Hello!
Me and my eldest will be in Glasgow for the Springsteen gig on the 18th (managed to get a couple of tickets from someone in work who couldn't go).
Anyone able to give me some advice on cheap and/or good B&Bs or hostels close to Hampden Park?
Cheers!
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 04 June, 2013, 04:47:05 PM
Anyone able to give me some advice on cheap and/or good B&Bs or hostels close to Hampden Park?
I wouldn't bother too much about finding somewhere near the venue. Even after a gig, Hampden is very easy to get to and from if you're staying in town. The only places I can think of in the immediate vicinity are either old-fashioned townhouse hotels or proper halfway house type hostels.
The Eurohostel (https://www.euro-hostels.co.uk/) at the corner of Clyde Street is two minutes walk from Central Station and pretty cheap I believe.
I hear The Cosh's floor is most comfortable once you sweep away the discarded porn and buckfast bottles.
There is a Travelodge just off George Square and another on Paisley Road West - they are lovely - Lenny Hendry wouldn't lie!
Cheers, chaps!
Yep. Stay in town. Much better and cheaper. There's an Easyhotel that, I think, Trout stayed in so maybe he could give a recommendation.
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a room with a bed in it. That's it. It only cost about £40 and it was just right for a quick stopover in Glasgow, but it really was just a room with a bed in it. There is no other furniture, except a TV high on one wall. You can only use the TV if you go to reception and hire a remote for £5.
Weirdly, I would recommend it. The place was clean and did exactly what I needed. Just don't except to spend any time in the room.
Enjoy!
Quote from: Trout on 04 June, 2013, 08:46:50 PM
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a room with a bed in it. That's it. It only cost about £40 and it was just right for a quick stopover in Glasgow, but it really was just a room with a bed in it. There is no other furniture, except a TV high on one wall. You can only use the TV if you go to reception and hire a remote for £5.
Weirdly, I would recommend it. The place was clean and did exactly what I needed. Just don't except to spend any time in the room.
Enjoy!
Um. A bathroom, too? With a sink and toilet and shower?
Yes, sorry. There is an en suite shower room.
Think of a hotel room's fixtures and fittings, then remove all the fittings and leave the fixtures. Bed, floor, door, lavvy, shower... Nothing else.
Quote from: Trout on 04 June, 2013, 08:46:50 PM
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
About ten or twelve years ago, I was driving from Frankfurt to Berlin and we stopped for the night at a strange hotel just off the Autobahn. There appeared to be no human staff. Certainly not in any customer facing role anyway. You simply put your credit card in at the door and it gave you an access code for your chosen room and relevant intervening spaces. 25 Euros for a triple room!
Can't remember the name of that chain, but there's one just outside Linlithgow.
EDIT: Livery is yellow and the logo a kind of chequered flag.
Quote from: Trout on 04 June, 2013, 08:46:50 PM
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a room with a bed in it. That's it. It only cost about £40 and it was just right for a quick stopover in Glasgow, but it really was just a room with a bed in it. There is no other furniture, except a TV high on one wall. You can only use the TV if you go to reception and hire a remote for £5.
Weirdly, I would recommend it. The place was clean and did exactly what I needed. Just don't except to spend any time in the room.
Enjoy!
There's one in Glasgow? It doesn't seem to be on the website...
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 04 June, 2013, 09:17:43 PM
Can't remember the name of that chain, but there's one just outside Linlithgow.
EDIT: Livery is yellow and the logo a kind of chequered flag.
Formule1? 17 euro for a double room outside Le Mans a few years back! An en suite made from two pieces of plastic glued together - amazing!
Quote from: Trout on 04 June, 2013, 08:46:50 PM
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a room with a bed in it. That's it. It only cost about £40 and it was just right for a quick stopover in Glasgow, but it really was just a room with a bed in it. There is no other furniture, except a TV high on one wall. You can only use the TV if you go to reception and hire a remote for £5.
Weirdly, I would recommend it. The place was clean and did exactly what I needed. Just don't except to spend any time in the room.
