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From: d4g4h4 on 11 Jul 2010 04:41 Ian F. <wowfabgroovy(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > "Derek F" <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote in message > news:qz2_n.6804$OU6.1323(a)newsfe20.iad... > > > One of our near sleep in the street nights was when we unknowingly > > arrived in Nice late in the evening before the Monaco Grand Prix. > > Call me old-fashioned, but I can't imagine ever, ever going anywhere without > having a reservation at somewhere to stay. > > Is it just me? I've done it both ways, but more recently we book ahead. The only problem with that is that you have less flexibility, though generally you can change the bookings I suppose... The main reason for us booking ahead is the ease of doing so now with the internet. We also try not to travel in peak times, and that makes a big difference. We did travel in Solvenia and Croatia during August a few years ago though, and just turned up at the tourist information (private companies) that were usually adjacent to bus and train stations. We were always happy with their service. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: tim.... on 11 Jul 2010 08:39 "Jack Campin - bogus address" <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:bogus-413481.21335910072010(a)news.albasani.net... >>> We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their >>> out of the way favourites. >> In the UK they are not allowed to have favourites or "non favourites" >> so they will drop subtle little hints about the rubbish places. > > They are *required* to have favourites. They simply won't provide any > information about hotels and B&Bs that haven't paid up for a listing > with them. That's not quite the same thing is it. If you have paid to be "recommended" then you are treated equally regardless of how "nice" they think a place is. tim
From: tim.... on 11 Jul 2010 08:41 "Derek F" <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote in message news:ps7_n.23560$Zi.7077(a)newsfe14.iad... > On 10/07/2010 20:00, Ian F. wrote: >> "Derek F" <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:qz2_n.6804$OU6.1323(a)newsfe20.iad... >> >>> One of our near sleep in the street nights was when we unknowingly >>> arrived in Nice late in the evening before the Monaco Grand Prix. >> >> Call me old-fashioned, but I can't imagine ever, ever going anywhere >> without having a reservation at somewhere to stay. >> >> Is it just me? >> >> Ian > We went to Eastern Sicily one February and traveled around for three weeks > by bus and train finding accommodation as we went. When we headed for the > Aeolian Islands of Vulcano and Stromboli everything was closed for the > winter. > On Vulcano we mimed sleeping to a woman in the street and she took us to > her friend who had a bungalow to rent. > On the Hydrofoil to Stromboli we fortunately met an architect who had a > beach house that he rented to us. Stromboli is going to be one of the worst places to take a chance - you were very lucky tim
From: Derek F on 11 Jul 2010 11:38 On 11/07/2010 08:29, Bob Henson wrote: > > > "Ian F." <wowfabgroovy(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:89ru9nFikdU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> "Derek F" <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:qz2_n.6804$OU6.1323(a)newsfe20.iad... >> >> > One of our near sleep in the street nights was when we unknowingly >> > arrived in Nice late in the evening before the Monaco Grand Prix. >> >> Call me old-fashioned, but I can't imagine ever, ever going anywhere >> without >> having a reservation at somewhere to stay. > > No, you are not alone. I have everything planned in detail before I go, > then I have more time to spend on enjoying where I am and what I am > doing - instead of wasting that time looking for accommodation and > worrying. Until a couple of years ago, I had never had more than one > week off at a time (try getting pharmacy locums!) so time has always > been precious to me. So has comfort and relaxation - hence scheduled > airlines and well known hotels wherever possible. > > > Regards, > > Bob > > > My trip is 'planned' before I go and I have a list of possible places to stay from the Rough Guide. We travel around the countries we go to and do not commit ourselves to lengths of stay in advance at particular places. If an area is good we may stay longer than we planned if it is not we can quickly move on. The weather is also a factor when you get there. In Turkey where there was flooding in two areas we quickly moved on. Continuous rain in the Trondheim area of Norway made us quickly move south. When in Vermont we phoned ahead to check on weather conditions for whale watching trips from Rockport MA. They had rough seas so were not going out.We used our Amtrak passes and took the train down to Philadelphia for a few days. Derek
From: Derek F on 11 Jul 2010 11:44
On 11/07/2010 13:39, tim.... wrote: > "Jack Campin - bogus address"<bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:bogus-413481.21335910072010(a)news.albasani.net... >>>> We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their >>>> out of the way favourites. >>> In the UK they are not allowed to have favourites or "non favourites" >>> so they will drop subtle little hints about the rubbish places. >> >> They are *required* to have favourites. They simply won't provide any >> information about hotels and B&Bs that haven't paid up for a listing >> with them. > > That's not quite the same thing is it. > > If you have paid to be "recommended" then you are treated equally regardless > of how "nice" they think a place is. > > tim > > The Eastbourne Tourist Office dropped a really bad hotel from their web site. The one we stayed at in Canterbury last week deserves the same fate:-) Derek |