http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Edinburgh's most bike friendly hotel? en Thu, 21 May 2026 23:46:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222183 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:16:12 +0000 LivM 222183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We've had some super welcomes from B&amp;B owners when we were on bike holidays. Up to and including taking our wet clothes away and bringing them back washed and dried by breakfast time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222181 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:55:43 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 222181@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>{D'oh!] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222172 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:15:35 +0000 unhurt 222172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd like to sing the praises of various motels and budget hotels in Canada, most of which had no actual bike related welcome policy at all, but almost universally interpreted this to mean "oh, you can just take the bike into / up to your room." Road dust and all. I did put my groundsheet under it when the room was carpeted, but not because I was asked to! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222096 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:42:11 +0000 dougal 222096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye there was a strange toast rack thing around the back next to the kitchens that I guess the staff were using. There were only a couple of bikes there but neither of them were supported securely by rack. One of those "designed for six, will comfortably hold none" racks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222086 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:11:39 +0000 Ed1 222086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was there a couple of months ago for a friends birthday I attached my bike to the wooded fence by the door. I noticed the 2 metal racks. When outside round the back think I sore some other cycle parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-222079 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:29:11 +0000 dougal 222079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spent a luxurious weekend at Prestonfield for our anniversary. Their website says (in two places):</p> <p><em>"Prestonfield has secure bike racks for guests and we have some mountain bikes that you are free for guests to use during your stay."</em></p> <p>We didn't take the bikes, so I cannot say whether "secure bike racks" is anything more than the two Sheffield racks under the big tree near the front door.</p> <p>And the concierge denied any knowledge of mountain bikes available for guest use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-110017 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:50:28 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 110017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You have to ask? ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-110015 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:37:57 +0000 DaveC 110015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>flexible eating arrangements</em></p> <p>I read this as <em> you can eat in the shed in the garden as the other guests won't want to eat with stinky sweaty lycra clad cyclists!</em></p> <p>I must fall into the Curmudgeon bracket eh WC? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109987 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:23:06 +0000 steveo 109987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>flexible eating arrangements</em></p> <p>Don't knock the tourers curse. Turning up hungry, still being hungry an hour later and wanting more food just before bed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109986 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:19:25 +0000 cb 109986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do you think Visit Scotland have gone a bit far with their welcome schemes:</p> <p><a href="http://www.visitscotland.com/quality-assurance/welcome-schemes">http://www.visitscotland.com/quality-assurance/welcome-schemes</a></p> <p>"Film Crews Welcome"?<br /> "Classic Cars Welcome"?</p> <p>I think my favourite is:</p> <p>"Arts Welcome" - "Establishments displaying this award will offer specific provision for guests attending cultural events or venues"</p> <p>What specific provision?!</p> <p>Also, this seems a bit unfair. Bikers get, "secure parking and facilities for maintaining their machines in top condition both mechanically and visually".</p> <p>Cyclists on the other hand get, "clothes-drying facilities and flexible eating arrangements".</p> <p>(Ok, I'm sure there's more to it than those sound bites...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109980 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:06:49 +0000 SRD 109980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there's also <a href="http://bedsforcyclists.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://bedsforcyclists.co.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109979 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:06:14 +0000 PS 109979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've stayed in a few places that gave it the old "cyclists welcome". What that tended to mean was they had a garage/shed you could stick your bike in, once you'd squeezed past the lawnmower, garden furniture etc. It does just enough, but in my book misses the trick of having an easily accessible and properly secure (eg, with a wall anchor or similar, so you know it's still secure if someone happens to fail to lock the door) place for bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109971 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:08:46 +0000 Min 109971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I stayed in a Cyclists Welcome B&amp;B in Melrose a couple of years ago. I chose it specifically for this reason so I didn't have to worry about my bike. Nothing sophisticated, just a wee locked courtyard that could only be accessed by the B&amp;B owner but it did the trick. Plus it is just nice to be welcomed somewhere for a change </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109970 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:06:00 +0000 chdot 109970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.visitscotland.org/business_support/quality_assurance/welcome_schemes/walkers_and_cyclists_welcome.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.visitscotland.org/business_support/quality_assurance/welcome_schemes/walkers_and_cyclists_welcome.aspx</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109969 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:04:56 +0000 fimm 109969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a "Cyclists Welcome" scheme, like the "Walkers Welcome" one. I forget what they have to do to be part of it - secure parking, I assume, and not minding if you turn up sopping wet, that sort of thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109941 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:00:12 +0000 CDM 109941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think hotels in Edinburgh and indeed Scotland really miss a trick with there lack of cycling facilities or at best advertising of what facilities they offer. Just finished planning another tripe to Holland and as always the hotels are most accommodating and welcoming. I have noted that thanks to CEC planning regulations that some of the newer hotels have cycling racks outside so that's a good start. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109926 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:28 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 109926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The doors were open and I'm not sure there was actually space for bikes right there. I think it lead somewhere round the back of the building, and was more just a sign of the owner's liking for bikes. Baldie, you're just being a curmudgeon ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109913 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:02:42 +0000 EddieD 109913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just down from there, the Raj Hotel has a magnificently battered old Indian Rickshaw outside - apparently it still works... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109895 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:33:56 +0000 Baldcyclist 109895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I like the accessible signage, especially for those dyslexic thieves who have issues with certain letters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109888 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:24:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 109888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Click for full image. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10134#post-109887 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:24:00 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 109887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/8719395959/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/8719395959_8d128d75fa.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/8719395959/">Edinburgh's most bike friendly hotel?</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr </p>