Where is there to stay at a reasonable price for the magic weekend? Initially tried ETAP but sold out for the weekend by the looks of it. Wanting somewhere as cheap as possible, don't mind being a tram ride away. All help appreciated. Stayed in a decent B&B in Cardiff last time around close to the ground which was convenient.

There are a couple of Premier Inns in the city centre, but I imagine they will be getting booked up.

Try 'Staymanchester.com' serviced apartments. They have 1 2 and 3 bed apartments and works out a good deal if there's a few of you

There's an ETAP by Salford Quays that is a tram ride out of the city. Have you tried the Travelodge on Great Ancoats Street - that's on the edge of the centre closest to the stadium.

The Laystall St apartments on the site mentioned by Big Ask is en route to the stadium too.

If cost is a main driver how about the Hatters Hostels? There are a couple in the Northern Quarter.

ETAP in salford is saying no availabilities for that weekend

Hotels ramping up prices for a major event? Didn't Cardiff hoteliers get vilified for this sort of thing around these parts?

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Tour A

Coach and Hotel package £55

Enjoy 2 days of top class rugby league
1 nights hotel with full English breakfast
Option to visit the Belle Vue Greyhound Race track Saturday night

Just booked for me n r kid! best deal by miles!

Nice one pal. Might utilise that option for the challenge cup final with mi cheap ticket

Ancoats or town centre best bet, try www.theplacehotel.com do apartments for the weekend, round corner from piccadilly station, reasonable prices if one or two of you. Bus or taxi though mate no trams up that way yet.

Ancoats or town centre best bet, try www.theplacehotel.com do apartments for the weekend, round corner from piccadilly station, reasonable prices if one or two of you. Bus or taxi though mate no trams up that way yet.

Britannia Hotels in Manchester City centre are usually pretty cheap.

I'd have suggested the world infamous [url=http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187069-d191553-Reviews-Britannia_Sachas_Hotel-Manchester_Greater_Manchester_England.html'Sachas'[/url - a wretched hive of scum and villainy (more accurately, stag/hen nights, airline cabin crew and 'escorts'), but having checked, even they're asking £145 for that Saturday night.



How many are staying over? Your best bet is probably a serviced apartment - Atrium, Northern Quarter Apts, etc. Even if it's £150, you can fit several people in to keep costs down.

There's a reason.

Stick your kecks on back to front, hang about down Canal Street and not only will you get a bed for the night, there'll be meat & two veg thrown in

hmmm, i wonder the circumstances in which you came to know such details...

I stayed there when we played Widnes. Interesting. Bet at one point it was amazing. We were in one of the windowless rooms. We only paid 25 quid for a twin room, it did the job. I've stayed in nicer hostels however.

Anticipating a shortage of reasonably priced accommodation in the Manchester area for the magic weekend I decided to join a free dating site and said I wanted to meet a woman who must be a RL fan and live within 20 miles of the city.

As a result of this I'm now meeting a 34 year old divorced mother of 2 from haydock (a Saints fan) on the saturday and 27 year old single mother of one from Bolton (a Wigan fan) on sunday. I failed to mention I'm a married father of 2 from Coventry but hey...thats life.

Following an exchange of photos and a few late night phone calls both have said I can stay at their houses on their respective nights and they both seem pretty friendly girls so not only will I get a free bed for the night I'll also get a leg over and maybe a bacon roll the following morning.

There is normally somewhere on canal street that can accomodate if your stuck, with the more classier stays give you breakfast in the morning as well



The prices didn't increase that much last year when Take That was on last year, and there was probably more people there on one night than the whole of the Magic Weekend.

Just 2 of us, thus £150 per night is a no no!!!! Might just get the train and give sunday a miss

be cheaper to just go home and come back the next day !!

I am staying at the holiday inn media city on the saturday, booked it soon as dates were announced.

to be honest, nice hotels in the city centre are expensive pretty much every weekend in manchester due to the football fans who travel.

Just booked Jurys Hotel as saw offer for 130 quid for the fri and sat night inc bed and breakfast. Is a bit out of town away from the stadium but can get tram into city centre and get transport from there. Stayed there a number of years ago and was half decent hotel.

Airtours cabin crew were a friendly lot.



Never found out the escort's name. For some reason she banged on the door for 5 minutes at about 3am until I told her to f*ck off.

Oh yeah, forgot about the bloke knocking on doors selling drugs. Charming hotel.

Try Brittania Hotel in Stockport. Normally cheap and only a £3 train ride from the city centre.

Anybody wanting a room for the Sunday night only can get one in the city centre Premier Inn for £19 here www.premierinn.com/en/it/offers/ ... -sale.html?

Anybody wanting a room for the Sunday night only can get one in the city centre Premier Inn for £19 here www.premierinn.com/en/it/offers/ ... -sale.html?