I have been with my boyfriend for 6 months now and with me having a 7 year old daughter and him a 3 year old daughter - who get along great - we decided to have a trip away together now that the weather is starting to get nicer. We live up north in Cumbria and the obvious choice for us and everyone round here for a weekend away is Blackpool - being just a 2 hour drive and having lots to offer in terms of entertainment for the youngsters. Most people my age in the UK love Blackpool and others would prefer to stay away - the usual reason for this is because of how dirty the place is in general and the horror stories you hear of some of the hotels... one in ...  Read the complete review

We tend to visit Blackpool quite regularly and we normally stay at a premier inn hotel as you know you will generally get a good nights sleep, much needed after a hard day at the fun fair! We had read some great reviews about this hotel on trip advisor and the pictures looked nice too so we decided to pay that little bit extra to stay here. It is a four star boutique hotel and you do get what you pay for. Our room had a lovely huge bed and our older two daughters had their own 'bedroom' with a tv each - no arguing over who gets to choose the channel, bliss. We also had a cot in the room for the baby yet there was still plenty of room for the five ...  Read the complete review

I am a regular visitor to Blackpool and have been all my life. As a child I went at least twice a year as my great grandad lived there and since I grew up and had my son I have always been at least once a year with him as well as various other visits with friends for nights out etc. Over the years I have stayed in some decidedly grim B&Bs, with varying prices ranging from £11 per person per night to £45 per person per night (the most expensive of these was in fact one of the worse!!), until I hit upon the lovely Big Blue Hotel. It is a little piece of luxury in a town where I would never really expect to find any! A girl I worked with recommended this ...  Read the complete review

When I think of Blackpool, I normally think of dingy bed and breakfast's and slightly better hotels that are normally crammed full of the older generation (no offence.. i ain't getting any younger myself). However, The Big Blue Hotel is in a league of its own and I would recommend anyone that is taking a trip to Blackpool and are not bothered about the cost of the accommodation to treat themselves and book into the Big Blue Hotel. The Big Blue Hotel used to be part of the Best Western chain of hotels, however I am not sure whether it still is. Situated directly next door to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach, this is a luxurious hotel that now has 157 bedrooms, from ...  Read the complete review

If you are one of the people who read my review on Blackpool pleasure beach you will know that I am a regular traveller to Blackpool. If you haven’t read my Blackpool pleasure beach review then why not? (Only kidding). Normally when I visit Blackpool I tend to just look for a cheap bed and breakfast or a hotel with some sort of special offer on, as Blackpool to me is about what you do when you are there rather than where you stay. On this particular occasion however I was visiting Blackpool with my other half’s mum and dad who were paying and wanted to stay somewhere nice. After a long time looking we came to a joint decision on The Big Blue Hotel, a relatively new hotel  Read the complete review