Major Sale - UK hotel rooms for £10

Just had a tip off about this big sale at lastminute.com . . . .

• What ? 700 hotel rooms in the UK for £10
• Where ? London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Bolton, Heathrow, Glasgow, Inverness, Hull, Norwich, Nottingham, Swansea and various other smaller locations.
• How ? - Dedicated When it's gone it's gone page at lastminute.com
• When ? - Thursday 27th November 10:00 UK time

Good Luck.

Hotel Fox Copenhagen

Hotel Fox, Copenhagen

This Hotel is "ultra modern" and "ultra chic" and all rooms were decorated by 21 artists. In the lobby a "feather chandelier" greets the guests and the lift is "graffiti-decorated". You can choose your room and stay in "kitsch", "magical", "the sultry" or have a good night in "sleep well". Some rooms are a little bit "extreme", but the bathrooms are "utterly white tiled". The lobby-cafe is "very cool" and has arts "extended" on the walls. Right in front of the hotel you will find shops and cafes.

The hotel rents out bikes and ipods.

Here is a short video of hotel fox in Copenhagen.

Review : Radisson SAS Oslo Plaza

Overview of Radisson SAS Oslo Plaza

Having stayed at quite a few Radisson SAS hotels I had high expectations and this one came a little under with the minor disappointment of the cot we had asked for not being in the room when we arrived late with a tired baby. The hotel overall (superb) is better than the room itself (good).

Room

Lovely bed, it was a twin bed not a double which disappointed my partner somewhat.
We were on the sixth floor of 34 and that seemed pretty high.
No flat screen TV but a normal one which is about the only thing "lacking" compared to other highly rated hotels. The other thing to note was that is one of these highly air conditioned rooms, can't remember if the window could open or not.
We had a no smoking room and that was lucky as we hadn't considered that or requested it so I would recommend you do that if you book.

General hotel amenities

Lifts were fast and never queues which can sometimes be a problem in these tall hotels. Good hotel for business thanks to the free wireless broadband.
Sauna is rather special - 34th floor with a window out to nice views to the bay / fjord.
There is also a long, slim pool adequate for doing a few lengths and 4 exercise machines.
One tip would be to seek out the glass elevator on the side of the hotel and go up to or down from the top floor, great views and a bit of a thrill going all that way.
The lobby / lounge is very nice, very comfortable furniture.
Check in / Check out was fast and easy but one disappointment was that the requested baby cot was not in the room so I had to dial down for them to bring it up. The front desk staff were kind enough to sort out the heating of some baby milk though so overall they were OK.

Food & Beverages

The scores I have given are only for the breakfast as we didn't have lunch or dinner here.
Massive choice including lots of organic produce.
A Norwegian speciality is the brown goats cheese. The mackerel was also nice!
I love breakfast buffets and they are especially useful in Oslo as it's not cheap so you can really fill up at Breakfast time

Location and surroundings

Could hardly be better for connection from airport bus or train. Very close to both.
Short walk to main shopping areas and port but not the nicest situation as a bit of a concrete jungle.
Noise was not a problem with it being such a tall hotel.

Review : Artemis Amsterdam Hotel

Overview of Hotel Artemis Amsterdam

An arty hotel in an out of town location. Offers good value for money for those that put amenities ahead of location.

Room

Nice bed and well furnished. Everything fairly new. There are 256 rooms on 8 floors.
Door to bathroom was opaque glass which might be a pit off putting depending how well you know your travel companion. Good facilities for the businessman, TV was a bit too technical for me with complicated menus. One minus was that the wi-fi internet that was in theory free didn't work.

General hotel amenities

Good gym. Nice lifts, The spacious public areas filled with contemporary art gives the hotel a unique look.

Food & Beverages

Breakfast featured a good range of products including doughnuts and waffles for the Americans,

Location and surroundings

Fine in the sense it is roughly half way between airport and city and good in the sense it is a very quite area but not great if you want to be in the thick of it. Overall though I think it's a good choice if you like a higher standard hotel and can get this hotel cheaper than one of the higher quality city centre hotels.

Review : Radisson SAS, Malmo

Overview of Radisson SAS Malmoe

Nothing to complain about, I am used to staying in 4 star hotels and have stayed in 3 other Radisson SAS (now known as Radisson blu) hotels and this one exceeded my expectations mostly because of the large rooms.
Malmo is a nice large town in Southern Sweden. More info on Malmoe

Room

The rooms are massive which I have been told is due to the fact that the building used to be residential studios. This means you get loads of space including a kind of separate work or lounge area with table / desk and chairs. The bed was very comfortable. Be aware that it is usual in Scandinavia to have two separate duvets (ie one for each sleeper) and often two separate beds so if you really want a double make sure you request it. Bathroom was lovely, I love hotel bathrooms - all that marble. All the amenities you would expect were there including a kettle with tea and biscuits. I didn't use it but there was free wireless internet.

General hotel amenities

Small fitness area, no pool.
Ice machines,
Garden area on one of the upper floors,
Free newspapers.
Free wi-fi
Staff were efficient and check-in / out was swift.

Food & Beverages

I am only talking about (buffet) breakfast because we didn't have dinner at the hotel.
The breakfast was superb, great choice and lots of healthy options including a lot of organic stuff. There was also Swedish delicacies too - e.g. herring, meatballs, other fish!
I can't imagine anyone complaining about the brekkie here as there was so much choice and the quality was good. Didn't use the bar (or the mini-bar) so can't comment on that.

Location and surroundings

Short walk from Malmo Central station (where trains from Copenhaghen or bus from Malmo airport will take you), close to the main shopping streets and squares.
No noise from the streets at night. Lovely cafe opposite where we had a simple lunch.
Sterling Cimber airlines has now started daily flights from Gatwick to Copenhagen airport from where you can take a short train ride to Malmö

Booking
Direct at Radisson blu website