I have so much to talk about.
My family and I went on vacation in July to the UK, London and Scotland to be exact. When I say my family, I mean my husband, our 2 kids (both under the age of 5), my mother-in-law to help with the kids, and myself.
Okay if you are not a seasoned international traveler, some advice from someone who isn’t a seasoned international traveler as well. DON’T TAKE YOUR CHILDREN WITH YOU UNTIL THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO WORRY AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN LUGGAGE! That is right my friends, I needed a vacation from my vacation because of that.
But that isn’t what this post is about. This post is about our hotel stays.
Our first leg was in London, we stayed at the Sheraton Skyline, right across the street from the runways at London-Heathrow Airport. You are probably asking why we didn’t stay in London itself. One word: Wimbledon. The prices were sky high, even for the cheapest hotel in London.
What can I say about Sheraton Skyline? Pretty darn good. Staff was helpful and super nice. I heard all horrible things about what to expect with the customer service in the UK in general. I only encountered it once from a bus driver. But back to the Sheraton Skyline. It was really nice, very comfortable, very clean, and there was a Starbucks in the lobby. I don’t drink Starbucks normally but it was a must on this trip.
Sheraton hotels have a twitter account, now I was not expecting to hear from ANYONE with the hotel one single bit. A big chain like that? I was so very wrong. I post a picture of the lobby, late at night. I get a message. We stayed at the Skyline for 4 days, awesome the whole time.
We then head up to Edinburgh, Scotland for the rest of our vacation. We stayed at the Grand Sheraton Hotel and Spa. Right across from a theater, Kenny Rogers was playing there one night, I didn’t go to it. I had let Sheraton’s social media people know we were going there, still not expecting anything. My husband and I went for a walk after dinner the first night and came back to find a pretty big pile of fruit with a sweet note. It was from Sheraton’s social media team wishing us a great first visit to the UK (Europe). To say that I was in shock was putting it mildly.
I blog about things from my own experience, I never expect anything from anyone unless it’s been planned. Which for the record has never happened. I messaged my cousin as soon as I could to tell her and she said, they are listening. They are, they want to know.
So, the Sheraton Grand in Edinburgh. Very impressed. Mood lighting in the bathroom was pretty cool, sound in the bathrooms from the TV. They did have adjoining rooms so my mother-in-law was next to us. Staff was wonderful as usual. The food service staff that handled our breakfasts and dinners when we were at the hotel. Oh my goodness! Can you say above and beyond? Super nice and very helpful. One young lady named Aileen was at every breakfast and dinner we had, she was so nice, and listened to a silly American from Texas ramble on about the possibility of being a descendant of the family of Robert the Bruce (not him exactly but his family), and a few other royal families from Scotland.
You read all of this and not one complaint. Well, yeah there were a few issues but the good out weighs the bad. I know the awesome people at Sheraton would like to know so here we go. My husband is a diabetic, not a lot of diabetic friendly food dinners at the hotel during our visit but we made due. We had a minor issue with bedding but that was resolved so fast, it made my head spin. Needed a baby crib.
That was basically it. I am sorry if I went a bit long but I could’ve gone a bit longer.
To sum it up:
Rooms were clean
ALL staff went above and beyond to help
I would recommend these hotels to stay at for anyone.
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