Good Cheap Hotel

mags1


Joined: 01/09/2008
Posts: 69

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:06

Hi All,

we're hoping to come out in May to sort our apt in Crystal Bay Park.We'll have to book into a hotel for 1 week till handover and furniture sorted out.Any ideas for a reasonable hotel to stay at and also car hire or maybe sleeping bags by the pool!!!!

Cheers,

Mags

p.s.Have a good New Year everyone.

guinness


Joined: 10/03/2008
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:11

I like the Pia Bella, they will do a deal on rooms and also do a deal on car hire. Will also pick you up from Ercan.



Food excellent, prices good, some rooms a little tired but still good. Nice ambience, good staff, ask for a south facing room so you can overlook the pools, gardens and mountains.



cheers



guin

sportsstar


Joined: 21/08/2008
Posts: 53

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:12

Mags 1

How about £100 a week for a Apartment. ( sleeps 2 Persons ) E.mail me of board or phone on Skype sportsstar2222@hotmail.com or Phone Skype No:++442032861766.

Sportsstar

sportsstar


Joined: 21/08/2008
Posts: 53

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:15

Mags 1

I can also arrange Car Hire only £ 15 a Day includes full insurance and all Taxes on brand New Focus or Equivalant.

Sportsstar

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:15

Mags- Hi, I suggest you have a plan B in place just in case things do not go as smooth as you hope they might. When we had our keys handed over to us it was on time but the electric, well thats another story. We were lucky in the place we stayed for our first week had a cancellation. The moral have a plan B & maybe even a plan C.

P

tinker


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 156

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:24

Plan D & Plan E a good idea as well

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:48

dont listen to all the doom & gloom mags, you'll get sorted

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:51

Hi Margaret, I would highly recommend http://www.birdrentacar.com Fantastic company, very friendly and good prices, also Pia Bella is good, Ship Inn is good. Are you flying to Larnaca or is it Glasgow-London- Ercan I`ve heard a roumor that Cyprus Turkish Airlines might be brining back the Glasgow-Ercan flight. Hope so, it saves a lot of hasstle for us Scots. Hope you have a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

stevie-d

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:53

kenny - of course Mags will get sorted, just saying she should have a back up plan. I am talking fom experience.

J

Ossie


Joined: 19/01/2008
Posts: 311

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:56

Surely Crystal Bay is near Esentepe isn't it? Why not try Esentepe Hotel?Has a good reputation also does car hire.

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 17:57

stevie

where did you get info about glasgow flight ?

hav'nt flown from Glasgow for 3 yrs now.

love to see it return !

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 18:02

Hi Kenny, got this info from Transit Travel.From: Cyprus Reservations [mailto:delete@transit-travel.com]

Sent: 31 October 2008 16:52

To: stephen.duchan@a.dii.mod.uk

Subject: CTA Summer 2009 flights to North Cyprus





CTA now have many Summer 2009 flights on sale as follows:



Manchester. The Saturday flight is available for booking, Wednesday flights are being loaded now.

Birmingham. It is planned to operate two flights a week next year. The Monday flight is now bookable but not yet the Thursday

Gatwick. The Friday flight is now bookable

Heathrow. The Saturday and Monday flights are now bookable.

Glasgow. A service once a week is planned for next year but details are not yet available.

Stansted. The 10.30 flights are bookable and the corresponding 05.30 back is bookable, but not much else.



Other CTA flights will be available for booking soon.



CTA prices range from £229 to £399. We always quote the cheapest price available at the time of enqui

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 18:48

re: mess 7 - Kenny old boy, last time i heard such optimism, was when they said Hitler wouldn't invade Poland....



kontingency, kontingency, kontingency as my late uncle Percy used to say...







Nick

dickyboy


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 18:57

I agree the Pia Bella i have recommended many times with no complaints also a little further west is the Mountain View probably the cheapest , both do car hire or i use Ibo Taxi for all my transfers and car hire very good family company and always on time. 0090 5428514936

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 19:01

i always used to stay at the one in town, with the receptionist with the huge bangers...



the food was awful, but she always braught a smile to my face !







Nick

dickyboy


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 19:24

Were they beef or pork bangers Nick ??

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 19:26

not sure - but certainly looked meaty to me...





