Britain on the Cheap

The Old Swan Hotel in the Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate, famous for its association with Agatha Christie, has a special deal through June. A double room for two with dinner and breakfast is now £119/$195 per night, saving almost £100/$163. Guests also receive a welcome bottle of wine. Crime novelist Agatha Christie fled to [...]

The beachside Tides Reach hotel in Salcombe is including some money-stretching extras in its June breaks. The £360/$585 package, saving £33/$54 each, includes dinner and breakfast each day, a welcome bottle of sparkling wine and handmade chocolates, cream tea on two days, a back massage or facial in the spa and a return ferry trip [...]

Torridon Hotel in the Highlands, recently named Scottish Hotel of the Year 2011, is offering complimentary outdoor activities for guests throughout June. The activities instructor will lead half-day sessions in rock climbing, archery, loch kayaking, gorge scrambling and guided walks, normally costing from £25-£60/$41-$98 per activity. Children over 10 are welcome. Double rooms with breakfast [...]

Couples can book a bargain £99/$161 country house hotel break from Classic Lodges until the end of June. The price is for an overnight stay for two people with dinner and breakfast and applies at The Hickstead, near Brighton; Grovefield House near Windsor; Bagden Hall, in TV’s Last of the Summer Wine country near Huddersfield; [...]

Dartmouth Golf & Country Club has sliced nearly 20% off its June packages. A one-night package of dinner and B&B, with two days of unlimited golf, is now £89/$145 per person. Four days of unlimited golf with three nights’ B&B and one two-course evening meal is now 15% off. The unlimited golf breaks entitle guests [...]

Bailiffscourt Hotel on the West Sussex coast will celebrate the season with a spring vegetable dinner May 27. The package includes a canapé reception, the five-course meal with organic wines, a room overnight and breakfast at a third of the usual rate: £115/$187 per person sharing for May 27. The menu will feature vegetable broth, [...]

Talk about a capital cuppa! The Langham London will celebrate its 146th anniversary June 10 with afternoon tea for only seven pence/11 cents. On June 10, 1865, HRH the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, cut the ribbon and officially opened The Langham, London. The Langham, London will bring back the original price with [...]

Marcliffe Hotel and Spa is offering a vacation package that visits three of Scotland’s world-renowned courses. The “Swinging Deal” features one round of golf each at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club; Murcar Links Golf Club, named “Course of the Year” by Golf Tourism Scotland in 2007; and Cruden Bay Golf Club, an old-fashioned course recently ranked [...]

Fans of the royal wedding can get that much closer to the happy couple’s Anglesey home with a stay at the 13th-century Welsh castle, Ruthin. Ruthin Castle is the only Edward I castle in Wales where you can stay the night. Other royals, such as Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I, also owned Ruthin. [...]

Yes, Kate and William are frolicking in the Seychelles for their honeymoon, but they won’t forget all their old London haunts. Luxury Travel Bible.com has scoped out 21 of their fave spots, from his barber, Geo F Trumper, to her hair stylist, Richard Ward Salon, and a popular royal gastropub, The Ship. Check out her [...]