Hotels In Christchurch/Help With Bday
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Topic: Hotels In Christchurch/Help With Bday
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: Hotels In Christchurch/Help With Bday
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 10:36am
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Right, while kylah is in bed im sitting her trying to figure out what to do for DF's Birthday.
I was pregnant.. Heavily pregnant on his birthday last year so we didnt do aything. He didnt want to go out incase i went into labour lol. I also had just finished work so had no money to buy him anything special. So this year i want to make up for it and give him a birthday he will remember. His family dont even acknowledge him on his birthday so another reason i want to make it special. Back to the subject.. Does anyone know of any really nic hotels in christchurch that have decent sized inroom spas? Mum offered to have Kylah the night so i thought id book a nice hotel room for the night.. But what else? Iv bought him (on layby) an expensive really nice gold watch as his present, and a bottle of nice cologne (sp) Also can someone give me some ideas for nice wine.. (Sarah aka Peanut  lol) ?
I dont drink wine so wouldnt know what is nice. I dont mind paying up to $50 for a bottle of nice stuff. But cheaper is good too of course. Next question, Does anyone know of a place that delivers meals, you know like restaurant quality? That way we dont have to leave the hotel but can have a really nice dinner too? What else can i do, do you think rose petals are too girly for a guy? I was thiking of filling the spa and having heaps of rose petals in it? I dont know. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: gypsynita
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 11:04am
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check out www.ezibed.com - they usually have some good deals and give a good run down of hotel location, facilities, etc... ------------- Anita Mum to Cian (Aug 08), Josh (Jun 10) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 11:16am
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The Charlotte Jane Boutique Hotel is gorgeous. We spent our wedding night there and it's wonderful. Pricey though (wedding present from DH's sisters). There's a nice restaurant there, and they might do room service. Not sure about the spa both, but the honeymoon suite had a double bath and a four poster bed ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 11:21am
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Ooo this is exciting!
Um some nice ones are: Holiday Inn, Central City one Peppers (Clearwater) Crowne Plazza (old parkroyal) George Hotel Millennium Hotel Poplars Apartments I think most of the above would have room service as they have restuarants there and you can order it for in your room. Have you thought about going away some where for the night? You could go over to Akaroa and stay at this wee lovers retreat place called Treecrop farm. http://www.treecropfarm.com/ There is lots of cool stuff there and even a private spa pool. The spa room has an open fire and candles - how romantic is that! And you can also get a massage table off them for guests to give each other a massage by the fire - soo romantic! |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 12:09pm
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The old park royal use to do a great deal where you got champagne and nibbles and everything also the Chateau on the Park do really good one night deals. Both are really nice hotels.
Most hotels do room service so yu could just do that as its a lot easier and less organising for you. My fav wines are: Stoneleigh Sav Blanc about $18 or Oyster Bay Sauv Blanc which is about the smae price. Hope that helps. -------------  
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 12:47pm
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Thanks guys. I think Chatae on the park was one i was looking at. Ok so im just going to get one of each for the wine :) Thanks again. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 12:52pm
| What about Champagne, rather than standard wine? You can often get bottles of Moet et Chandon or Piper Heidseick for under $50 at Foodtown. Or go to a specialty wine store and see what really good wines you can get for $50. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 1:04pm
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Whats the difference between wine and champagne? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 1:38pm
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Champagne is bubbly, standard wine is not.
Champagne comes from a particular region in France (Champagne, funny that ) and standard wine is made everywhere (NZ makes the best!).
Both are delicious in their own way, but I just thought that seeing as you want this to be a really special night that Champagne would be a treat. Although in saying that, the two that Sarah suggested are lovely, so maybe I should just shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuush
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 1:49pm
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Might get one of each :) Thanks ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 2:31pm
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Yeah champagne is good but was thinking that the more exensive champagnes are quite dry and as a newbie to wine its sometimes not as easy to drink.