Nick

Jo Valentine


Joined: 10/02/2008
Posts: 508

Message Posted:
31/12/2008 19:38

Hi Mags

Try The Fez at Catalkoy. Great atmosphere, friendly, great food, clean, comfortable and very reasoable prices. I always stay there.

http://www.thefez.co.uk/

Best Wishes for 2009

Jo Valentine

mags1


Joined: 01/09/2008
Posts: 69

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 15:19

Thanks lads and lassies for your replies.Will look into them all.We hope to fly from Glasgow to London and then on to Ercan using Pegasus who are doing flight from £50 each way.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 15:52

Mags - re Pegasus flights. £50 each way? Please ensure that all taxes, etc. are included in this price.

Good luck!

J

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 16:23

Hi mags1



I have just booked 2 flights from Stanstead - Ercan return in September and total was £338.00 So be very aware that all taxes and booking fee are added to the basic cost. My flights started out at £135.00 return which sounded great and then you have all the add ons. Still cheaper than CTA and last years prices.



The Butlers wife

mags1


Joined: 01/09/2008
Posts: 69

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 17:33

Thanks all for your advice.I did not add on charges but it still seems cheaper than other options.We in Scotland are second class citizens when it comes to cheap and available flights and it adds hours on to travelling times.

Our other option is to fly from Glasgow to Larnaca or Paphos and drive up.It seems six and half a dozen.I would appreciate any advice from all you seasoned travellers.

Happy New Year-hic!! having a hair of the dog.I think it's an old dog.

mags1


Joined: 01/09/2008
Posts: 69

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 17:43

I meant to add am very impressed "Butler".I've never met a real butler.You must have a few good stories.

Cheers,

Mags

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 17:59

Hi Mags



You may be second class citizens in Scotland when it comes to cheap flights, but you could subsidize your flights with the money saved on prescription charges and tuition fees.

ozwozz86


Joined: 24/10/2008
Posts: 336

Message Posted:
01/01/2009 18:16

Hi Mags,



A big happy new year to you. I am writing from the Mountain View Hotel. We are a family run hotel just on the outskirts of Kyrenia, originally from South-East London. If its a reasonably priced, warm hotel you are after I'm sure we would be a good place for you to choose. Take a look at some feedback we have obtained from tripadvisor, http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g190378-d565885-Reviews-Mountain_View_Hotel-Kyrenia.html .



If you would like anymore information, or a good price quote(we are currently sorting out cheap flite and accommodation packages) please email me at mountainviewcyprus@hotmail.com.



With kind regards,



Sue - owner



http://www.mountainviewcyprus.com

Redbull


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 21

Message Posted:
02/01/2009 16:29

Mags.

My Friends have booked to stay at The Paradise bungalows in January, Mus has done them a Good Deal Accommodation for 2 Persons weekly price £ 100 a week per bungalow ( sleeps 2 ) Here is their Web Site: http://www.paradisebungalows.com and E.Mail. info@paradisebungalows.com

Redbull

gates


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
02/01/2009 16:57

high if you need a builders clean or help in putting up curtains lights exc give me a call on 05338433001 or visit our web site http://www.braceybuilders.com we will help if we can if you fly into lanica book car on line £8 a day dont upgrade you sometimes get it anyway safe flight and enjoy your new home regards kirk

rosie123


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
02/01/2009 18:41

gates,

Just had a look at your website,very good,have written down your details for the future

Rosie

rowan


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
02/01/2009 23:28

I am really sorry to say this but my other half booked the Pia Bella as part of my Christmas present so we could enjoy a night in Girne without the worry of driving back to Lapta after the celebrations on New Years Eve.



The hotel was fully booked and all they could offer us in the way of warmth was one blanket between two single beds as they were fully booked. They advised us to use the air con units, but the simple fact is that they make me ill. We spent a most miserable night there and were back home in Lapta before 9am the following morning without even having a hot drink (the kettle was not working) and we were so miserable we could not be bothered with breakfast. Pia Bella is a nice hotel but we had a dreadful night there.

herms


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 12

Message Posted:
19/01/2009 13:45

going to paradise bungalows for one week in march can any one illaborate about the paradisebungalows.

united4ever


Joined: 20/07/2008
Posts: 18

Message Posted:
19/01/2009 14:23

Herms.

The Paradise bungalows are just outside kyrenia, off the main room, the rooms are New and clean and prices are Good and inexpensive. The Paradise Restaurant and Bar is very Popular with the locals and they also have Sky TV facilities, and i am sure you will enjoy your stay as the staff is friendly and will do all their best to help u.

United4ever