What To Look For in the Family Friendly Bridge Hotel in Chertsey

For a family friendly hotel, the Bridge Hotel in Chertsey is the ideal location with many attractions nearby. Here are the specific features and amenities you will have when choosing the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey for your family short break.

Are you planning a short break with your family in the forthcoming months? Whether it’s a quick weekend getaway or a half-term holiday, you can’t go wrong by booking a room at the family friendly Bridge Hotel, Chertsey in Surrey. Here are some of the most important features and amenities to look for when deciding why you should book there.

What’s There to Do?

The last thing you want to worry about is hearing your kids ask over and over again is, “What’s there to do?” So it’s important to find a location that is central to a variety of attractions the whole family is sure to enjoy.

That’s what makes the family friendly Bridge Hotel, Chertsey, the ideal choice. Within just a few miles of your guestroom, you will find such fabulous attractions as Windsor Castle, Legoland, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventure, two racecourses and a rugby stadium. This makes it easy to plan your trip around a rugby game, horse racing, or the exploration of one of our country’s most famous – and most interesting – castles.

There’s never a lack of things to do in the area so this makes Chertsey and Surrey a great place to plan a getaway the entire family is sure to remember for years to come.

What Does the Hotel Provide?

The ideal family friendly hotel, should feature amenities and attractions the entire family will enjoy utilising. Here are just some of the most popular features many families opt for when choosing the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey :
 

• Family Rooms  – great for budget-friendly as Kids stay For FREE in the room.
• Onsite restaurant – no need to drive to find a great meal as the family friendly Boat House Restaurant  offers great menus for adults and a special Kids menu.
• Beautiful location – find stunning views of the Chertsey countryside and the river Thames  right from the windows of your room.
• Free Wi-Fi – an easy way to keep the kids occupied when you don’t have other activities planned.
• Free on-site parking – no need to worry about those “extras”

Of course, the family friendly Bridge Hotel, Chertsey, is ideally located to make planning your break simple and travel convenient. Being just minutes away from Heathrow Airport and central London, you can easily book a weekend stay any time you wish to get away. But the Surrey area is also perfect for longer trips such as a half term holiday since there are so many attractions  nearby.

When you want to find a family friendly hotel, the great value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey  is the perfect place to start your search. Keep in mind the features listed above in order to find a great hotel your entire family will enjoy visiting over and over again. And with some great offers that change on a regular basis why not sign up for their Offers Newsletter to keep you up to date with how you can save even more money on your short break.

For the latest information or to book you can call the Reservation Team on 01932 565644.

The Legend of St. Valentine from the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey.

The history of Valentine's Day - and the story of its patron saint - is shrouded in mystery but maybe we at the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey can shed some light on it and so you can share this information with your loved one when spending the night here on our fabulous value Valentine’s Day Package.

We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains remnants of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?

The Catholic Church recognises at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realising the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. That will certainly not happen to you on our value for money Valentine’s Day Package!

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl - possibly his jailor's daughter - who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed "From your Valentine," an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasise his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and - most importantly - romantic figure. By the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France.

So that’s one story of how Valentines’ Day came into existence. But for you the great thing about Valentine’s Day is the chance to enjoy a great meal and with our great value for money offer spend the night in a comfortable hotel with the one you love.

At the value for money The Bridge Hotel we have created the perfect Valentine all inclusive break and menu to ensure your Valentine's Day is really special and one to remember.

Our all-inclusive, value for money, Valentine’s packages are tailor made and start from only £129 per couple and can be taken any night between Thursday 14th till Saturday 16th February.  Our value for money packages include:

•    Overnight Accommodation
•    Full English Breakfast
•    Three Course Meal and a Glass Of Bubbly, for Two at The Boat House Restaurant
•    Complimentary Parking
•    Complimentary WI-FI
•    Superior Room Upgrade for £10

If you decide to stay on a Saturday night and fancy a lie in, then why not treat yourself to a “Lazy Sunday” for only £30 per couple, you can extend your check out time till 6pm.

You can make your value for money stay at the Bridge Hotel Chertsey even more memorable by adding one of the following:

Sweetheart Package £10
A Box Of Chocolates - Chocolates will be in your bedroom on arrival.

Love Bird’s Package £10
Chocolate Covered Strawberries - These will be served in The Boat House Restaurant after your desserts, however if you prefer these can be taken back to your room.

