Forum Fest 2015 Melbourne

[fundj&e]

Flinders Lane Apartments look good too. CP please when u have a few minutes to spare can you call them, thanks love

[gertbysea]

The furniture in the bar looks easy to shift.

Gert

[fundj&e]

 

[Jamberie]

Reading with great interest!  Melbourne is certainly do-able.... but just have to wait a while before I can confirm I'd love to go to one of Alyce's classes....wonder if it would be worth Tenina running a few Melbourne classes at the same time!

[gertbysea]

Oh yes please. Many of us have never attended Tenina,s classes.

Gert

[cookie1]

The Mercure Welcome is on Little Bourke St, attached to it is the Mercure Swanston which opens onto Swanston St. They share the same reception. There is a restaurant there called The Louden and they do a breakfast equal to or better than Grand Chancellor. DD and I always stay at the Swanston.
The Mercure Welcome is less stars than the Mercure Swanston. It is very central, right over the road from the Emporium.
I know how to catch trams from here to Swan St ( shoes), Lygon St( Readings and food). We can walk to the DFO from there or catch the free tram. You can walk to the markets or catch the free tram.
I think I mentioned before that I am not sure about a bar area though.

A link to the hotel.

I forgot to add that there is a Haigh's Chocolate on Swanston St at the entrance to this place. That is not good as you have to pass it everytime you go up or down.

My 5 cents worth.

[Wonder]

I've stayed at the Mecure in Little Bourke st a few years ago, and while it's a great location (right at the entrance to Emporium, Myer and David Jones), it really is a budget hotel and I think you get what you pay for. The rooms were very small, with long dark corridors and quite shabby. I think the Flinders Lane apartments would be far better. My daughter stayed at Oaks on Lonsdale a little while ago and said it was great value, good location very close to Vic markets as well as city shops and they have one and two bedroom apartments if people are looking to share. I can't get a price for next October though.

[cookie1]

I agree Wonder. The Welcome part of the hotel is pretty yuk. The other side that opens onto Swanston st is similar to what we had in Hobart. The rooms are bigger and much better.

[jeninwa]

I haven't stayed in Melbourne for a long time so can't comment on accommodation, I'd like to stay somewhere that does breakfast and has a bar, as they were our meeting points. I loved arriving at breakfast and seeing all those Smiley faces. Just my 2 cents worth.

[CreamPuff63]

My only criteria is location, clean sheets, clean room, clean bathroom, and price

[gertbysea]

Good one CP but you forgot the good icy cold bubbles at a decent price.

Gert

[Wonder]

Thats good to know Cookie.I quite often see deals for the hotel but have always been turned off by our visit there. As much as Flinders lane is one of my favourite streets in Melbourne I think the location of the Welcome is hard to beat.

[cookie1]

One day when you are in the city Wonder go in and ask to see over the Mercure Swanston. The Mercure Welcome is horrid but the other is ok. However I'm not sure about a bar area. I will need to check.

[fundj&e]

i have a few very busy months ahead of me with a house guest dont know long she will be staying  and bali for 6 weeks in march then italy in june ,july, aug, sep back the 1st week of oct ,i will be booking my accommodation at the end of November  

[CreamPuff63]

The life of a jetsetter - you probably won't even need to unpack at this rate uni