Give me SOMETHING!

Mar 25, 2008 at 7:09 PM
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We got our myguideBritain travel package today, and I was disappointed to find that they still have not provided us with street addresses for 4 out of our 7 accommodations. Some of the directions are pretty straight forward - but most are not. One place simply says Bruce Gardens - but that place has more than one B&B in it so how are we to know which one it is?

I emailed the person I'm working with at myguideBritain and told them that if they can't give me street numbers - that's fine. But I need some longitude & latitude coordinates or something. I'm not going to go tramping across half of Scotland looking for one B&B. Sure, that'd be a story to tell and I'd see some cool stuff but in the process I'll be wasting time I could be spending seeing places I've been dreaming about for ages.

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lol I can't believe they expect you to get there without an address.

Maybe they use smoke signals in Scotland you never know O.o

That's because they probably don't have a traditional street address. England is quite funny in that way... Just ask anyone in that place and they'll show you the way.
In WWII they took down most streetnames and changed direction boards to mislead the enemy. Although the modern signage has been corrected and added, streetnames aren't necessary in the UK. Almost every older house has it's own name and is well known.
You'll see, it WILL be adventurous ^__^

It's not going to be a problem. Chill :-) Most streets aren't that long in towns and cities and nearly every one of them will have the street name sign displayed at either end of the street and sometimes part-way along. The BnBs will have all have a sign out the front. So long as you know the name of the BnB and the street it's on you won't have a problem. "Shouldn't" have a problem ;-)

Try SmoothHound for the full addresses of the BnBs or Yell - although Yell might default you to the American site. For finding your way I like Streetmap. It doesn't give directions, though that might be a good thing seeing some directions you get!

maura_ea replied to madtwinsis’ comment:
Mar 26, 2008
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Ah, tricksters are they? Hehehe, I'm going to have a blast with our video camera when it comes to us being lost :)

Thanks for the sites, I looked everywhere for addresses but as you said - they all link back to the original site which gives only a street. We do know the name, and we have a picture, I'm just worried about travel in the opposite direction for hours. Though, that could happen even if we did have a street so... meh.

Give me SOMETHING!

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