I think with the chateau that they include a bottle of wine and breakfast in their package...could be wrong tho! -------------
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 2:44pm
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Champagne has the added advantage of bubbles going to your head much faster
Tree crop farm is awesome but if you like life's luxuries you might not like it. DH and I stayed there one night early on in our relationship and had a little log cabin with no power...just a bed and a log fire (what more do you need). There is also outdoor baths with fires under them....very romantic. The night we stayed there is was freezing and non stop rain but that made it all the more cozy
Another option is the heritage in hanmer. They have packages...actually the heritafe everywhere have packages. http://www.heritagehotels.co.nz - www.heritagehotels.co.nz Otherwise look at http://www.needitnow.com - www.needitnow.com or http://www.wotif.com - www.wotif.com for last minute deals. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 2:59pm
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Thanks Nikki - Will take a look now. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 4:23pm
| Riccadonna is a nice sparkling wine - often used at weddings as well |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 7:08pm
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sounds like you have a nice night planned kandice!! i definately don't think rose petals are too girly
casino park motel on papanui rd (city end) have a unit with it's own courtyard and spa. that's where DH proposed  it's an outside spa, but the courtyard is so private and the unit is really spacious. the charlotte jane do lovely meals and are just metres down the road.
as for wine......i've tried moet and in my opinion, it didn't taste any better than a $10 bottle of lindaur i'd rather spend less and get more....hahaha but i am a bit of a soak
some of my fave wines are stoneleigh oyster bay villa maria montana wolfblass old coach road five flax jacobs creek bubbly only lindaur (brut) all for under $20. reisling is really sweet, chardonnay is sweet but not too much and sav blanc is dry. bubbly is probably best if you are in the spa, or a chilled still wine, but wouldn't recommend red wine. that's best for with dinner or relaxing after the spa, but in saying that, you prob should mix your drink 
another great place to go is maruia springs...i'm not sure if they still do the package, but a while ago we stayed there and got dinner, breakfast and 24hr pool access for about $250. you can also hire private pools which are really nice, they over look the river and are about $15-20/hr  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 7:28pm
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Church Rd Sauvignon Blanc is an easy to drink wine reasonably priced ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 8:21pm
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Make sure you keep the wine chilled too it tastes way better.
Your such a nice gf Kandice it sounds so lovely. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 10 July 2008 at 9:11pm
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Because I am home alone with nothing better to do I went searching for hotel packages and thought this one was quite good but don't know how much you were wanting to spend.
The Rydges (which is a nice hotel in town) is offering a package for $259 that includes acc for one night, a bottle of bubbly, a punt down the avon for 2, bath and massage kit and breakfast the next day! If you go on the Rydges website and click on packages you will find it. It was the best deal I could find out of all the major chch hotels, the others were the same price or more but didn't offer much with it. Hope it helps!  -------------
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 8:10am
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Peanut - your a star!! Im going to have a look. That sounds really great!! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 8:22am
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Haha my sister works for Rydges! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 8:43am
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Does anyone know of a nice restaurant close to bealey ave? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 9:00am
| Speights Ale House? Its in your entertainment book too - score! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 10:19am
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I missed out on a entertainment book :(
ETA: I just googled it and it looks really good. We will go there. Thanks Man i wish i got an entertainment book, i bet its buy one get one free isnt it!! Grr ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 11:40am
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You can still get one if you want? I got one the other day for a gift for a client.
Want me to see if you can still get them? Yep it is buy one get one free there and I cant give you ours sorry as we already used it. |
Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 11:47am
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I've got the entertainment book and I haven't used my voucher if you would like it. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 11:58am
| Another thing is in the entertainment book there is heaps of Christchurch hotels too. Which one are you looking at staying in? |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 12:03pm
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Debs, if your not going to use it i would love you forever for it!! Im going to look at Salerno Motel Apartments, as they have really nice rooms with double spas.. Or Rydges.
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 12:12pm
It's all yours. PM me your address if you like and I can post it to you or if you're close by, I can drop it off.
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 1:27pm
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Speights Ale House if thats the new one thats just open one of my best friends works there she is the head cheff and her food rocks
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 1:47pm
| Eeek I've been there and the food and service was terrible. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 1:51pm
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Oh really?? On no.. Hmmm what to do. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 2:09pm
It wasn't so much the food more the service. They way undercooked the steaks so everything was covered in blood and uneatable and still charged full price  I'm still mad thinking about ti so I tell everyone how rude they were.
They might have a new cook now tho if Lus friend has just started. |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 2:53pm
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i haven't been out for a meal for ages so can't help you out on the restaurant thing....but maybe check out www.vouchermate.co.nz - vouchermate
they have a few deals on there for food etc also.......the rydges is really nice and that package sounds great!! we had our wedding reception there and stayed in their most expensive room which was awesome!!!!! best thing was it was free...and jack was conceived there hehe probably TMI ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 11 July 2008 at 4:45pm
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I also found the Speights Ale house in Bealey Ave really average in both food and service. We never go there now and drive to Tower Junction instead but am sooo excoted as I see on is opening in Cranford St so will be able to wander down for Sunday drinks! -------------
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