Low cost travel & mid price hotel = impossible?

relic

Me and my partner are looking to take a break next month, specifically around the 21-24 April time. We would prefer a 3 day stay starting on the thursday.

I've been looking around various areas, and found a nice place in Bristol that offered 3 for 2, so 3 nights stay in a 4* hotel for £140. Sounded good till we went to look a train prices, £192 for both of us. Even national express was £100!

Basically, looking for somewhere to stay in the UK that has cheap travel from Sheffield, and reasonable priced hotels. Not London, as although I can get £20 train tickets, the hotel prices are so incredibly high!

Help!!

gingerdad

Hmm it's Easter weekend. Wouldn't have thought too many offers about yet. Wait till a few days before. But then will be too late for decent train fairs.

susancs

For the cheaper travel you could look at www.megabus.com Sheffield to bristol seems to be £20 for the 2 of you each way for your dates. You could go to OXford for £10 on the Thurdsay and £23 on the Sunday. You could go to Birmingham for £16 return for the 2 of you. You could try the 2 nights for 1 HI link and then check for 1 extra night.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/925/en/c/1/content/dec/teaser/6c/1/en/lp/emea/twofor.html?rateCode=IDEX1

relic

susancs wrote: »

For the cheaper travel you could look at Sheffield to bristol seems to be £20 for the 2 of you each way for your dates. You could go to OXford for £10 on the Thurdsay and £23 on the Sunday. You could go to Birmingham for £16 return for the 2 of you. You could try the 2 nights for 1 HI link and then check for 1 extra night.

Really appreciate your efforts, the bus to Bristol seems like a great deal, will be getting that!

Many thanks

Mark_Hewitt

relic wrote: »

Me and my partner are looking to take a break next month, specifically around the 21-24 April time. We would prefer a 3 day stay starting on the thursday.

I've been looking around various areas, and found a nice place in Bristol that offered 3 for 2, so 3 nights stay in a 4* hotel for £140. Sounded good till we went to look a train prices, £192 for both of us. Even national express was £100!

Basically, looking for somewhere to stay in the UK that has cheap travel from Sheffield, and reasonable priced hotels. Not London, as although I can get £20 train tickets, the hotel prices are so incredibly high!

Help!!

You can start by not choosing those dates!

As for travel from Sheffield; what about Edinburgh?

crashpadder

Megabus is fantastic and they recently launched megatrain on a few routes which got me back from Exeter to London for £8 (the nationalrail.co.uk site was quoting £140 for the SAME TRAIN!)

If you're looking for cheap accommodation in London, however,

relic wrote: »

Not London, as although I can get £20 train tickets, the hotel prices are so incredibly high!

Help!!

Have you thought of staying with a local host rather than a hotel? We (crashpadder.com) have 700 hosts in London who rent out their spare rooms for £20-£100 per night so that may be an option.

relic

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

You can start by not choosing those dates!

As for travel from Sheffield; what about Edinburgh?

Unfortunately, we both work, and as such the only dates we have available in the near future are those of bank holiday weekends.