Monday, May 2, 2011

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Unless you have the dubious pleasure of living right next door to an airport, one of the biggest disadvantages of going on holiday is catching a flight at an ungodly hour of the day. Although driving half asleep at 4.00 am, with a nagging doubt you have forgot something might be some holidaymaker’s idea of fun – for many, it sounds like a bad way to begin your holiday. Nevertheless, help is at hand in the form of Airport Hotels, where you are able to spend a relaxed evening – and even afford an extra hour or two in bed prior to leaving.

Airport hotels might not enjoy the best of reputations. In many people’s mind, they’re ranked alongside train station pubs – filled with chain smoking business men in cheap suits. Nevertheless, while there’s certainly a convincing argument to steer clear of train station pubs (you need to pay to get in the toilet for starters), airport hotels are a long way from their cheap and not-so-cheerful roots. These days, the savvy traveller can pick up a great value deal at some excellent hotel accommodation situated near to their airport of departure.

One hotel which certainly fits this bill is the 4-star Arora International Hotel near Gatwick (http://www.gatwickairport.com). Situated a mere eight minutes from the airport, the hotel boasts a health club, with state of the art facilities including a gym, jacuzzi, steam room and solarium. The quality of service and dining is also high with 2 bars, a deli and brassiere restaurant for those wanting to sample the culinary delights of this award winning hotel. For those utilizing the hotel before they catch a flight, there’s every convenience with an Avis car rental desk within the hotel and an adjoining train station going directly to Gatwick.

One more big advantage of staying at airport hotels is many allow you to make use of their car park facilities – at often really reasonable rates. The Cottons Hotel and Spa situated near Manchester International Airport offers some excellent deals on up to 15 days parking for guests of their hotel. The hotel itself is also 4-star and comes furnished with pool, colour therapy sauna, steam room, gym, tennis courts and spa. While you might also be confused over what a colour therapy sauna is, you need to agree it sounds enticing and certainly beats crawling through Manchester traffic to catch an early morning flight.

If you truly wish to get rid of your negative image of airport hotels once and for all then you needn’t look much further than the totally re-vitalised Sheraton Skyline near Heathrow (http://www.heathrowairport.com). Aesthetically beautiful, the Al Dente Ristorante is the ultimate experience of fine dining cuisine where Marco Di Tullio’s menus combine tradition, creativity and flavours based on perfect cooking techniques and obsessive research of the best market and imported products readily available in the UK. In the past, airport hotels might have meant chicken in a basket – at the Skyline, this kind of dish is quite definitely confined to memory.

As the world of airport hotels is such a competitive area, you will find always great deals available for those looking for accommodation pre or post flight. Websites such as airport hotel specialists http://www.superbreak.com or http://www.hotelnet.co.uk have an excellent choice of deals and are well worth considering prior to planning a stay close to an airport.

In general, airport hotels have improved significantly over the previous 10 years and are no longer the realm of the odourly challenged. However, it is still recommended that the world of train station pubs is averted except if on the look out for recreational drugs – or at the minimum have a 50p coin to get into the toilet.

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