Monday, May 05, 2008

Conference venues

Yes – we’re back from our wandering.

Since Saturday we’ve covered over 800 miles to look at three venues, two of which are possibles for spring conference.

Saturday saw us heading off to Swindon to look at the Hilton. This has the “wow” when you walk in, and is in a great location, about 200 yards from the M4. It has overspill hotels nearby, and also some shopping. The price is excellent and there are no single room supplements.

On the down side, you have to pay £22.50 for a bottle of wine (though we may find a way to ease the pain) and some of the conference rooms are a bit of a tight squeeze.

Sunday was The Ramada in Maidstone. A totally different kind of hotel, set in 20 acres of parkland with a lake and tennis courts. Inside it doesn’t have the wow of the Hilton, and looks a little tired in places though the bedrooms are new and of a very high standard. The conference facilities are great but will cost more than Swindon A bottle of wine only costs £14, but the location isn’t as good. It’s close to the M20 but there’s nothing around. No shops and no overspill hotels.

So now we have a dilemma. Swindon or Maidstone. And next week we’re off to Glasgow to see two more.

Any preferences ...

John

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you can persuade them to do something about the cost of a bottle, I'd say Swindon - almost everyone ventures into town at some point, so the lack of anything to do would be more of a problem than the cost of booze (in my opinion).

Jenny

Anonymous said...

But where would the footie lovers find to go in Swindon?

Gottle

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha ha!!!

Jenny

Anonymous said...

Which has the most geocaches close by?

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Jane