Enjoy!
I wonder if the one in Glasgow also charges an extra tenner for a room with a window? The one in Kensington did! And the second time I went, I couldn't get one with a window, so an orange box with bed, and bog was what I got. Don't go for that option. After only 3 days it was driving me up the bloody wall. I woke one night (or it could as well have been day, you'd never know) and had somehow turned 180 degrees on the bed, so in a semi conscious state tried to get off the bed only to find walls where a doorway should be. I was a ball hair away from a full blown panic attack until I found a plug, which then allowed me to reorient myself.
In short, for one night, easy hotel are fine. Any longer, they suck ass.
Quote from: TordelBack on 04 June, 2013, 09:30:30 PM
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 04 June, 2013, 09:17:43 PM
Can't remember the name of that chain, but there's one just outside Linlithgow.
EDIT: Livery is yellow and the logo a kind of chequered flag.
Formule1? 17 euro for a double room outside Le Mans a few years back! An en suite made from two pieces of plastic glued together - amazing!
Could be. I've only ever driven past on the M9.
Lenny Henry is the Premier Inn not the Travel Lodge but both are fully booked for June 18th - as is the Euro Hostel - If Bruce plays his standard 12 hour set you should just sleep on the train home instead!
Quote from: Ghost MacRoth on 04 June, 2013, 09:32:09 PM
Quote from: Trout on 04 June, 2013, 08:46:50 PM
Ah, the Easyhotel. The cheapest hotel that isn't actually a cardboard box. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a room with a bed in it. That's it. It only cost about £40 and it was just right for a quick stopover in Glasgow, but it really was just a room with a bed in it. There is no other furniture, except a TV high on one wall. You can only use the TV if you go to reception and hire a remote for £5.
Weirdly, I would recommend it. The place was clean and did exactly what I needed. Just don't except to spend any time in the room.
Enjoy!
I wonder if the one in Glasgow also charges an extra tenner for a room with a window? The one in Kensington did! And the second time I went, I couldn't get one with a window, so an orange box with bed, and bog was what I got. Don't go for that option. After only 3 days it was driving me up the bloody wall. I woke one night (or it could as well have been day, you'd never know) and had somehow turned 180 degrees on the bed, so in a semi conscious state tried to get off the bed only to find walls where a doorway should be. I was a ball hair away from a full blown panic attack until I found a plug, which then allowed me to reorient myself.
In short, for one night, easy hotel are fine. Any longer, they suck ass.
Colour me bad, but I just find this funny.
Don't know if this link will work but it looks like you could get something for about £58 - crack the boy's piggy bank!
http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16289408_glasgow-hotels.aspx?hidfl=&k=Glasgow&d=20130618&n=1&rt-adult=2&rt-child=0&rt=2-0¤cies=GBP&distanceUnit=Miles (http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16289408_glasgow-hotels.aspx?hidfl=&k=Glasgow&d=20130618&n=1&rt-adult=2&rt-child=0&rt=2-0¤cies=GBP&distanceUnit=Miles)
Ah.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/city-centre-easyhotel-closes-down-124569n.21100083 (http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/city-centre-easyhotel-closes-down-124569n.21100083)
I can't imagine how such a miserable experience could fail to be popular in a place like Glasgow.
Watch out for this kind of thing too. ;)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314546/Jokers-Glasgow-hostel-homeless-5-star-reviews-TripAdvisor-sending-countrys-100.html
Quote from: Buttonman on 04 June, 2013, 09:52:27 PM
Don't know if this link will work but it looks like you could get something for about £58 - crack the boy's piggy bank!
http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16289408_glasgow-hotels.aspx?hidfl=&k=Glasgow&d=20130618&n=1&rt-adult=2&rt-child=0&rt=2-0¤cies=GBP&distanceUnit=Miles (http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16289408_glasgow-hotels.aspx?hidfl=&k=Glasgow&d=20130618&n=1&rt-adult=2&rt-child=0&rt=2-0¤cies=GBP&distanceUnit=Miles)
Jesus. It's a busy old town that night!