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Title: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2012, 21:49:49
Anyone watching this now on BBC?
They have a suite that costs a mere ...............................




£6900 per night!!!!!!  :o :o :o :o :o

or if that's a bit on the pricey side, you can have afternoon tea for just £50 per person!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: YZ250 on 10 December 2012, 21:57:58
 :o :o

I tend to use the Premier Inn at County Hall which is similarly priced.  ;) ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2012, 21:59:54
:o :o

I tend to use the Premier Inn at County Hall which is similarly priced.  ;) ;) ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Varche on 10 December 2012, 22:30:00
£6900? That must have been a late deal offer. Two nights and Joan Collins thrown in.

I liked the bit where the red carpet was rolled back for the passing woman and pram. ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2012, 22:31:24
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I liked the bit where the red carpet was rolled back for the passing woman and pram. ;D

 ;D ;D ;D one wouldn't like to get one's red carpet dirty, would one?  ;) ;)
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: joshwyatt on 10 December 2012, 22:38:07
Claridges is lovely, I've had afternoon tea there twice, and stayed once in the past 3 months. It is expensive, but the attention to detail, as illustrated is intense.
Imagine though the bill for the 48 or so rooms booked by one party  ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Vamps on 10 December 2012, 22:41:17
Yeh, when you put it like that perhaps we should have a re think, we tend to book a couple of weeks each summer but is getting a bit samey, maybe time to look around for next year.... :y :y
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2012, 22:41:29
Claridges is lovely, I've had afternoon tea there twice, and stayed once in the past 3 months.  ......

Charged to your company then?  ::) ::) ::) And we thought that we were being a bit extravagant the other year when we had tea in Betty's in Harrogate  ::) ::)
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Vamps on 10 December 2012, 22:43:00
Claridges is lovely, I've had afternoon tea there twice, and stayed once in the past 3 months.  ......

Charged to your company then?  ::) ::) ::) And we thought that we were being a bit extravagant the other year when we had tea in Betty's in Harrogate  ::) ::)

Now that is extravagance....... :D :D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: joshwyatt on 10 December 2012, 22:47:56
Claridges is lovely, I've had afternoon tea there twice, and stayed once in the past 3 months.  ......

Charged to your company then?  ::) ::) ::) And we thought that we were being a bit extravagant the other year when we had tea in Betty's in Harrogate  ::) ::)

 ;D I just take a wig and 'do a runner' before they've noticted.
It's a treat, it can be awkward asking or allowing people to do things for you, you would ordinarily do yourself, but it's part and parcel of the experience. If you're polite and courteous to the staff it works well. Of course there are the people that demand, and swagger around in a 'I own the world way', but they soon learn their errors...notably from other guests.
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2012, 22:50:24
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Now that is extravagance....... :D :D

It was ................ more of a treat.  ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: YZ250 on 10 December 2012, 22:59:01
Claridges is lovely, I've had afternoon tea there twice, and stayed once in the past 3 months.  ......

Charged to your company then?  ::) ::) ::) And we thought that we were being a bit extravagant the other year when we had tea in Betty's in Harrogate  ::) ::)

 ;D I just take a wig and 'do a runner' before they've noticted.
It's a treat, it can be awkward asking or allowing people to do things for you, you would ordinarily do yourself, but it's part and parcel of the experience. If you're polite and courteous to the staff it works well. Of course there are the people that demand, and swagger around in a 'I own the world way', but they soon learn their errors...notably from other guests.

Now you're talking.  :o :o  Do they supply the hand wipes as well.  ;) ;) ;D ;D  Oh sorry, you probably didn't mean that did you Josh.  :-[ :-[ ;D ;D
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: jonathanh on 11 December 2012, 07:58:21
i watched that program with great interest.  Yes it is expensive and no I wouldn't pay but it is a curious British institution and really a demonstration of how we can be slightly eccentric but excel at things.  Long may it continue. 

Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: henryd on 11 December 2012, 09:10:05
I have been watching the series,the thing that struck me was how few brits work in this great British institution :-\
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Andy B on 11 December 2012, 09:12:33
I have been watching the series,the thing that struck me was how few brits work in this great British institution :-\

I noticed that too
Title: Re: Claridges on BBC
Post by: Turk on 11 December 2012, 21:57:35
£6,900 per night !   It just confirms the saying...'A fool and his money are soon parted'.