Accommodation Booked

Today we finally booked our accommodation for mine and Kay's holiday to Canada. We have booked the first weeks accommodation in Toronto anyway. We looked at lots of places some of which are listed further down in this post.

We finally decided to stay at "By The Park" but had to decide between 2 rooms in separate houses. There were advantages and disadvantages to both. We decided to go with 89 Indian Grove's Rose Bedroom, the only problem with this is there are no pictures of it because they are still renovating it. Every other room they have looks great, so we've taken a chance. Although it is quite a bit cheaper than some of the others, most of them come with living rooms and stuff though!

Anyway I have emailed all the details and have had a confirmation back from Margo the owner. We don't have to pay anything until we arrive which will be $455 (Canadian), this works out at £221 for a week. Which is of course shared between us, all this works out at less than £16 a night each. Its an extra $8 (£3.50) per person for breakfast but will decide this once we are there.

If this hadn't been available we were thinking about staying in Summer Residence in Toronto University (basically the dorms). This looks loads better and isn't too much more. It's a bit further out but there are good public transport links near by.

We are now both really happy we have somewhere booked, we just have to plan what we want to do when we are there and where we want to go the second week. So far Ottowa, Montreal and Quebec have been mentioned. Also a trip around "A Thousand Islands", White Water Rafting and of course we will be going to Niagara Falls in the first week. Can't wait...

The other places we looked at were:
www.aplacetostay.ca
www.alexandrahotel.com
www.annexquesthouse.com
www.bbmyguest.com
www.bondplacehoteltoronto.com
www.bbcanada.com/beaconsfield
www.citynights.ca
www.glengrove.com
www.torontores.com

All of the above are probably different from what most people would look at except maybe the Bond Place Hotel. I think it's a good idea to stop somewhere a bit different and get a feel for the place (I hope this is a good idea anyway).

I checked all of the places out on Trip Advisor, which is an excellent place to look for reviews of accommodation from people who have stopped in the places.