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BRITAIN special offers
We've selected our top pick of offers to help you get extra value out of your stays in Britain. You'll find many more offers through the tourist boards, shopping ideas, accommodation and attractions that we feature on this website and the magazine.
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Stay at a London hotel for free when you book at theatre ticket
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To 30 September 2010, you can book a free room in a central London hotel when buying a top-price theatre ticket to one of a selection of shows. Prices start at just £50 (around $80 USD) per person for a three-star hotel, continental breakfast and a best seat to a major West End show.
Shows featured include: Tony award-winning Elton John musical Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre; Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre featuring a hot new cast including Ray Quinn; Broadway’s award-winning Hair The Musical at the Gielgud Theatre; Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward Theatre featuring the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons; Sister Act at the London Palladium; the Menier Chocolate Factory’s acclaimed production of Sweet Charity at the Theatre Royal Haymarket; sexy, sassy Kander and Ebb show Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre; Queen rock musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre; joyous 1960s musical Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Playhouse Theatre; Grease The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre; All the Fun of the Fair at the Garrick Theatre starring David Essex; and Willy Russell’s powerful musical Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre.
Hotel upgrades to 4 and 5 star hotels are also on offer from £15 per person and train and air travel, meals and attractions can also be added to the packages at great prices. Click here to find out more: www.westendtheatre.com.
Pride of Britain Hotels
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Here's an excuse to treat yourself to a stay at one of this collection of 36 fine independently-owned and operated hotels, from country manor houses to city townhouses, as featured in our April/May 2010 issue and in my Royal Retreats feature in the February/March 2010 issue. The collection has many offers to tempt you: for example, at BRITAIN favourite, the four-star and three rosette Lords of the Manor hotel in the Cotswolds, there's an offer of £149 per person which includes overnight accommodation, afternoon tea on arrival, dinner from the a la carte menu, full Cotswolds breakast, and two tickets to nearby Blenheim Palace. For full details, click here to view special offers.
Park Plaza Central London
London's Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, with four-star hotels in central London, have regular special offers to tempt you. County Hall, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and Park Plaza Riverbank are all close to the South Bank and perfectly located for exploring London’s top attractions, including the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe, Tate Modern, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. And Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes, on Baker Street, is near to Madame Tussauds, Regent’s Park and the boutique shops of Marylebone High Street. For example, shoppers on Marylebone High Street should head to the Sherlock Holmes Hotel in Baker Street for a recharge. During August, relax over a fabulous afternoon tea for just £14.50 and receive a free glass of Prosecco. The spread includes an assortment of finger sandwiches, fresh strawberries, scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam, petit fours and chocolate truffles, along with a selection of fine teas. Tea can be taken in the trendy Sherlock’s Bar or out in the sunshine on the hotel’s alfresco terrace, perfect for watching the world go by on bustling Baker Street. Afterwards, walk off some of the calories with a stroll around Regents Park – or get back to that shopping! Tea is served between 2-5pm every day. Click here for more details on the Sherlock Holmes.
Landmark Trust
As featured in our August/September 2009 issue, The Landmark Trust is a charity founded in 1965 to rescue historic and architecturally interesting buildings and their surroundings and, when restored, to give them new life by letting them as places to stay for holidays. These extremely popular historic holiday homes, from castles to pineapples!, are booked up fast, so check here for late availability. Malmaison
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Twelve daringly different three-star hotels in the UK, and more in the pipeline, in 'reborn' buildings and top locations - from the converted Episcopal church that is the Malmaison hotel in Glasgow to remodelled prison in Oxford, which featured in Inspector Morse follow-on television series, Lewis. Malmaison runs regular special offers such as the popular Sunday Supplement – spend £75 or more in the brasserie and stay overnight from only £10 (or £25 at Malmaison Oxford and £35 at Malmaison London). Click here to find out more.
The Levin Hotel
As featured in the London Villages series on Belgravia and Knightsbridge in our April/May 2010 issue, the four-star Levin Hotel on Basil Street has various offers for you, including my favourite current special package, Friends, Fashion and Fun, where, for £369, you can treat yourself and a friend to an overnight stay and breakfast at this charming hotel right by Harrods and just a stroll away from Hyde Park, and a beautician will come to your room to give you a manicure or make-up, setting you up for a night on the town! Click here for a treat. Visit Heart of Kent
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