Planning Our Cyprus Holiday

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Introduction

My husband Demetrius and I are off to Cyprus for a week in mid March.  Our flights are courtesy of easyJet. As a thank you for me taking part in the easyJet 15 Hour Blogger Challenge, the airline offered return flights for me and a companion for any route on their network. So, we opted  to fly to Cyprus from Edinburgh.

Coral Bay by Mrs Logic

Choosing our Hotel

I was looking for Paphos hotels with sea view rooms, offering half board with verified guest ratings of at least 80% and free or reasonably priced internet access (at least in the lobby). I set a budget for £60 per night for two guests on half board.

I started the search for hotels in Paphos area on the HotelsCombined price comparison site. I managed to whittle it down to three 4 star Coral Bay hotels (north of Paphos town). I decided to stay for 2-3 nights at each of these three hotels, as I thought it would be interesting to compare them for quality of room, food, service and value for money. I then checked for the best prices for each of the hotels on these sites:

holidaynights.comsunshine.co.ukLaterooms.comhotels4u.com

Paphos Harbour Walkway by disparkys

Selected Hotels in Coral BayTheo Sunset Bay Holiday Village (3 nights)- £45 per night on hotels4u

A one bedroom sea view apartment which scores an average of 86% in guest reviews. There’s  free wifi in the lobby.

Crown Resorts Horizon Hotel (2 nights)- £50 a night on hotels4u

A twin room with a sea view which scores an average of 88% in guest reviews. There’s free wifi in the lobby.

Capital Coast Resort & Spa (2 nights) – £67 a night on Laterooms

A one bedroom suite with sea view which scores an average of 84% in guest reviews A wired internet connection or wifi costs 2 Euro per day, 5 Euro for 3 days and 10 Euro for 7 days.

Total Cost

Therefore at a total cost of £369 for the 7 nights, I came in under budget at an average of around £53 a night.

Choosing our Hire Car

We’ll pick up our supermini hire car at Paphos airport. I booked it through the car hire broker economycarhire.com for £53, as they include a 2nd driver free of charge and insurance excess as standard. I liked the fact that the supplier Avis has a 24 hour service, some suppliers were only open until 20.00 and as our flight is due in at 18.00, I didn’t want to risk paying an out-of-hours fee of up to 20 Euro plus tax if our flight is delayed. I decided to pay an additional £10.50 to cover the standard inclusions such as damage to tyres and loss of keys. Therefore the total paid was £63.50.

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