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Hotels in Durham
Newest Review: ... distance of the cathedral where graduation occurs. I tried booking through my agent, who usually gets me terrific deal/rack ... more  ... rates, but met with a brick wall. No discounting during graduation week. We stayed at the Three Tuns, a Swallow Hotel, as we could not justify the expense of the Marriott Royal County, which was running about £200/night for b and b. The Three Tuns was a good choice. You could park a car, with difficulty, but we never failed. The hotel was hospitable, but made it quite clear, that during the Graduation Week, they were doing us a favour letting us stay there. Reception staff were friendly, but appeared to have li...more |
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Hotels in Durham: Kick a man when he is down (491 words)
by mgoldman - written on 06.07.04 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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What do kids who don't get into Oxbridge do? They go to University of Durham. So each year, thousands of middle class parents pack their kids of to Durham, some of them not even knowing where it is, only being certain that it is not on the Tube network, and not inside the M25. Durham is definitely a Town and Gown city. The end product is a good graduate of a good university, and the family wants to come to the graduation. Graduation dates are fixed well in advance, and this gives the hotels lots of notice to put their prices up. There is a paucity of hotels in Durham, and there is only one 4* and probably only the one 3* in the city centre, within walking ...
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