Cupid Package £40
A Bottle of Champagne which can either be served, on arrival, on ice in the bedroom or with your three course meal in The Boat House Restaurant

Love Heart Package £50
A Bottle of Champagne and a Box of Chocolates- Champagne can be served; on arrival, on ice in the bedroom or with your three course meal and the chocolates will be in the bedroom on arrival.

Be Mine Package 
A Dozen Red Roses or Flowers of your Choice, depending on flower type and an agreed price can be either be ready in the bedroom, upon check in or displayed on your table when dining.

To book one of our all-Inclusive, value for money Valentine’s Packages call the Reservation Team at the Bridge Hotel Chertsey on 01932 565644.

The Best Value For Your Money when Picking a Hotel this January

For travellers who want to get the best value for money, hotel in Chertsey with all the right amenities and rates this January there is only one hotel to consider – the family friendly Bridge Hotel by the River Thames . Use these tips for even more savings when you book a hotel room at the great value for money Bridge Hotel.

Are you planning a trip to Chertsey on business or pleasure this January? And if you are traveling on a strict budget, then you’ll want to know all the tips and tricks included here about how to get the best value for money, hotel  Chertsey style. Take a look.

It’s All in the Timing

The best way to find a budget-friendly rate for a hotel in Chertsey or Surrey is by carefully selecting the dates of your stay. If you wait until after the Christmas holidays you get the best value for money offers at the Bridge Hotel in Chertsey.
 
What’s Included with Your Room Rate?

When you wish to get the best value for money, the Bridge Hotel’s amenities  might make the difference between staying within budget or paying extra for all those things you need to do when away from home. For example, the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey offers a complementary Wi-Fi service, which is a big boon to business travellers. You may also want to choose a family room if taking the kids.  Also ensure a hearty breakfast is included in your offer rate before heading out to take care of your day’s agenda. Parking is another factor; some hotels charge extra for this so to get the best value for money, The Bridge Hotel Chertsey offers free parking.

Location, Location, Location

And finally, consider the location of the family friendly Bridge Hotel Chertsey  A central location that allows you to easily and quickly access all the areas you need to visit is a feature that adds best value for money, hotel Chertsey style, to your trip – as well as the convenience and ease of use busy guests are seeking.

Bounce Back Offer

So if you are visiting friends and family or making a business trip this January the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey has the perfect offer for you.

Book and stay at The Bridge Hotel, until 31st January and take advantage of our great Friends and Family Offer - that's £69 per couple, per night (sharing a room).

The family friendly Bridge Hotel Chertsey Friends and Family Offer includes:

•    Overnight Accommodation
•    Full English Breakfast For 2
•    Complimentary Parking
•    Complimentary WI-FI
•    Upgrade To Superior Room for £10 Supplement

If you stay over on a Saturday night, why not book a Lazy Sunday, for £30 per couple you can check out up to 6pm.

Fancy making visiting Friends and Family into a mini break, why not book a table at the value for money Boathouse Restaurant , whether it is a business lunch, snack or romantic dinner you are after or a robust Sunday Roast - there is something on the menu for everyone’s taste. Or if you are simply looking for a place to unwind after a busy day of business meetings then why not relax in value for money The Boathouse Restaurant, which serves coffees and drinks all day.

To book the Friends and Family Offer, at the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey call Reservations on 01932 565644.

Fantastic January Offers at a Family Friendly Restaurant in Chertsey

When you wish to get over the January blues and go out for a great meal  at value for money prices then the family friendly Boat House Restaurant fits the bill. No matter the type of celebration, this value for money restaurant is ideally located and suited to all your guests. And throughout January we have some amazing dining offers to make it even more worth your while going out for a meal on a special occasion or just for relaxation.

Why not save yourself the time and hassle of planning those special events at home and opt for making reservations at the family friendly Boat House restaurant in Chertsey. There are more advantages to hosting your special occasions or that lunch  away from home.

There are always plenty of special occasions in every family throughout the year. Birthdays, in particular, are ideally suited for celebrating at the family friendly Boat House restaurant. Chertsey is the ideal, central location where all your guests will enjoy showing up.

All the Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Celebrate at Home

We don’t have to tell you that hosting a special occasion in your home requires a lot of work both setting up and cleaning up. But have you considered all these additional reasons why you might want to host all your special occasion at the family friendly Boat House restaurant, in Chertsey?

•    Accommodate larger guest lists
•    Centrally located
•    Easy for everyone to find
•    Handicapped accessible dining
•    Special menus for very young guests
•    Fantastic January savings
•    Time saving – one call does it all!

Are there advantages to hosting your family’s special occasions and events at home this January? None that we can think of!

