Weddings in the Smoky Mountains

Inexpensive for weekends for those seeking a bargain

What is a young man to do? You have fallen madly in love; life for the foreseeable future appears to be nothing but a bed of roses except for one thing, your bank balance

It has to be a young man’s nightmare scenario.

“I don’t care where we go as long as we’re together” she whispers breathily down the phone “anywhere will do as long as it’s with you.”

Sounds fantastic and you just called wait except how are you going to fund it.

She thinks she’s going away for the weekend, your bank manager and Credit Card Company think otherwise. Help!

The trouble is to be brutally honest your line of thinking at this particular point in time is not entirely logical and probably more powered by hormonal desires than pure commercial logic

On the one hand, there is the prospect of you and the object of your desire, locked way in some hotel enjoying a weekend of unbridled passion and a very annoyed bank manager. On the other there is an extremely pleased bank manager and the prospect of a weekend at home, alone watching the footy!

However if you can disconnect at least 50% of your body for a short while and try and think logically and examine your options carefully you will see that all is not lost.

I am talking of course of finding somewhere for a weekend on a budget.

For the more creative amongst us there are a number of locations throughout the United Kingdom where you could enjoy a weekend and not break the bank.

Have you ever thought of a low-cost weekend in somewhere like Bristol for example? From about £36 per person per night you could have your choice of ready furnished one and two bedroom city centre apartments by the Temple Gardens and on the waterfront overlooking the Floating Harbour. These apartments come with fully fitted out kitchens, lounge areas and a selection of all sorts of digital recreational facilities (DVD Players, Broadband Internet Access etc) and are well worth an investigation. If you fancy this sort of weekend then contact Saco Apartments at 0845 122 0405 (sacoappartments.co.uk).

If Bristol doesn’t take your fancy how about a couple of nights in Brighton?
For prices as low as £40 you could get a bed for the night at the George IV guesthouse in Regency Square, with sea views and in one of Brighton’s finest squares.

If neither Bristol nor Brighton takes your fancy how about the weekend in Belfast based at Arnie’s Backpackers just round the back of Queens University where cosiness is guaranteed?

It’s cute it’s cosy, guests are offered a free cup of tea on arrival, you get to chill out around real coal fires (probably burning peat rather than coal) and if you’re a nice they’ll let you stroke the two resident dogs. Prices start at £9 per person per night.

Once you have sampled this type of Weekend break you may well find your self coming back for more. Once you have got over the initial perceived wisdom that it is not possible to have a good time on a low budget then you will find this type of weekend not only addictive but good fun as well

The above suggestions are just for starters and it is easy to see how things can actually work if you are creative enough.

Plan carefully and she’s happy and the bank managers is happy too!

Scott James writes regularly on travel issues and more on the above can be found at Travel Andalusia , Cheap Flight Travel and Car Insurance America