15 Merchiston Gardens Bed Breakfast Edinburgh

No 15 is a beautiful Bed and Breakfast in a beautiful, leafy, residential suburb of Edinburgh, just a 10 minute bus ride or 25-30 minute walk to Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle. Offering free wifi, there are are also many fabulous restaurants close by. The house has 3 gorgeous bedrooms, all furnished with genuine antiques, persian rugs and wonderful deep sprung mattresses ensuring a peaceful, deep night's sleep. Parking is free all weekend and all night from 5.30pm to 8.30am each week day. (Free parking all week can be found just 500 metres from the BandB). Please note that the BandB is a family home with 3 young children, who can be noisy in the mornings so ideally suited to those who want to experience life in a Scottish household and want a lovely immaculately clean room and really friendly hosts. Optional Continental breakfast is served to your room by breakfast tray upon request for £5.00 per person. All credit card payments are subject to a 2.5% transaction fee, however debit cards are not. We always try to check in all guests personally but having children does mean that sometimes we can't always be home, however your key will always be available in the key safe so please let us know your arrival time where possible or call on arrival if there is no immediate answer at the door. We are strictly non-smoking. Our aim is to help you have a lovely visit to Edinburgh and one that you will always remember and look forward to coming back to. As we are only a BandB and not a big hotel, we do not have a 24 hour reception, and therefore check in time is available from 2pm until 7pm only. If you are going to arrive after 7pm, please call us on the day of booking in order to let us know to ensure we can arrange access for you to your accommodation. Please see our Terms and Conditions for further information:TERMS and CONDITIONS:BOOKING CONFIRMATIONUpon receipts of guests' booking request the value of the first night only is automatically taken from the payment card supplied. This is non-refundable at all times. If invalid payment card details are supplied, the guest will be alerted and given 24hrs to provide an alternative method of payment, without which the booking will be canceled. Please note that any credit card transactions are subject to a 2.5% transaction fee. Debit cards are not subject to this transaction fee. The remainder of the balance is payable upon departure.PAYMENT FEESPlease note that all credit card payments (including Visa, MasterCard, American Express) will incur a credit card transaction fee of 2.5% per transaction.Debit cards will not incur this transaction fee.Guests are invited to also pay via BACS transfer, however monies must clear by the date required in our booking policy. Please ask our Reception staff for further information.CANCELLATION POLICYFirst night deposit is non-refundable at all times and full balance is only payable if booking is cancelled within 7 days before arrival date.RECEPTIONDue to being a family-run business and not a Hotel, we do not offer a 24hr Reception. Therefore, we may not always be available on the premises in person. Reception is open from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday and 8am to 4pm at weekends.FULLY NO-SMOKING POLICYOn 26 March 2006 the law on smoking in Scotland changed. Smoking is no longer allowed in enclosed public places. Failure to comply with the law is now a criminal offence and individuals will receive a fixed penalty of £200 for smoking in a no-smoking premises. This will be automatically deducted from your payment card.CHECK INCHECK OUTCheck in is available from 14:00 hrs on the day of arrival. Checkout is 10.00 am. Late checkout will be charged as the full rate for the following night. PLEASE NOTE that there are no card payment facilities available at the BandB and the balance will be required in cash. We regret that cheques are not accepted.LEFT LUGGAGEDue to legal restrictions, we regret that we are unable to provide a left luggage service for guests. However, Edinburgh Council do provide left luggage lockers at both St Andrews Bus Station and Waverley Train Station which are very easily reached within the City Centre. The airport bus also leaves from both these locations.PARKINGParking in Edinburgh is extremely difficult, very expensive and virtually impossible within the city centre. There is unrestricted on-street parking available close to our Guesthouse between the hours of 5.30pm and 8.30am Monday-Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday, however there are 3 bookable spaces available at our Guesthouse just 3 minutes drive away, subject to availability for £10 per night. There is un-restricted parking available close to our BandB between the hours of 5.30pm and 8.30am Monday-Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday, however there is free on-street parking available 24hrs a day approximately 500 metres away. GENERAL NOTESBECAUSE THERE ARE NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE IF A CANCELLATION IS NECESSARY, TRAVEL INSURANCE IS ESSENTIAL WHEN MAKING A RESERVATION. We assume that prior to booking all guests have read the Terms and Conditions thoroughly.Please note any transgressions to the above rules or damage caused by guests will be liable to financial penalties at the owner's discretion. We reserve the right to cancel any stay or booking found to be in violation of our terms and conditions, or behaving in an anti-social manner, which upsets other guests and staff. Please note these Terms and Conditions are to maximise the comfort of our guests during their stay.

Address: 15 Merchiston Gardens Bed Breakfast 15 Merchiston Gardens EDINBURGH Edinburgh EH10 5DD

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Directions

You have a few options for travelling from the airport to 15 Merchiston Gardens. The city centre is just 20-25 minutes drive from the airport and you can either catch a bus or take a taxi. Your options are below: 1) Airport Bus this is £3.50 for a single or £6.00 for an open return ticket for ADULTS and £2.00 for a single or £3.00 for an open return ticket for CHILDREN. The airport bus departs from directly outside the Arrival Terminal Building and finishes at Waverley Train Station you can ask the bus driver to tell you when to get off. You can then catch a taxi on to Merchiston Gardens. For further information please visit the website: http:www.flybybus.com2) Public Bus there is an excellent public bus service from Edinburgh airport. You can catch the Number 35 bus from just next to the Arrival Terminal Building (Stance 21). Get off at North Merchiston' opposite Merchiston Grove on Slateford Road (ask the bus driver to tell you when to get off) and this is approximately 12 minutes walk from Merchiston Gardens. A single ticket for an adult is £1.50 and a single ticket for a child is £0.703) Taxi - Finally, there is also an excellent and safe taxi service operating from Edinburgh airport. The taxi stand is located through a short covered walkway to the left as you exit the Arrivals Terminal Building, where you are allocated a taxi by the controller. There are always plenty of taxis waiting for passengers and you should not have to wait. The fare will be approximately £20-£30. (Just for your information, all taxis in Edinburgh have to be registered so there are no illegal taxis operating in Edinburgh). For your return journey back to the airport we can book a taxi for you.