| There had been a reported increase in the | | | | The same can be said though for some British |
| number of people having 'staycations' this year. | | | | hotels. Some have even gone the other way and |
| This has been welcomed by hotel owners across | | | | offer a 'continental' breakfast instead - needless |
| the country and will surely have a positive effect | | | | to say I disapprove. |
| on the UK's economy (which needs all the help it | | | | Cost aside for a moment, the reluctance of |
| can get). Although I hate to admit it, Britain can't | | | | British hotel owners to go down the 'budget' route |
| hope to compete with Europe when it comes to | | | | has meant the standard of the hotels in the UK |
| beach weather, or even beaches. But, Britain does | | | | has remained, on average, quite high. In other |
| have a lot to offer holiday makers. The focus of | | | | countries - particularly some of the popular |
| this article is whether the hotels of the UK are at | | | | student destinations - the market has been |
| a standard which matches those abroad. | | | | flooded by budget hotels where 'cheap' is the new |
| I've stayed in a number of hotels at home and | | | | 'clean'. |
| abroad and to be honest I've had mixed | | | | The irony perhaps is that some holiday |
| experiences in both cases. On average I'd say | | | | destinations abroad are so dominated by English |
| that Britain's hotels are better on the whole, but | | | | holiday makers it feels more like home than home |
| you pay for it. British hotels are, partly because of | | | | does (except you can get a tan and the sea isn't |
| the price of the Euro, somewhat more expensive | | | | sub-zero). |
| to stay in which is why camping and caravan | | | | Warm weather and cheap drink are often at the |
| holidays are so popular in the UK. | | | | top of the list for holiday makers; this is to the |
| As far as I'm concerned, one of the marks of a | | | | detriment of the UK hotel industry. The industry |
| good hotel is the quality of its full English | | | | can't hope to compete with somewhere like |
| breakfast. Surely this is where England comes up | | | | Greece on sunshine, but it does have an awful lot |
| trumps? Despite other countries strong efforts to | | | | going for it: maybe this year with some people |
| win over English holiday makers with their wholly | | | | forced to stay at home the industry will revitalise |
| English-ised breakfasts, there is an art to a | | | | in a spectacular way - we'll see. |
| traditional fry up that only some actually master. | | | | |