November 2023 Meet

Just wondering when details of the room costs will be posted as would have thought they would get more expensive moving nearer to the time.

Thanks.

The person who negotiated the special rate is currently sat with me in a bar in Ljubljana after we bailed off a rather wedged EC213 earlier than planned, we should have been through to Zagreb.

I (Or someone else) will post something up on Monday when they're back in the UK. The special rate won't change and was fixed in when we booked the venue.

The room rate is £179 per night, and can be booked here.

* This is a fixed rate, promotional rates, reward rates, may be cheaper. Check your favourite booking site before committing.

Just a personal comment and there will be lots of other options. Last year I stayed at The Boat and Horses, Chadderton. This is a former Travelodge now tied to the pub next door which is a J W Lees house and does all the typical pub grub things as well as a good selection of hand-pulled and other beers. It is a half hour on the bus or tram and is currently showing as £110 B&B for the Saturday night (Friday and Saturday nights together showing as £195 B&B). Based on last year, I would recommend (and you can even manage the post-meet curry with time to get back to the hotel). They take card details when you book but don't charge and there is the added benefit that if you book now you can cancel FOC until 15:00 before the day of booking.

Last year after the meet there was the typical Travelodge Saturday night clientele (groups of people going out into the city centre for a good night out) but nothing that disturbed me through the night (although that may have been due to the beer).

postal in post 152424 said:

Just a personal comment and there will be lots of other options. Last year I stayed at The Boat and Horses, Chadderton. This is a former Travelodge now tied to the pub next door which is a J W Lees house and does all the typical pub grub things as well as a good selection of hand-pulled and other beers. It is a half hour on the bus or tram and is currently showing as £110 B&B for the Saturday night (Friday and Saturday nights together showing as £195 B&B). Based on last year, I would recommend (and you can even manage the post-meet curry with time to get back to the hotel). They take card details when you book but don't charge and there is the added benefit that if you book now you can cancel FOC until 15:00 before the day of booking.

Last year after the meet there was the typical Travelodge Saturday night clientele (groups of people going out into the city centre for a good night out) but nothing that disturbed me through the night (although that may have been due to the beer).

Will take a look later on. If it’s £190 for 2 nights then that’s not bad at all.

i26 in post 152426 said:

postal in post 152424 said:

Just a personal comment and there will be lots of other options. Last year I stayed at The Boat and Horses, Chadderton. This is a former Travelodge now tied to the pub next door which is a J W Lees house and does all the typical pub grub things as well as a good selection of hand-pulled and other beers. It is a half hour on the bus or tram and is currently showing as £110 B&B for the Saturday night (Friday and Saturday nights together showing as £195 B&B). Based on last year, I would recommend (and you can even manage the post-meet curry with time to get back to the hotel). They take card details when you book but don't charge and there is the added benefit that if you book now you can cancel FOC until 15:00 before the day of booking.

Last year after the meet there was the typical Travelodge Saturday night clientele (groups of people going out into the city centre for a good night out) but nothing that disturbed me through the night (although that may have been due to the beer).

Will take a look later on. If it’s £190 for 2 nights then that’s not bad at all.

I wish JDW had a hotel within central Manchester but sadly they haven't: the nearest two are Wigan and Chester. A pi9ty really as I have stayed in a few of their places and found them to be OK.

I am also looking into alternative transport to get up to Manchester: the ticketing app I use (not an operator one) can't get me an O/Pk return to Manchester Picc by train (leave on Friday, return home on Sunday) for anything less than £86. Megabus takes longer but would probably do it for about 50% of that fare. Also if I go by coach then I wouldn't have to worry about any rail strikes!

Another thought on hotels is one which the daughter of a work colleage stayed at recently and, according to my colleague, she spoke well of it. It is the Townhouse Hotel (Portland Street, Central Manchester, M1 6DF) and a look on TripAdvisor gives me as low as £121 per night there.

Dave

Just a personal comment and there will be lots of other options. Last year I stayed at The Boat and Horses, Chadderton. This is a former Travelodge now tied to the pub next door which is a J W Lees house and does all the typical pub grub things as well as a good selection of hand-pulled and other beers. It is a half hour on the bus or tram and is currently showing as £110 B&B for the Saturday night (Friday and Saturday nights together showing as £195 B&B). Based on last year, I would recommend (and you can even manage the post-meet curry with time to get back to the hotel). They take card details when you book but don't charge and there is the added benefit that if you book now you can cancel FOC until 15:00 before the day of booking.

Last year after the meet there was the typical Travelodge Saturday night clientele (groups of people going out into the city centre for a good night out) but nothing that disturbed me through the night (although that may have been due to the beer).

Where you travelling from Dave? I get family and friends tickets on Avanti for £6 each so we could travel up together if you’d be willing.

Some news for the meet. We will be showcasing Doncaster Station which will be released later that day or the following day, plus other sims yet TBD depending on numbers. If you're attending, and you offer a laptop for public use, even if we ultimately don't use it, we will give you a coupon good for a discount off Doncaster Station valid for up to 30 days.

Please ensure you're signed up if you intend to attend, and remove your name if no longer attending. Please also update the "will you bring a laptop" question if you're going to share your laptop and want to qualify for this special offer. Please note that if you do not share your laptop then you won't qualify for the offer.

For financial reasons I have had to remove myself from this meet.

So see you all at the next meet, if not before