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Ideal Home Show Manchester - has anybody been?

I am going tomorrow to the show, has anyone been and if so can you give any tips or recommendations on what to do and see?

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  • LimeLight
    LimeLight Posts: 8,038 Forumite
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    i'm going tomorrow too lol
    Never been before, but a comp win is a comp win
    just passing through.... Nothing to see....
  • TM6
    TM6 Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    We had a BRILLIANT time today :D

    We arrived at 9.30am so parking was not a problem.

    Take cash as not all retailers could get their card machines to work

    We paid £5 for a guide which included a free bar of chocolate - we didn't think it was worth it

    There is a goody bag which was worth having

    The food area got REALLY busy and therefore very hot around lunchtime!

    Freebies were very sparse but as you come into the events hall (by the enormous lampshades) turn left and have your photo taken inside a camper van. If you do and take it to the local Home Sense store, you get a free £10 voucher.

    We found the time flew so I would say plan where you want to visit.

    We took a shopping trolley for our purchases which saved achy arms!

    We were extremely lucky to see the following in the super theatre - Lawrence L. Bowen, Martin Lewis and George Clarke. Martin and George were brilliant.

    Check the Ideal Home website for who is on tomorrow

    Have a great time and please tell us how you got on :D
    "One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much was in my bank account, nor what my clothes looked like but the world may be a little bit better because I was important in the life of a child."
  • Floozie
    Floozie Posts: 270 Forumite
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    Floozie wrote: »
    I am going tomorrow to the show, has anyone been and if so can you give any tips or recommendations on what to do and see?
    We went today, enjoyed the show but the traffic was appalling coming out of the show to get onto the M60. we left at 1pm and took 1 1/2 hours to get to the junction to get onto the M60.
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