That’s especially because each week this January we are offering some great deals:-

1.    50% off your food bill between 2nd and 8th January 2013
2.    30% off your food bill between 9th and 15th January 2013
3.    20% off your food bill between 16th and 22nd January 2013
All you need to do is go onto the value for money Boat House restaurant web site, by clicking here, download the relevant voucher and reserve your table. It’s as easy as that.

So whether it’s a special occasion, a light lunch, a romantic night out or even breakfast, make January that special month to treat yourselves, loved ones or friends. Remember each voucher is for food only and there are some other conditions printed on the voucher. But in addition to the family friendly Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey your voucher can ALSO be used at our sister restaurants the quality Park Café & Bar in Teddington and the value for money Blue River Café in Maidenhead.

So when you wish to make any event a special occasion the family friendly Boat House restaurant, in Chertsey offers everything you are seeking: a great location and delicious food for all your guests. So what are you waiting for, make your reservations by phoning 01932 565644 now!

Old Christmas Traditions from the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey

There are lots of modern day Christmas traditions - the tree, stockings, mistletoe, etc. However, there are several Christmas traditions that died out with time. So let’s look at the origin of Christmas and a couple of Victorian traditions that are no more.

The History of 25th December as Christmas Day

Until the time of Julius Caesar the Roman year was organised round the phases of the moon. For many reasons this was hopelessly inaccurate so, on the advice of his astronomers, Julius instituted a calendar centred round the sun. It was decreed that one year was to consist of three hundred and sixty-five and a quarter days, divided into twelve months; the month of Quirinus was renamed 'July' to commemorate the Julian reform. Unfortunately, despite the introduction of leap years, the Julian calendar overestimated the length of the year by eleven minutes fifteen seconds, which comes to one day every in hundred and twenty-eight years. By the sixteenth century the calendar was ten days out. In 1582 reforms instituted by Pope Gregory XIII lopped the eleven minutes fifteen seconds off the length of a year and deleted the spare ten days.

Protestant Europe was not going to be told what day it was by the Pope, so it kept to the old Julian calendar. This meant that Chertsey was a full ten days ahead of Paris.  By the time England came round to adopting the Gregorian calendar, in the middle of the eighteenth century, England was eleven days ahead of the Continent.

A Calendar Act was passed in 1751 which stated that in order to bring England into line, the day following the 2nd of September 1752 was to be called the 14th, rather than the 3rd of September. Unfortunately, many people were not able to understand this simple manoeuvre and thought that the government had stolen eleven days of their lives. In some parts there were riots and shouts of 'give us back our eleven days!'

Before the calendar was reformed, England celebrated Christmas on the equivalent of the 6th January by our modern, Gregorian reckoning. That is why in some parts of Great Britain people still call the 6th of January, Old Christmas Day.

This new Gregorian calendar was adopted throughout Catholic Europe and is still in use today. So now, thank goodness, we don’t need to worry about the when Christmas Day is so you and your family can enjoy a fabulous 3 course Christmas Day lunch including a glass of mulled wine and a present for the kids in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant at the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey for just £58 per adult and £29 for children aged 5 to 12 years old.

Christmas Traditions in Victorian Times

1. An old Victorian tradition was to hide a glass pickle in the Christmas tree the night before Christmas. Whoever found the pickle would either get a special gift or get to open the first gift. The story behind this tradition goes back to medieval times. A horrible innkeeper stuffed two kids into a pickle barrel. St. Nicholas happened to stroll by the inn later on and heard of the kids' dilemma. He tapped the barrel with his staff and freed the kids, who ran home for Christmas dinner. Now the family friendly Boat House Restaurant has only very friendly innkeepers so this won’t happen to you when you and your family join us for Christmas Day lunch in the value for money Boat House Restaurant.
2. Humble (or 'umble) pie was made from the inner organs of a deer. That's the heart, liver, brains and all that good stuff. Lords and Ladies ate the best part of the deer while servants took what was left over and put it into a pie and baked it. This is probably where the phrase, "go eat humble pie" came from. By the 17th century almost everyone had humble pie at Christmas time, at least until the government outlawed it.

Well you won’t be eating that for Christmas Day lunch  at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant.  So let mum have a day off and join us at the Bridge Hotel for a great Christmas Day experience and let mum enjoy herself and not have to prepare, cook, serve, wash up and clear up.  To make your booking just call us on 01932 565644 now, before we are full.

