RED-EYE-GEEZA Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 (edited) I have twice (and just booked a third time for Dec 14th for Greenhouse Effect) used www.booking.com a really useful site, they just take credit card details to secure room and you pay how you like direct to hotel and you can cancel up to two days before. Never had a problem with them and you can really check out your hotel and have guest reviews !! Well I've been and gone and my booking was fine except they charged more when I got there than was said on the site! Either that or i missed a charge in the smallprint. The hotel was 'Fantasia' which had really good reviews but the room we had was terrible. It was a converted loft and so small you had to dogde eachother to get past and the bathroom(which stunk of piss) was stupidly small, i bashed my head on the low ceiling several times! The steps were a bitch to climb(76 of them) and the place was just generally shit. Maybe the other rooms are a nicer. Breakfast was a pile of cack as well, it was stale and the owner just stood there watching over you making you feel awkward. The cleaners move all your shit around and make you think they've had a peek and maybe more. It was too far away from eveything too! Do yourselves a favour and give it a miss! Edited December 22, 2007 by RED-EYE-GEEZA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growndome Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Owl Hotel stayed here last week in a single room on my own and it was really nice well friendly staff clean nice bathroom. nothing more i could have asked for. I t wasnt really cheap but not expensive either (guess it depends on your situation huh) think it was 80 euro a night but was well worth it. was a 3 star. near vondelpark so away from all the pissed up scumbags of red light area. nearby coffeeshops that were good tweede karmer (10 minute walk) very nice menu amnesia 15 minute walk nice atmosphere comfy seats and good products dolphins 5 minute walk - shit menu but nice vibe and free wireless internet rokery 5 minute walk quite busy seemed alright but not as quality stuff as the 2 above. loads of cheap italian resteraunts with 5 euro menus in the area too. hope this helps someone. ps. if you want to treat the missus went last year n stayed in park plaza i think it was called can get deals on rooms its 4 star and well posh nice views with little balconys nice for tooting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grandad Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I found it a great day out. john lennon airport 6am, arrive in dam central 9.30. leave dam central 8.20pm, i'm back in my house by 10.45 pm. 3 years since i last went, the whole journey both ways £50..easyjet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubixs Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 (edited) when i went to the dam in feb it was an all inclusive package 130 quid. that was being picked up in town(birmingham),upto hull onto ferry. stayed on ferry for 1 night got to the dam about 10 o'clock in the morning,meet back at coach to go to our hotel at 3pm. but the hotel was miles away from amsterdam town,we missed coach back to hotel on the night & had to pay 25 euros in a taxi to get back to hotel. spent all the next day in the town,10pm back on coach for return journey. it was a good package but did'nt like where our hotel was. next time i go hopefully soon i'm just gonna do what i do when i go to blackpool,just get there may be have a smoke first then look around for digs in the town or near by. Edited May 26, 2008 by rubixs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishin Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 (edited) Whenever I go to the Dam (about twice a year) I always use a place called Frederics accomodations, Unsure if I am allowed to post this link but here goes (sorry mods if not allowed) here >>> Frederic I have always found his places reasonable for the money, and are always very clean. His places are independant accomodations throughout Amsterdam, meaning you have your own keys to your own houseboat or apartment (which it totally private) and you can come and go as you please. The best part about it is there is no deposit to be left on the accomodation, just the price for the rental itself, also the fact that there is no cerfew and most of his places are toker friendly which suits me perfectly. I have found his places cheaper and more convienient than hotels and have always found his service very good, he will also rent you a typical 'Dutch' style bike for a very reasonable price indeed. I hope someone finds this information useful. H.T. :wink: Edited May 26, 2008 by Hardcore Toker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freekjoy Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Ive booked me and my girl into The Old Quarter Hotel. not sure what its gonna be like heard some very mixed reviews but fortunatly shes a pretty hardcore toker so its just gonna be somewhere to crash and nothing more. 70 euros a night which isnt bad for the dam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpiper Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 great link HT just the kind of thing i like....much better then a hotel room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishin Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 great link HT just the kind of thing i like....much better then a hotel room H.