Christmas

In Hertfordshire

Our chosen hotel is small enough for us to create a house party atmosphere and the area has its fair share of pretty countryside and ancient towns to discover.

Our programme

Christmas Eve (Friday)

Check in during the afternoon and settle into your room.
Relax in the health and fitness centre.
Dinner in the Borders Restaurant: 4 courses with wine.
Relax in the Lounge Bar – open till late.

Christmas Day (Saturday)

Happy Christmas: enjoy breakfast in the Borders Restaurant but leave room for lunch!
Free morning to open your pressies, phone absent friends or linger over coffee.
Lunch is the full works: turkey, tinsel and all the trimmings. 5 courses with wine in the Borders Restaurant.
A fiendish Friendship Quiz should stop you from snoozing all afternoon.
This evening, there’s a light supper of soup and sandwiches with tea/coffee.

Boxing Day (Sunday)

Bright and early for breakfast?!
The day is free to hit the sights – or the shops as some of St.Albans re-opens for business. You could join your Host on a stroll round St.Albans. The Romans called it Verulamium and you can see the excavated theatre, city walls and hypercaust system.
People joining us just for tonight arrive this afternoon.
This evening in our private function room – Essex Suite - our Black Tie Ball takes place, so it’s posh frocks and bowties all round! We’ll take our time over the 4-course dinner with wine and coffee, then dance the night away in the Disco.

27 December (Monday)

Sore feet-permitting, make sure you take advantage of our full English breakfast before checking out and heading for home.

Holiday Inn Luton South
Markyate Hertfordshire

Our three-star hotel offers a Health Club with glass-roofed pool and Jacuzzi and a fully-equipped gym. Rooms are fresh and inviting, parking is free and the hotel is only two miles from Junction 9 of the M1 and 15 minutes from Luton airport.

Border’s Restaurant is a stylish venue for most meals and you can relax in the Lounge Bar after meals. On Boxing Night you can enjoy our Black Tie in the Essex Suite.

The Health and Fitness centre includes a swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna ,steam room ,gym, dance studio, solarium and beauty therapist. Treatments include Waxing, Make-Up, Eye Treatments, Holistic Therapy, Massage and Hand and Feet Treatments. Bookings required in advance as times are limited over Christmas.

• 140 rooms, each with
• Satellite TV and pay per view
• Climate control
• Wi-Fi internet access
• Hairdryer
• Teac & Coffee making facilities
• Ironing board/iron

What’s included

• Double/Twin room for sole use.
• All meals as described in the programme.
• Wine with 3 main meals.
• Festive Quiz and Hosted walk around St Albans (transport extra).
• Friendship host at your disposal throughout.