Heartland

The Great Eastern

Cheers James. Train from London is only £36

Maisey wrote:I'm coming to this gig, I'll be getting the train up from London - where is the cheapest place to stay?

No idea about the cheapest,but a quick look on google earth shows a novotel almost across the road from the venue,so I'll be stopping there

James Blast wrote:The Great Eastern

this Great Eastern?....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1516083.stm

Maisey wrote:I'm coming to this gig, I'll be getting the train up from London - where is the cheapest place to stay?

Probably the Euro Hostel on the corner of Clyde Street and Jamaica Street. Kind of a cross between a hostel and a hotel as most of the rooms are single. Basic but cheap and adequate for a night or two.

stufarq wrote:

Maisey wrote:I'm coming to this gig, I'll be getting the train up from London - where is the cheapest place to stay?

Probably the Euro Hostel on the corner of Clyde Street and Jamaica Street. Kind of a cross between a hostel and a hotel as most of the rooms are single. Basic but cheap and adequate for a night or two.

Eurohostel is quite a trek from the ABC, especially as there are so many hotels and guest houses near within spitting distance (Charing Cross or Garnethill areas). Check out laterooms.com for cheap ones on Renfrew Street, such as McLays, Alba Lodge, Hampton Court, Charing Cross Guest House etc. For something nicer but still quite cheap and nearby, there's the Newton Hotel or Adelaides on Bath Street. Also lots of chain hotels in the area - Ibis, Novotel, Premier Inn, Best Western, Travelodge and Citizen M.
Cheapest options (besides my floor, which has very limited capacity) there are a couple of hostels on Berkeley Street, 5 or 10 minutes walk from the ABC.
Blue Sky Hostel
Globetrotters Hostel (just across from Blue Sky but no website in evidence)
Or slightly further away, Glasgow Youth Hostel

For sheer luxury and splendour reminiscent of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, the Grand Central Hotel is right inside Central Station and has double or twin rooms for £89 inc full buffet breakfast. Besides the luxurious surroundings and fancy champagne bar, there's the added bonus of some of its rooms overlooking the station concourse Get in there!

My brother will be putting me up, he just doesn't know it yet.

weebleswobble wrote:My brother will be putting me up, he just doesn't know it yet.

I'm going to adopt that idea with my brother the next time The Sisters play San Francisco!
I might even be able to drag him along!

Euro Hostel is a good place to crash.

Nice 'n' Sleazy is a very good place to drink (£2 White Russians if you fancy that sort of thing) and is about 5 minutes' walk from the ABC.


As for the gig.. well, I'll need to be flyering it for other, more fun gigs, but I may pop inside just to say I've seen 'em. It IS only 15 minutes' walk from my flat, I guess...

Dark wrote:Nice 'n' Sleazy is a very good place to drink (£2 White Russians if you fancy that sort of thing) and is about 5 minutes' walk from the ABC.

But do they do Magners?

Dark wrote:
£2 White Russians if you fancy that sort of thing

I do, sleazy used to be a frequent haunt of mine.

weebleswobble wrote:

Dark wrote:
£2 White Russians if you fancy that sort of thing

I do, sleazy used to be a frequent haunt of mine.

I used to live there in the early/mid nineties!!!!

And now I DJ there.

And I'm fairly sure they do, Si. I'll check on Tuesday, ah'm DJing for a charity night there.
Sleazys would be a nice place for pre-gig beverages.

Booked my train tickets this morning,initially it was going to be 229 pounds for me and the girlfriend
After playing around with the travel times,and picking specific trains I got it down to fifty quid each,that's Nottingham to Glasgow,which was a lot more reasonable!
Hotel to do next.

I started planning today and found return train tickets from Manchester for £30 each

Also looking at booking the cheap (& cheerless) Ibis on west regent street.

Quiff Boy wrote:
Also looking at booking the cheap (& cheerless) Ibis on west regent street.

Torn between the Novotel acroos from the venue,and the rather splendid Grand Central Hotel that Andrew S linked to earlier in the thread.

ribbons69 wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:
Also looking at booking the cheap (& cheerless) Ibis on west regent street.

Torn between the Novotel acroos from the venue,and the rather splendid Grand Central Hotel that Andrew S linked to earlier in the thread.

go for the Grand Central Hotel----I can vouch for the food in there

sam1 wrote:

ribbons69 wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:
Also looking at booking the cheap (& cheerless) Ibis on west regent street.

Torn between the Novotel acroos from the venue,and the rather splendid Grand Central Hotel that Andrew S linked to earlier in the thread.

go for the Grand Central Hotel----I can vouch for the food in there

I can vouch for the beds. And the view of the station

<----wonders what Mr.S was getting up to in the Central?

Premier Inn Argyle Street, quite close to Central Station is doing double rooms for £29, only a quid less than I'm paying for the train from Leeds

DerekR wrote:Premier Inn Argyle Street, quite close to Central Station is doing double rooms for £29, only a quid less than I'm paying for the train from Leeds

is that 30 squid for a return choo choo? I'm taking anya up for a few days and it cost me £58

DerekR wrote:Premier Inn Argyle Street, quite close to Central Station is doing double rooms for £29, only a quid less than I'm paying for the train from Leeds

whit time dae ye land inna area Bro, if it lunchtimey I'll get the jaloppy fired up and come getcha and any miniGoths as might fit in the back of a wee Corsa

of course it'll prolly pish doon and any danger of a barbie will be fecked

weebleswobble wrote:

DerekR wrote:Premier Inn Argyle Street, quite close to Central Station is doing double rooms for £29, only a quid less than I'm paying for the train from Leeds

is that 30 squid for a return choo choo? I'm taking anya up for a few days and it cost me £58

Aye, return. I have to change at York and Embra but that's nae bother. Touchdown should be around 14:30 James

Keen!

Blaast!Cabs at yer service guv

notice how I didn't have to say - "I'll see if I can get time off"

DerekR wrote:Premier Inn Argyle Street, quite close to Central Station is doing double rooms for £29, only a quid less than I'm paying for the train from Leeds

As is the Charing Cross one, for those preferring somethig closer to the venue. The George Square one would be perfect for anyone arriving at Queeen Street but costs a tenner more.