Stoke & Newcastle Ramblers

09-May-27 to 16-May-27 Coach holiday to Tenby

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Biddulph Ramblers An Unexpected Holiday Opportunity For 2027

In 2023, about 50 of us had a lovely holiday in Tenby staying at the excellent Giltar Hotel overlooking the South Beach and Caldey Island. Many people had said that they would love to goback but on every occasion that I contacted the hotel, I was told that they could only offer five-night stays because they were doing weddings at the weekend.

Last week, I spent a few nights in the area staying in nearby Manorbier. On three nights, I went into Tenby to have dinner at The Giltar. The food was excellent and no more expensive than at other pubs and restaurants in the area. I was fortunate to meet up with Jo who was working on reception. She is the lady who deals with the coach bookings so I thought I would have one final try to see if I could negotiate a seven-night stay.

Success. She has offered us a seven-night holiday for 51 people from Sunday May 9th 2027 on a half board basis with entertainment included on two nights.

The price of the hotel has increased quite considerably partly because they now charge a slightly higher rate for Fridays and Saturdays when they usually do weddings. In addition to this we will no longer have "the run of the hotel" like last time. When we went in 2023, they charged the same price for everyone and I simply provided the hotel with a list of names and room types and left the rest to them. That is why some people were lucky enough to be allocated to a sea view room. This time, they are charging a supplement for sea views. Please bear in mind that since 2023, the cost of coach hire has also increased very significantly so the more people we can get on the coach, the lower the price will be.

The prices quoted by the hotel are guaranteed, almost two years in advance so allowing for the fact everything seems to be going up all the time, I think they have offered us a very good deal. Certainly, compared to commercial companies like HF and Ramblers, I think the prices quoted are great and don't forget that we will have the added benefit of coach travel to Tenby and back.

A note on walks. There are some outstanding walks such as from Freshwater to Bosherston which we surely must repeat but I have one or two ideas for walks which we have never done on our previous visits.

We have been allocated 27 places in standard rear-facing rooms, a mixture of doubles, twins and singles and 24 places in sea view rooms doubles or twins only.

The likely cost will be about £920-00pp in a standard room and about £995-00pp in a sea view room. This, of course, includes the cost of the coach and gratuities.

This will almost certainly be our final opportunity to go to Tenby. I am aware that it is considerably more than we are used to paying but those of us who stayed at The Giltar in 2023 thought that it was one of the best hotels we have ever stayed in and that the walks we did were right up there with the best as well.

If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible. As The Giltar Hotel is so popular, I cannot imagine that the offer will remain open for very long.

You can register your interest by emailing Dave Martin. Just click on his name and an email contact page will appear. Alternatively, click on the email icon next to Dave Martin's name in the Contact field in the header, above.