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Harris Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Think next time I might go with your guy HT. Hotel Kooyk Was about 50 Euro's a night for me and the girlfriend. Nice friendly staff. Our room was really nice as it had big opening french doors going into what seemed like our own private garden. There was also a lovely hotel dog that you could play with if ya got a bit bored whilst having a joint in the garden. Unfortunately we had ants in our room but as soon as we mentioned it to them they got us 2 different types of insect spray immediately. It was at the bottom of leidersplein (sp?) nearish bulldog. Only about 2 minutes walk away. Also very close to vondelpark. Places like grey area, amnesia, dampkring, Barneys lounge etc... were all within about 10 - 15 minutes walking distance. Also looked as though the other rooms all had balconies looking over the garden so even if you dont have the ground floor room then you still get a nice outside area to sit. Would definately reccomend this hotel =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple Kid Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 pic of hotel: im staying here for a few days in august....anyone know what are the rules regarding smoking in here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple Kid Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 this place....hotel amsterdam on damrak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sublime Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Ive stayed in the hotel Amsterdam its a nice place, secure for sure, but abit pricey ,did like the big breakfast room but their is better and cheaper places.My incense sticks set off the fire alarm and they burst in ,i was out the window putting the things out proper nightmare. Not very smoke friendly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishBaby24 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) OK...I've checked (when I say checked, I really mean skimmed over, because I'm fairly mellow)..through this thread to see if the hotel I stayed in has been reviewed, and to my bleary eye, it would appear not. So here it is: The Park Hotel Stadhouderskade 25 1071 ZD Amsterdam, Netherlands +31 20 6711222 The Park Hotel is in the 'Leidseplein' area of Amsterdam, and when I was there it had a 4 star rating. At the time we got it for (in pounds) 250, 2 people for 4 nights. Which I thought was great value for the location and the added luxury. The staff were lovely, even the ROOM SERVICE guy! AND there was a free porn channel, but all was interested in was taking pictures of the Dutch subtitles....must have been the green... Anyway..On with the review, so yeah...its pretty central, coffee shops are only a few stops by tram, or a 15 minute walk, the red light district i remember being slightly further cos I wanted to go to the hash museum :wink: The food was nice and if you get a room on the top floor (which you can request) the view is amazing. it was all in all a great hotel to stay if your gunna be there for the good part of a week. I'd give it a 9.5/10 B) P.S. You could smoke spliffs in the rooms when I was there, it'll only be pure weed joints now I think. Edited June 24, 2008 by ScottishBaby24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah_Kozmyk Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 The A-Train Hotel Stopped at this quirky hotel, almost opposite Central Station, with some mates in March'08. Its incredibly narrow, even by 'dam standards and dec'ed out to be... like a train! We were asked not to smoke spliff there, but had no complaints bout hanging out the window with me pipe!! Its a 3 star jobbie, so isn't the cheapest, but is clean and well kept. Well worth a visit. http://www.atrainhotel.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenthumb_420 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Anyone Else Stayed at the A-TRAIN hotel... The missus & I are off in 9 days (whoop whoop!) Seems, to be well located and tripadvisor has mixed reviews, just wondering who here has used it? As we STILL have not booked a room! DOH! We were going to stay at camping zeeburg, but all chalets are booked. (would have booked weeks ago, but friend who were coming blew their spending money and have sold their tickets, so now i'm basically fucked, looking for somehwhere in a good location, cheap (for the dam anyway)... Have satyed in Goa a number of times, so nothing there could come as much of a shock hotel-wise Noticed it's just down the road from Barneys Breakfast bar too, which will be well handy! Many thanks for any advice folks... Going to book later today hopefully... Cheers GT420 E2A: Don't like the non-smoking thing, but was asked if we wanted a smoking room?!?!?!?! Confused about above review Edited September 8, 2008 by Greenthumb_420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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