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• Sarah says:

  14 Mar14 March 09:47

  Rob, I would be very wary about recommending the Dream Lodge Group – I work in the industry and they have a very poor reputation. They offer some very dubious “investment” opportunities without any FCA regulation. A google search of them will throw up plenty of red flags. I’m sure their holiday rentals are fine (although their tripadvisor reviews might suggest otherwise), but I understand that there is often quite a hard sell to buy lodges when guests are there. The group I work for sell lodges, but we would never market them as a financial investment – they are not, they are a depreciating asset, so I would say to anyone considering staying with them, please be aware. I won’t advertise my own company, but will say that there are far better lodge holiday options out there.

  • Ryan says:

    14 Mar14 March 10:23

    Myself also Sarah, hence my surprise at a Kids go free message, which is strange to say the least.

  • JamesB says:

    14 Mar14 March 10:52

    Thanks Sarah, I was going to have a look.

• JamesB says:

  14 Mar14 March 10:55

  Hampton Newport, dirt cheap points or cash. We loved it. Very convenient with interesting stuff around if you don’t need to be in Cardiff itself.

  • Artem says:

    14 Mar14 March 12:46

    Thanks James. We need to be in the Cardiff city centre for better or worse.

    • Ade says:

      14 Mar14 March 15:50

      That sounds expensive, what events are on in Cardiff on those days, If its a weekend i’d try and avoid those directly in the centre (to many fellow drunk welshmen), have you tried any of the independents on Cathedral Rd, or perhaps the Mercure on Newport Rd, both only 2mins from the centre, but will seem miles away from the nighht time noise.

• Doug says:

  14 Mar14 March 11:27

  OT: Billhop, anybody has any tips on how to deal with them? Even paying my council tax into their bank account triggered their checking, so guess they manually check every transaction.

  • Rob says:

    14 Mar14 March 13:14

    Once you’ve done it once they will be more laid back.

• KP says:

  14 Mar14 March 12:46

  you can book cheap hotels which cumulatively addd up to £250 which, going by past experience, will trigger the voucher. This is irrespective of what the T&C says

  Plus…if you’re spending company many…it’s free £50 in the pocket

  • KP says:

    14 Mar14 March 14:14

    *money

• Kai says:

  14 Mar14 March 13:38

  I find the four Radisson hotels very good value for redemption.

• Mikee says:

  14 Mar14 March 15:15

  O/T – am redeeming my Hilton Free Night voucher at the Waldorf Astoria and also booking an additional night via hotels.com as have a 1-night credit to use up.
  Is it best to book the free night for the first night and the hotels.com night for the second night with the hope they will link the bookings at check-in so I keep any upgrade I’m offered? I’m conscious that I may not get any Hilton Gold benefits for both nights if I book using hotels.com for night 1.

  Mikee

  • Rob says:

    14 Mar14 March 15:40

    Yes, I would – if the price is the same (and assuming both nights are weekend nights).

• Anna says:

  14 Mar14 March 15:58

  OT – I’ve just hit the £750 spend on the HH visa I managed to bag before they pulled it. I want to book the free night asap in either Washington DC or Boston in August. Will they email me the certificate and how long does this usually take? Will I then have to call them to redeem and is there a UK number for this?

  • Mikee says:

    14 Mar14 March 16:03

    I didn’t get an email but saw Barclaycard Free Night Certificate listed on my Hilton Honours account activity page. I just called the main Hilton Number and asked to book using it and they found the certificate number for me.

  • KevMc says:

    14 Mar14 March 16:42

    When I hit it, it took about a week to get the email to confirm I had been given it.

    The number to call was an American one, so I rang via Skype to ensure not to be charged an arm and a leg. Once through, they could see the certificate and it’s number on their screen. Whole process took maybe 5-10 mins.

  • Cal says:

    15 Mar15 March 00:47

    The Hilton card has been pulled? When did this happen?

    • Rob says:

      15 Mar15 March 07:22

      When I wrote a huge article on it a couple of weeks ago 🙂

• Jon says:

  14 Mar14 March 19:36

  Aftem: Have stayed in most central Cardiff hotels during a distance learning course. The ones that stick in my mind…
  Holiday Inn – could watch Cardiff rugby matches on a Friday night if you got a back room on a high floor, but the hotel was an absolute dump. Bad food.
  Park Plaza – very very nice rooms, and good restaurant, despite the exterior of the building looking like a run-down council block. V. good central location.
  Park Inn – nowhere near as nice as above – don’t be tempted to save money/points trading down from Park Plaza.
  Parc (Thislte) Great location. Pleasant, but not exceptional and a fair bit more expensive than similar options. Portions in restaurant were very stingy.
  Coldra Court (by Celtic Manor). On M4 near Celtic Manor. Used to be a very 3rd rate Hilton – hope they’ve spent some money on it!

  All things being equal, Park Plaza is the best choice.

  • Artem says:

    14 Mar14 March 22:16

    Jon, Thanks for the excellent write-up. Good to read your first-hand experiences.

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