Review: Holiday Inn Express, Poole.

Well, I seriously considered not writing this post as we are now well and truly committed to using Holiday Inn Express. No doubt people will disagree, but we have used a number of their hotels now, and have found the offering to be consistent in terms of room expectations, room quality, staff quality and value for money (good) and HIE poole was no different in this respect. So what can I add? But then I thought, I’ve written a review for every other HIE we’ve stayed at, why does this group of excellent, hard working staff deserve any less?

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Review: Holiday Inn Express – Southampton West

This is probably more of a mini-review of the hotel; being IHG credit card holders we use Holiday Inn Express a lot now, we get various perks and discounts during our stay (including discounted room rates if you book on the IHG website).

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Review: Holiday Inn Gatwick Airport

imageIt would seem that Gatwick is becoming a bit of a hub for our vacations, mainly as British Airways favour it for their holiday destinations, and now we have started using Norwegian Airlines which also fly out of the South Terminal.   Continue reading “Review: Holiday Inn Gatwick Airport”

Food Review: MexiCo, Derby

While walking through the Intu Westfield Centre at Derby a couple of weeks ago we came across this “new” Mexican restaurant – I say new, they say they’ve been open since July.

Finding ourselves having a leisurely morning and with lunchtime looming, we decided to call in at check it out.

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Review : Mundesley, Norfolk

Having already had our main vacation for the year, we were invited to join our daughter for a week down on the Norfolk coast.

Over the years we have spent many a holiday or short break in this pleasant county, but mainly in the broads area, or actually ON the broads – so this was a first for us.
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