| A Gold Coast Holiday |
Accommodation on the Gold Coast QueenslandThe Gold Coast is a large city by all counts and offers loads of choices for where to base yourself for a holiday. Ranging from Coolangatta right through to Hope Island and inland to Mt Tamborine and the Hinterland there are accommodation houses including guest houses, hotels, apartments and resorts.So I guess it depends on what sort of escape or holiday your looking for. For example if you wanted to be in on the action and nightlife a boarding at at chattel in the Hinterland might not be the perfect location! But it would be a fantastic spot for relaxing, secluded and nature escape. So there is the first decision amongst many to get the accommodation search underway. Once you know what type of holiday, how many people, how close you need to be to transport and attractions it becomes a lot easier to choose the area you want to be based in and start looking for deals. For accommodation on a map check out the gold coast map at goldcoastchat.com.au which has all the popular accommodation houses nicely layed out on an interactive map which enables a birds eye satellite view of the region with the abilty to zoom in and out, it also shows streets and attraction locations like dreamworld, sea world etc.. There are loads of websites about the gold coast and many provide accommodation deals provided via travel service companies. Many of them also provide a wealth of information about the region which can be useful for research deals, where to stay and what to do, check out goldcoastaustralia.com, gold coast accommodation and also the verygc site which is the government run tourism site for the region. Other things that I considered when planning our holiday was when the peak holiday times on the gold coast. Peak times can be pricey for accommodation on the coast although there are bargains here and there and off peak times can be really good value for both flights and accom. During schoolies (november), the indy(late october) or magic millions (early january) the accommodation availability drops in the central areas and it can get pricey. Sometimes the airlines (qantas, jetstar, virgin) offer holiday packages which can be good value but it is still worth comparing to booking it yourself. Also, at the end of the day there is nothing better that real advice from real people particularly the local residents. Over at the Gold Coast forum there is a thread running on gold coast holidays where everyone is welcome to post questions and experiences about holidaying on the gold coast. So if you have an unanswered question trying the local members at the forum is great way to get the inside tips. 12:26 PM - 9/6/2007 - comments {1} - post comment
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