Best Magic Weekend was Cardiff in my opinion .

i remember going to stay in newcastle with work in the early 90s and compared to other cites it was very expensive to stay there, even in a b&b well outside the centre. seems nothing much has changed looking at a couple of the websites

Would love to see magic in London. Somewhere near a tube station. Especially if London get promoted

So that's pretty much anywhere in London then!

Seriously tho.... have you seen hotel prices down there? Unless you're willing to travel a decent distance then you'll struggle to find a decent room under £100 a night. Air BnB is the way to go if there are a few of you as definite bargains to be had.

As for Newcastle, they're robbing barstewards in the city centre. Best bet is to head out to Whitley Bay or Sunderland as believe they're the far end of the metro and one lad with us a couple of years back got a BnB in Sunderland for £30 a night. Either that or look for an Air BnB on the met line a few stops outside the centre.

Jesus Christ I swear rugby league has the tightest fans in any sport in the country.

Tightest or not mugs? We got a twin room in Holiday Inn Central 2 years ago and I'm sure they charged us around £170 a night (if not more). That's a ing disgrace tbh. It's got nowt to do with being tight, it's about the principle of not having the p*ss out of you.

When you consider you can get 9 nights in Lloret (twin room) for little over £200 p/p in July, for anyone short of cash which trip is a better option? I like Newcastle, the ground is great for rugby league, there are some good boozers and some decent eye candy, but I refuse to accept you should be royally bummed by hoteliers charging obscene amounts for a one off event.