Southampton hotel pre cruise recommendations

[3rdGenCunarder]

2 hours ago, gillyg said:

Hi we have changed our plans and are now looking to stay somewhere that offers parking and transfer to the docks. so with that in mind do your recommendations still stand or is there somewhere better/

 

I love the Premier Inn, but it does not offer a parking package.

 

[Host Hattie]

We've stayed at 2 hotels outside Southampton which offer cruise stay, park & transfers, The Montague Arms in Beaulieu and Careys Manor in Brockenhurst. Both part of the same group, I'd use either of them again.

[Londoner51]

On 4/29/2019 at 4:18 PM, gillyg said:

Hi we have changed our plans and are now looking to stay somewhere that offers parking and transfer to the docks. so with that in mind do your recommendations still stand or is there somewhere better/

 

We always drive down the day before our cruise and have stayed in a number of hotels, all centrally located for Southampton city centre, including the Mercure Dolphin, Holiday Inn, Novotel and Ibis.  We also like to stay at the Mercure in Winchester, which is just a 25 minute drive to the port and a really lovely place to stay.

 

For our upcoming 21 night cruise, our pre-cruise night is a Saturday and we’ve found the central Southampton and Winchester hotel prices to be much, much higher than usual, probably as there are several other large cruise ships in port with us the same day.  This time we’re staying at the Holiday Inn Express Southampton West at Adnac Park and we’ve booked the cruise parking package.    We’ve stayed at this hotel before.  It’s fairly basic, but more than adequate for a pre-cruise stay and absolutely fine if you just want to turn up in the evening, have a meal and then transfer to the port in the morning.  If you want to have a day out in Southampton you’d need to either drive into the city centre and park, or park at the Holiday Inn and get a bus or taxi into the centre.

 

The cruise parking deal is a little odd.  You park at the hotel for your overnight stay, then on cruise day you drive to an off-site car park.  We’ve been booked by the hotel into Penguin Parking, located in Marchwood.  Penguin will then take us to the ship and bring us back to our car on our return.  I think the cruise parking package works out a little cheaper than booking the hotel and parking separately.  We’ve parked in Marchwood before, with a different parking company.  It worked out well, and it’s cheaper than parking on the dockside.  The downside of not parking on the dockside, whether you get a taxi transfer or a shuttle bus transfer, is that the whole parking / car collection process takes longer so you need to weigh up the convenience of having your car parked just a short walk from the ship or saving money on the parking and taking a transfer.

 

Depending on when you’re cruising, to get a good deal it might be worth exploring accommodation a little further away from the port, e.g. Salisbury and Winchester, and then booking cruise parking with someone like Penguin Parking (there are several companies to choose from if you just Google “Southampton Cruise Parking”).  Good luck with finding what you’re after, and enjoy your cruise!

[SEFlyer]

On 4/10/2019 at 11:00 PM, Chandris81 said:

We also booked Jurys.  Any opinions from someone who has stayed there?

 

We've stayed at the Jury's Inn on our last 2 stays.  We stayed there because we got a great rate on Expedia.  It could best be described as cheap and cheerful.  It's at best a 3 star hotel with smallish, basic rooms but they are clean and quite adequate for one night.  The breakfast buffet is also fine.

 

The hotel is a short, cheap Uber ride from the railway station and to the Ocean Terminal.  It is also a very short, pleasant walk through the park to the main shopping streets and the mall for any last minute purchases.

 

We'd stay there again and use the money saved for a few Kir royales the Chart Room. 

[shippmates]

We are sailing on QV in April 2020 and looking for a hotel for 2 nights pre cruise.  We will not have a car so are looking for a room that is close to the port and the Titanic historical sites.

 

[Kwaj girl]

We will be sailing in September 2020 - we are flying into Heathrow & will have a car service drive us to Southampton the day before the cruise.  We do not need a car park - what would be some good options for hotels or B&Bs that would be walking distance to restaurants for dinner?  And do any of these properties offer a shuttle to the pier?

[PORT ROYAL]

23 minutes ago, Kwaj girl said:

We will be sailing in September 2020 - we are flying into Heathrow & will have a car service drive us to Southampton the day before the cruise.  We do not need a car park - what would be some good options for hotels or B&Bs that would be walking distance to restaurants for dinner?  And do any of these properties offer a shuttle to the pier?

 

Ability to walk around?  Then another vote for Pig in the Wall.

just take a short taxi ride to the pier.

 

[showingdiva]

8 hours ago, shippmates said:

We are sailing on QV in April 2020 and looking for a hotel for 2 nights pre cruise.  We will not have a car so are looking for a room that is close to the port and the Titanic historical sites.

 

 

Premier Inn (West Quay)

Holiday Inn

Novotel

Leonardo Grand Harbour

 

Are probably the closest to the port and the SeaCity Museum you mention, as well as the West Quay shopping centre and the railway station.

 

 

Edited May 2, 2019 by showingdiva

[shippmates]

Thank you showingdiva.