The origins of Boxing Day from the family friendly Boat House Restaurant Chertsey

If you're looking for something that explains the origins of Boxing Day, well, you're not going to find it here. The day-after-Christmas holiday is celebrated by most countries in the Commonwealth, but none of them are really sure what they're celebrating, when it started or why. Let alone the history of the Hunter’s Delight the Boxing Day favourite food, supposedly eaten by the ‘Hunt’ and brought back to life by the value for money Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey

The best clue to Boxing Day's origins can be found in the song "Good King Wenceslas." According to the Christmas carol, Wenceslas, who was Duke of Bohemia in the early 10th century, was surveying his land on St. Stephen's Day, Dec. 26th,  when he saw a poor man gathering wood in the middle of a snowstorm. Moved, the King gathered up surplus food and wine and carried them through the blizzard to the peasant's door. The alms-giving tradition has always been closely associated with the Christmas season but King Wenceslas' good deed came the day after Christmas, when the English poor received most of their charity.

King Wenceslas didn't start Boxing Day, but the Church of England might have. During Advent, Anglican parishes displayed a box into which churchgoers put their monetary donations. On the day after Christmas, the boxes were broken open and their contents distributed among the poor, thus giving rise to the term Boxing Day. Well possibly again.

But wait: there's another possible story about the holiday's origin. The day after Christmas was also the traditional day on which the aristocracy distributed presents (boxes) to servants and employees. The servants returned home, opened their boxes and had a second Christmas on what became known as Boxing Day.

So which version is correct? Well, both. Or neither. No one, it seems, is really sure. Both the church boxes and the servant presents definitely existed, although historians disagree on which practice inspired the holiday. But Boxing Day's origins aren't especially important to modern-day Britain. Today's Boxing Day festivities have very little to do with charity. Instead, they revolve around food (hence the Hunter’s Delight the seasonal special of the value for money Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey), football visits from friends, food and drinking at the local hostelry.

The annual Boxing Day fox hunts — which have been held all over the English countryside for hundreds of years gave rise to the Hunter’s Delight that is the centrepiece of the Boxing Day menu at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant located in the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey. At only £12.95 this dish made up of Sliced Roast Beef Sliced Roast Turkey, Bubble & Squeak, Salad & Pickles was a favourite of hunts throughout the land, or so the story goes. But that’s not all that will be on the value for money Boxing Day menu at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant.  There will be other specials beside the great value for money normal menu items.
 
So whether it’s an afternoon watching the footie or of course, shopping at the Winter Sales, Boxing Day has evolved from a charitable day to an extended Christmas afternoon. It's a holiday with presents that have already been opened and a dinner that has been eaten. It's a holiday best spent lounging around in brightly coloured sweaters, wondering, lazily and lethargically, what to do next.

So don’t worry about the preparation, clearing up and washing up join us at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant in the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey for a relaxing time.  Just call us on 01932 565644 to book your table.

A Present for a loved one this Christmas from the Bridge Hotel in Chertsey

Gift vouchers are a very popular gift when you do not know what to buy someone as a present. There are not many restrictions for using our gift vouchers  as not only can they be used to buy food  and drink in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant or a stay in one of the many different room types in the value for money Bridge Hotel  in Chertsey. However, they cannot be exchanged for cash.

If you plan to buy Bridge Hotel gift vouchers as a present check our terms and conditions for the restrictions on its use. In particular, you’ll see they are valid for nine months from date of purchase. If you are buying the gift vouchers well in advance of when you think your loved ones will use them ask us to start them from a time in the future.

So if you are not sure what the other person likes for a gift this Christmas, think about buying a gift voucher from the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey and let your loved ones choose from a meal in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant or a stay in one of our comfortable rooms with all the amenities you’ll need including FREE WiFi. Sometimes it is easier to give gift vouchers rather than cash because you know that the other person will actually buy something for themselves and not just day to day living.

While appreciated, gift vouchers received as presents can be too easy to forget about - they are often tidied away and retrieved months later - often only to find that the expiry date has passed and they are no longer valid. But that won’t happen with a gift voucher from the value for money Bridge Hotel  because our offers  are too good to miss.

They come in £5, £10 or £20 denominations and are great value for money whether you have lunch or dinner in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant overlooking the Thames in Chertsey or an overnight or short break stay in one of our rooms.  Chertsey and the surrounding area is great for a break or as it is so near yet far away from London you could pop into the centre for some shopping or a visit to the theatre before the easy journey back to the hotel.

The value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey’ gift vouchers are a great option if you are stuck for ideas for your nearest and dearest. To find out more click here and then to purchase call us on 01932 565644.