Shell
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Going to a gig on Friday in Glasgow at the Carling Academy (Now o2 Academy) and plan to stay in Glasgow overnight. Best place to stay? Probably just stay city centre and walk/taxi to venue since there's no hotels etc around that area. Not too fussed about price so long as it's not obscene!
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alan-g-w
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Etap hotel at Springfield Quay. More than likely you won't need to book it and it was only £30 for the night last time I went, it's the very basics but ideal for what you need.
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corsa_godfather
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premier inns fine in the city centre
stayed there last year around £60 per night
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sand-eel
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etap 
Think I payed £36 last time, totally bare minimum anyway, the TV was like looking through a microscope eyepiece and the bastards turned off the hot water during a shower 
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Ian
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If you're using a Premier Inn, use this link to book it and you will get an advance rate which sometimes works out cheaper - http://weekendbookings.at/corsasport/
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Ian
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This one is closest to the venue - http://weekendbookings.at/corsasport/GLABAL.html
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craig8
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city inn is alright, closer to the SECC though but only 5 mins in a taxi or 20min walk if you dare
theres always the hilton and marriot not far away too 
[Edited on 07-11-2010 by craig8]
E36 328
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Hammer
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etap will be the cheapest, you can actually walk to the O2 from there as well.
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Ian
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Is etap like Formula 1?
I stayed in one of those once, it was like a jail. TV remote was in a cage welded to the bed post, bed was just a block of sponge and you got light by the sink by moving the light from by the bed.
And the toilet and shower were at the end of the corridor.
[Edit to replace the wrong words with the right ones]
[Edited on 07-11-2010 by Ian]
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DannyB
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Sounds lovely that Ian, fuck sake I laughed at the remote though.
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Ian
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The light was funnier, it was a fluorescent tube on the wall with a cover on it, you spun that round and moved where the light ended up.
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Is etap like Formula 1?
I stayed in one of those once, it was like a jail. TV remote was in a cage welded to the bed post, bed was just a block of sponge and you got light by the sink by moving the like from by the bed.
And the toilet and shower were at the end of the corridor.
[Edited on 07-11-2010 by Ian]
Not quite as bad
The rooms are small but comfortable enough and the toilet is small but it's at least en suite
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sand-eel
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I got a NON en suite room and was like WTF, so pissed in the shower as I was steaming and CBA 
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Edd
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stay in the city centre, easier.
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Hammer
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The etap is half a mile away, that's the easiest you're going to get.
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
If you're using a Premier Inn, use this link to book it and you will get an advance rate which sometimes works out cheaper - http://weekendbookings.at/corsasport/
I need to book a hotel for a work trip, and plan on staying in a Premier Inn. I shall use this link.
/No use to this thread 
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
The etap is half a mile away, that's the easiest you're going to get.
the city centre is just as close plus it will be easier for travel and night life
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Norcy91
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I stayed in an Etap in Leeds on a night out. The room for 3 was really tiny! With a double bed (a bit small) and a bunk bed on top that was about a foot from the ceiling so you could only just get in it really...
The bathroom was tiny from what i can remember. The TV was like a 3" screen with about 4 channels, we didn't have a remote or anything.
The party piece was the shower which was separate from the bathroom, it was basically facing the bed with a frosted glass door and just a glory hole as a door handle.
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sand-eel
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^^^
EXACTLY what mine was like.
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sc0ott
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Tent, random field. Done.
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ed
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Formula 1 hotels are fucking amazing 
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ShEp
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Bearsbridge (sp) budget rooms.
Had a night out in the arches and I stayed there, very nice rooms.
And very cheap.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Tent, random field. Done.
Random field in Glasgow city centre aye? Blythswood square's the closest you're going to get to that
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sc0ott
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Random field as in anything from play parks to farmers land.
What about glasgow green? Thats not far from the o2 academy.
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alan-g-w
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Aye and the Gorbals. Your tent would get ripped to shreds
[Edited on 08-11-2010 by alan-g-w]
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