A new way to get to Sandy Lane this Winter ….

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• Col A-B says:

  16 Feb16 February 06:51

  Thank you for a Sunday funny!

• Clive J says:

  16 Feb16 February 07:13

  This did make me wonder if the Middle Eastern Royal family members have a stash of airline and hotel loyalty points to rival yours Raffles 🙂

  • Rob says:

    16 Feb16 February 09:29

    I was told by someone in Harrods that they do take their Harrods Rewards points and then give the cards away as gifts at the end of the year so the recipient can spend the accumulated store credit!

• Nick Gaul says:

  16 Feb16 February 07:35

  Excellent comment on Simon Cowell. Made me laugh anyway!

• Danksy says:

  16 Feb16 February 08:11

  How come it was so cheap?

  • Tim says:

    16 Feb16 February 12:21

    That coast of Turkey (Antalya) often yields some amazing bargains simply because 1) they have drastically over-built luxury hotels in recent years and 2) they make all their money in the Summer but stay open in the Winter to retain their best staff.

    We booked with Alpharooms but similar deals are also available with Sunshine.co.uk. Search for Antalya -> any resort and for at least 10 nights for the lowest rates. We stayed for 23 because it was cheaper than staying at home in the Winter.

    Tim.

  • CV says:

    16 Feb16 February 13:47

    Have a look at the pics of it.

    • Tim says:

      16 Feb16 February 13:49

      Yes, one does need sunglasses at all times. They don’t call it The Colours for nothing.

      • Waribai says:

        16 Feb16 February 16:43

        I think the person who wrote the review after you on TA is probably closer to the mark about this hotel. Looks ok but probably not 5 star in an international context.

        • Tim Millea says:

          17 Feb17 February 06:40

          There is no international star rating standard. There have been ongoing discussions for many years on an EU wide standardisation, to which I have contributed, but there appears no current prospect of any result materialising. Every country has its own criteria and people judge other countries’ hotels by their own standards and usually negatively. I have stayed at over 40 Turkish 5 star hotels and in my review I carefully stated that this hotel was to a Turkish 5 star standard. Many fine hotels in London would not meet that standard. Then, star ratings necessarily encapsulate local cultural values.

        • Waribai says:

          18 Feb18 February 00:44

          Hence why I used the term ‘context’ rather than ‘standard’. As colourful as The Colours looks, it seems from the photos to be in a very different league to Sandy Lane!

• Trickster says:

  16 Feb16 February 08:31

  I love how this blog features an article in collecting 20 avios followed by this!! 🙂

• Maximus says:

  16 Feb16 February 09:21

  And there was me thinking getting in to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse was the hight of luxury!

  I shall have to get some children and nannies to make full use of the sats at these prices 🙂

• John says:

  16 Feb16 February 09:27

  I’d prefer a night flight tbh.

• TimS says:

  16 Feb16 February 11:31

  As many as 20 seats? Sounds a bit crowded to me! 😉

  Last year i flew on one (747) flight where i was the only passenger!

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