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SPT Manchester - ideas for hotels?

Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170
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Many of us will need to book a Hotel for Manchester, so any suggestions of best/cheapest/nearest or whatever, use this thread please.
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  • EvilPinguEvilPingu Member Posts: 3,462
    Not Britannia.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170
    EvilPingu said:

    Not Britannia.

    Ahh, the Britannia.

    A grand looking building.



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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170
    edited November 2018
    And you'd go a long way to find a Hotel (or an Hotel as we were taught as kids) with a more grand staircase leading up from the Ground Floor.


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    And if you have ever used the lifts/elevators in that Hotel, you'd be familiar with the staircase. You only use the Britannia Hotel lifts once, trust me.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170

    It also offers one of the most decadent experiences we might ever experience in life - a cooked breakfast buffet which includes fried bread and plum tomatoes. There is no greater way to start the day.

    Britannia Hotel is cheap, too, very cheap.

    And that's as far as I am prepared to venture.

    But those bedrooms.......
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,874
    Tikay10 said:


    It also offers one of the most decadent experiences we might ever experience in life - a cooked breakfast buffet which includes fried bread and plum tomatoes. There is no greater way to start the day.

    Britannia Hotel is cheap, too, very cheap.

    And that's as far as I am prepared to venture.

    But those bedrooms.......

    Stayed there for the first of the revamped SPTs.
    The breakfast was superb.
    The hotel was the nastiest place I have ever stayed in my life-i would rather doss in the street than stay there ever again.

    The only other place I have stayed in Manchester was Jury's-well-placed, decent hotel, but overpriced for what it was....
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  • COFFEENCRMCOFFEENCRM Member Posts: 70
    Now I need to know what's wrong with the lifts? Tikay is such a tease :p
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  • eddie18eddie18 Member Posts: 50
    Hey guys am from manchester best advice stay away from city centre!!
    Am in oldham theres plenty & its only 20 min tram ride to city centre mu---ch cheaper option.

    24/7 Hotel on Manchester road talkin 30-40 a night

    smokies - abit more expensive but bangin breakfast
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  • kapowblamzkapowblamz Member Posts: 1,605
    edited November 2018
    If you're looking for super cheap then Hatters is a good option. Good value and a good vibe. There's a sort of games room and people are in there literally all night. It is a hostel tho and you may end up sharing a bunk with someone like I did. The guy was spraying liquid **** everywhere.


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  • BigHawk89BigHawk89 Member Posts: 627
    Stopping in the centre can be really expensive.

    The last few times i've been i've stopped in Salford which is very close and a lot cheaper.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170
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    eddie18 said:

    Hey guys am from manchester best advice stay away from city centre!!
    Am in oldham theres plenty & its only 20 min tram ride to city centre mu---ch cheaper option.

    24/7 Hotel on Manchester road talkin 30-40 a night

    smokies - abit more expensive but bangin breakfast

    Genuine question - do the trams run 24/7? Just asking as the SPT's tend to finish quite late, as in well past midnight.

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  • glencoeladglencoelad Member Posts: 1,505
    @Tikay10 , could Sky possibly tie up a deal with a decent local hotel given a promo code out for a discount ? Or if someone from the forum contacted the hotel
    would sky be ok for the Sky Poker to be mentioned ?
    I know this happens with most poker festival , esp those that run packages.
    Cheers.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,170
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    glencoelad said:

    @Tikay10 , could Sky possibly tie up a deal with a decent local hotel given a promo code out for a discount ? Or if someone from the forum contacted the hotel
    would sky be ok for the Sky Poker to be mentioned ?
    I know this happens with most poker festival , esp those that run packages.
    Cheers.

    Hi George,

    Sky Poker would not be able to facilitate any special Hotel deals, no, but if a player wants to mention Sky Poker, that's fine.
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  • glencoeladglencoelad Member Posts: 1,505
    Tikay10 said:

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    glencoelad said:

    @Tikay10 , could Sky possibly tie up a deal with a decent local hotel given a promo code out for a discount ? Or if someone from the forum contacted the hotel
    would sky be ok for the Sky Poker to be mentioned ?
    I know this happens with most poker festival , esp those that run packages.
    Cheers.

    Hi George,

    Sky Poker would not be able to facilitate any special Hotel deals, no, but if a player wants to mention Sky Poker, that's fine.
    Cheers @Tikay10 I will have a look at some .
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