Broznitsky Posted 9 December , 2006 Share Posted 9 December , 2006 Can anybody recommend an inexpensive (for London ) hotel or comfortable B&B within walking distance of Waterloo Station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 9 December , 2006 Share Posted 9 December , 2006 +If you are British military, ex Military or ex-MoD, the Union Jack Club is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham-McAdam Posted 9 December , 2006 Share Posted 9 December , 2006 Yes, UJC is handiest - just over the road. Also Days Hotel on corner of Lambeth Road opposite Imperial War Museum. Two birds with one stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 9 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 December , 2006 +If you are British military, ex Military or ex-MoD, the Union Jack Club is superb. Royal Canadian Mounted Police qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted 9 December , 2006 Share Posted 9 December , 2006 Give them a ring Broznitsky! Really good place to stay Number used to be 44 (0) 1719284814 Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Royal Canadian Mounted Police qualify? Worth a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 http://www.hotelwaterloo.com/index.htm Try this One,its much better value for Money than the UJC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwenlock Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 The previous phone number was changes 5+ years ago, here is the UJC web site http://www.ujclub.co.uk/ Yours OxfordYeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wig Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 The Savoy is quite close.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Royal Canadian Mounted Police qualify? "The Union Jack Club is a private members club for serving and ex-serving military personnel of many countries, together with the emergency services such as police, fire and ambulance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Union Jack Club is charging £50 per Night !!..so if you use it for 5 Nights thats a really Hefty £250 Quid.Whereas the Waterloo Hotel Runs to just under £100 for the Week,and it is even nearer the IWM.I know which option i would choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mruk Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 I suppose it depends what you want and what your budget is. I've got to go along with PBI on this one, and £50 a night is a bit steep for a place where you're going to spend much of your time sleeping. Actually, it really saddens me off that some of you lot have more money than sense. £50 a night!! £300 a week. Some big, roughy-toughy soldiers you lot would make. Regards, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 What about the Victory Club? Bit further away but not bad if you use the tube. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 11 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Thanks to all who have suggested places. I'm waiting to hear back from UJC about the RCMP angle. PBI, when I visit the website for the Days Inn, it wants to charge me 99 pounds for one night next April. Where do you see the 100 pound a week price? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaisersoffensive Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 I suppose it depends what you want and what your budget is. I've got to go along with PBI on this one, and £50 a night is a bit steep for a place where you're going to spend much of your time sleeping. Actually, it really saddens me off that some of you lot have more money than sense. £50 a night!! £300 a week. Some big, roughy-toughy soldiers you lot would make. Regards, Dave How about under the arches at Charring Cross with sleeping bag and Quart bottle of Diamond White cider?l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Ah,those were the Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 How about under the arches at Charring Cross with sleeping bag and Quart bottle of Diamond White cider?l Sleeping bag? We dreamed of having a sleeping bag..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Thanks to all who have suggested places. I'm waiting to hear back from UJC about the RCMP angle. PBI, when I visit the website for the Days Inn, it wants to charge me 99 pounds for one night next April. Where do you see the 100 pound a week price? Peter I had a look through their automated Booking Site..i have obviously made a King Size Mistake,so i gave them a call,and i too got quoted Big Bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mruk Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 How about under the arches at Charring Cross with sleeping bag and Quart bottle of Diamond White cider?l I'm off the shikker, but I've no problem with dossing down Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 UJC will take ex military from anywhere, just show discharge papers on arrival. They need people cause forces are much smaller then when it was built about 1970. Be sure to check out the plaques in basement moved from old club. I've stayed there a lot, sure do meet interesting people in the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 Just been informed by Mr.Mruk,that the price in the UJ club does not include Brekkie,and is for a Single Room only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 11 December , 2006 Share Posted 11 December , 2006 My wife and I always use UJ Club if we stay in London. It is superb: at least 3 star, with powerful Service overtones, and very high standards. And it is not posh, but smart, all meals priced individually, in spotless surroundings and with excellent service. The large bar is a cosmopolitan meeting place for people who would certainly be sympatico with those of a Great War interest. Top class security. Catch Eurostar 5 minutes away. We paid less than £90 for a double last year. Serving military pay less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 12 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 12 December , 2006 Well chaps, the UJC is pleased to accept my reservation. "You will need your Military Identification, Membership Card, or Association Card ie civil service, police id etc....with you to show at the front door on arrival for security purposes." If anybody has any other accomodation suggestions for those who don't qualify for the Club, please keep replying for the benefit of others who may search in the future. Thanks to all, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 12 December , 2006 Share Posted 12 December , 2006 Enjoy!: the entrance gallery with portraits of VCs is superb. They also do a very good genteel 'English Afternoon Tea' meal, impeccably served and reasonably priced, also 'Early Dinner' for theatre-goers, in addition to meals at standard times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 12 December , 2006 Share Posted 12 December , 2006 Peter I really enjoy UJC and the people I have met there. The food though acceptable is what many people think of as old time English which some do not take as a compliment, though service is fine and I've eaten a lot of it, prices reasonable too. People must like to work there , I've seen people still there after a long interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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