Advantages: Very friendly & helpful staff, easy to get to, Nice hotel Disadvantages: Take your own baby monitor
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I should add that we didn't pay for our son to stay, I presume this was because he was under a certain age.
~~~The Hotel~~~
The directions to the hotel are very clear on the website, the hotel is accessable from Junc. 32 of the M6 and there is a route finder should you still have problems finding the hotel.
Preston Marriott is a Victorian hotel situated in 11 acres of gardens and woodland and is set back from the main road so the traffic noise doesn't disturb the guests; the hotel has a sloping ramp to one side of the entrance for the disabled.
The car park is free with plenty of spaces for disabled and non disabled.
~~~Arrival and Accommodation~~~
We arrived at the hotel, checked in at Reception and was given directions to our room, seeing that we had a baby in tow they offered to take our luggage up to our room ...
Advantages: Good story set in an interesting period of time. Disadvantages: Slightly unbelievable at times.
and Marcia Preston effectively draws the reader into the drudgery of Trudy's daily routines. Soon Trudy learns through an old friend, Wolfgang Kruger, that, as the wife of a defector, she is in danger of being brought in for questioning by the Stasi. Faced with possible imprisonment, torture or worse Trudy reluctantly takes up an offer of help to escape to the west. Tragically she is unable to take Stefan with her - a heart-wrenching decision for any woman.
Having survived the terrifying ordeal of her escape, Trudy learns the fate of her husband and sets about trying to find a way of being reunited with both Stefan and her mother in law.
The reader is then presented with a sequence of events which somewhat tests the bounds of credibility but nevertheless still provides an enjoyable read. President J F Kennedy visits to deliver his now ...
Advantages: Easy access, Marriott standards and deals, very comfortable Disadvantages: Some delays in restaurant
Stayed here In May with my wife for a leisure weekend using the Visa "Bonus Bucks" promotion, on a B&B basis. Cost was £78 for the room per night for B&B, plus a £100 voucher on checkout towards a further 2 night break in a Marriott hotel - so I knew that we were on to a winner from the start! The hotel has a really accessible location less than 5 minutes from the M6. Don't let that put you off as it is in its own grounds up a 200m drive, and doesn't suffer from any traffic noise.
Check in was very friendly and efficient, and I managed to arrange an upgrade to a lovely room in the old part of the building overlooking the drive for £20 per night.
Room was large and extremely comfortable, with a king size bed and all the usual facilities. There was an excellent air-conditioning units that was totally controllable by ourselves via ...