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Any Bright Ideas, Please.
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My Dad desperately wants to go to Blackpool. I have contacted a company called Disabled Holidays who have a hotel which caters for disabled people, carers, hoists, electric beds and so on.
Our problem is getting there. I cannot drive to Blackpool and we will need to go by train. We can get to Manchester Piccadily reasonably easily from Milton Keynes but the hotel will charge us £318 to pick us up and take us to Blackpool, £3.00 per mile. That's almost the cost of the hotel stay! Plus we will have to pay train fares.
The holiday company suggests ringing some local taxi firms and asking how much they would charge. What do you think? Any bright ideas?
I think this little jaunt might be a step too far!
Our problem is getting there. I cannot drive to Blackpool and we will need to go by train. We can get to Manchester Piccadily reasonably easily from Milton Keynes but the hotel will charge us £318 to pick us up and take us to Blackpool, £3.00 per mile. That's almost the cost of the hotel stay! Plus we will have to pay train fares.
The holiday company suggests ringing some local taxi firms and asking how much they would charge. What do you think? Any bright ideas?
I think this little jaunt might be a step too far!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Do you not drive or is it just you do not want to drive to Blackpool?
I ask because Blackpool is VERY easy to drive to. M1 and then the M6 there is a road off the M6 junction that goes straight into Blackpool town center. One of the easiest journeys I have ever done. I'm a bit further south than you so it is even easier from MK.
I ask because Blackpool is VERY easy to drive to. M1 and then the M6 there is a road off the M6 junction that goes straight into Blackpool town center. One of the easiest journeys I have ever done. I'm a bit further south than you so it is even easier from MK.
I've no idea why you can't drive to Blackpool, but it would certainly give you the greatest flexibility to afford your Father comfort breaks.
Have you not looked at trains from Manchester to Blackpool?
Are you aware of the Special Assistance service available to assist disabled/less mobile travellers to get from platform to platform for their connections?
Have you not looked at trains from Manchester to Blackpool?
Are you aware of the Special Assistance service available to assist disabled/less mobile travellers to get from platform to platform for their connections?
Blackpool's best hotel catering for the disabled; http://bondhotel.co.uk/
Trains from Manchester to Blackpool North run frequently and then a taxi to the hotel will be in the region of £8.
Trains from Manchester to Blackpool North run frequently and then a taxi to the hotel will be in the region of £8.
Here you go Milton Keynes to Blackpool by rail
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Milton+Keynes+to+Blackpool+by+rail&oq=Milton+Keynes+to+Blackpool+by+rail+&aqs=chrome..69i57.22401j0j7&;sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
Easy!
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National Express coaches go from Manchester Airport to Blackpool Tilly. I'm sure they cater for disabled passengers.. Virgin Train operate between MK and Blackpool as well.
http://www.goeuro.co.uk/search/NTU4OTY1NDg3YWY5OTo0NzA5OTg5MA==?ab=false
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