Rack Rate Category: From £59 B&B
Leisure Facilities: None
Internet Access: Dial-up
Parking: Guests are free in NCP Car-park behind hotel
Rooms: Small but comfortable
Location: Central
Tel: 01204-364352
Website: N/A
Amount paid: £65 bed & breakfast
Booked through: Direct with Hotel
My Verdict: Noisy, food expensive, not worth a second visit
Bolton Travel Inn
Rack Rate Category: £48.95 room only
Leisure Facilities: None
Internet Access: Wireless (extra charge - very slow)
Parking: Free, on-site
Rooms: Spacious, no telephones
Location: Jctn 6, M61, close to Reebok Stadium
Tel: 08701 977 282
Website:
www.travelinn.co.uk
Amount paid: £48.95 room only
Booked through: Travel Inn website
My Verdict: Reasonable, would use in an emergency
Moat House Hotel, Bolton
Rack Rate Category: From £66 B&B
Leisure Facilities: Pool & Gym (closed during my visit for
refurbishment - not told beforehand)
Internet Access: Dial-up and Wireless (not reliable)
Parking: Limited free parking underneath hotel
Rooms: Spacious and comfortable with air conditioning
(don't bank on the wireless internet access)
Location: Central
Tel:
Website:
www.moathousehotels.co.uk
Amount paid: £66 bed & breakfast
Booked through: on the Moat house hotel website (www.moathousehotels.co.uk)
My Verdict: Could have been nice, but spoilt through missing extras in Executive room, unreliable wireless internet access and pool being closed (but not advised beforehand)
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Courtlands Hotel,
Brighton 
(review contributed by Helen C Bradshaw)
Rack Rate: Single: from £42 w/days, from £72 w/ends
Leisure Facilities: Indoor heated pool
Internet Access: Dial up only (not confirmed)
Parking: Private car park
Rooms: On the small side, some bathrooms have shower
only, others have Jacuzzi baths
Location: On Grand Avenue, Hove about five minutes walk
from the sea front, close to local shops. Taxi cost into the centre of
Brighton around £6.
Tel: 01273 731055
Website:
www.courtlandshotel.com
Amount paid: £80 Conference Delegate Rate
Booked through: Third-party conference rate
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The
Bromsgrove Hotel (formerly the Hanover International, Bromsgrove)
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Rack Rate Category: High
Leisure Facilities: Excellent
Internet Access: Dial-up
Parking: Free, on-site
Rooms: Comfortable
Location: Out of Town
Amount paid: £27 bed & breakfast
[My Verdict: January 2004]
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