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Cheap Liverpool guesthouse review
January 8th, 2010
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Ok so its about time i had another post here as im sure there are still lots of people looking for great deals for accommodation in Liverpool. I thought i would do another review here of a cheap local place to stay in next time you are in the city. For the review im choosing somewhere i actually stayed in a few months ago when i was over to watch Liverpool VS Lyon in the champion’s league. It was a pretty busy time as alot of people where over for the match as the champions league always brings out a good crowd. Please don’t mention the result as im sure you don’t want to add insult to injury!
Now i have to start by saying i did not stay in a hotel! Now all of you guys who are only looking for cheap hotels in Liverpool do not need to click away as i think this review will be relevant to everyone weather you initially decided on a specific hotel or not. The place i stayed was called Holme Leigh Guest House and it is situated in the Smithdown road area of south Liverpool. I have to be honest that the main reason me and my friends booked this place was the price as it was only £50 for a twin room sharing which i did think was great value for anyone who is on a budget (and me and my friends definitely were!). I actually got a room to myself as my friends had already booked earlier and they had no double rooms left. So my single room was £60 which i think was still ok.
My room was actually quite big to my surprise and i the bathroom was also alot bigger than i would usually expect. Also i have to mention at this time that we where only there for one night so the level of comfort required didn’t need to be out of this world. My friend’s room was actually smaller than mine which was surprising given that it was a double. Also they did not have a bathroom as they did not book an en-suite. This meant trips to the shared showers and toilet which they often decided not to avail of when they could gatecrash my room. The guesthouse also had a reasonable sized breakfast area but i can’t really review this due to the hangover the next day. I would have had neither the stomach nor the motivation to get out of bed between 7 and 8:30 to test it out. I have no idea why many hotels but particularly guesthouses only serve breakfast this early. I have a feeling it is to get away with serving as little people as possible (call me sceptical).
I must confess im not overly familiar with this area of Liverpool and i would not stay it would be a hotspot on your average tourist map. However at the same time it seemed nice enough and the kind of sleepy residential area that you forget about pretty quickly. One of the main things i suppose you are wondering is how much it cost to get back into the city centre by taxi to and from the guesthouse? Well it wasn’t actually that expensive coming in at around £7 a go. Given that we only made this trip a few times a day and that there was 3 of us it wasn’t that expensive at all. Given the extra cost that a hotel right in the centre of Liverpool would have cost us i think it was a good decision to go with this cheaper style of accommodation.
So there you have it my friends, a new post to start the new year in style! Hopefully this will have given you a few more things to think about next time you are booking your trip as there are some real cost savings out there if you are prepared to look around. Stay tuned for some more reviews and news for Liverpool coming soon!