consider a...
View ArticleSoon You’ll Be Able to Spend the Night at Legoland Windsor
The popular family theme park of Legoland Windsor is to open its own hotel in March. The child-friendly Legoland Windsor Resort Hotel in Berkshire will have three types of themed bedrooms: pirate,...
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This is Awesome: Rooms to rent in an ancient castle in Durham
The 11th-century Durham Castle is benefitting from a £5-million refurbishment – and now offers holiday accommodation within its ancient walls.The UNESCO World Heritage Site in north-east England is...
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Stately Escapes: Great Places to Stay in 2012 for All Britain Has to Offer
Great Britain is likely to be a tourism hotspot this year and there is plenty to shout about, what with the upcoming 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and also the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. You may have...
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Cool Places to Stay: Old Shepherd’s Huts in Hampshire – Back to nature in...
A new holiday site in an ancient bluebell wood opens this summer offering accommodation in replica shepherd’s huts.Wriggly Tin Shepherd’s Huts in the South Downs in Hampshire offers visitors the...
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How to Live Like a Royal During the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics Summer in...
The main Diamond Jubilee celebrations are just around the corner, as Britain prepares for four-day long festivities from 2-5 June to mark the impressive 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. Whether...
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Cromer – A quintessentially British seaside town
It’s hard to think of anything more quintessentially British than going to the seaside with a bucket and spade and eating fish and chips on the pier. The East of England has become even more popular in...
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Guest Post: Stately Escapes: Great Holiday Homes for Enjoying the Great Outdoors
The UK offers several attractive holiday destinations for those who like their getaways with more than a touch of thrill and adventure. Stately Escapes is dedicated to offering holidaymakers the very...
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UK Travel 101: How to Behave in a British Bed and Breakfast – Yes, This Means...
One of the best travel experiences you can have as you explore Great Britain is to stay in a Bed & Breakfast. B&B’s are usually small, family run affairs where you can get a nice room for the...
View ArticleGuest Feature: Family travel ideas for an autumn break in Britain
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest article from our advertiser, Stately Escapes.Taking the kids away on an autumn break can be the ideal way to really explore the countryside, the luxury cottage...
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Guest Feature: Three free things to do in the UK this Fall and Winter
Thousands of years of British history have left us with a fantastic legacy of festivals and museums, and best of all, a lot of them are free. Wherever you’re heading away on holiday this year, you’re...
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UK Travel 101: How to Behave in a British Self Catering Cottage or Flat
Months back we wrote an article on how to behave in a British Bed and Breakfast and it generated a great debate on some guest decorum. So, we thought we’d expand into covering some tips for how to...
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Great British Houses: Berkeley Castle – A Medieval Gothic Castle Famed For...
For anyone who still remembers their English History lessons, Berkeley Castle is a place of horror; a medieval gothic castle famed for being the setting of the grisly murder of Edward II and home to...
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Great British Houses: Luton Hoo – The Great House Turned Hotel
Luton Hoo mansion house has been re-built and re-modelled by some of the finest architects to work in England. The house has seen visits from royalty such as Queen Mary, Edward VII and Queen Elizabeth...
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Guest Feature: The Rise of the British Staycation
British people are 16% less likely to travel abroad than they were prior to the recession according to statistics which have recently been released by Visit England. This has led to a notable rise in...
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Travels in Britain: Where We Stayed On Our Recent Trip to the Midlands and...
We always like to post about where we stayed on our travels. This acts as a review of the places so people can reference later on for their own trips. We stayed at three different places, in three very...
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Anglotopia Goes to the Royal Wedding: Review of the Lovely Flat I Stayed In –...
When the date for Harry and Meghan’s Wedding (still getting used to writing them as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex) was announced, I immediately booked my plane ticket but wasn’t fast enough for a...
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Top 10 Britain: Royal Oak’s Top Ten National Trust Self-Catering Cottage...
Most people who have lived in Britain or visited are familiar with the National Trust, and yet many don’t know that the National Trust owns hundreds of hotels, cottages, and other types of...
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