We at Best Loved Hotels conduct a comprehensive vetting process each year to select hotels for inclusion in our guides; however, we’re always excited to hear from hotels who would be interested in participating in our products and services. To get the ball rolling, click here to give us your details, as well as to learn just what Best Loved Hotels can do for you.

Because of our wide range of products and services, including domestic and international distribution of our annual directory, the opportunities for marketing, co-branding and advertising within Best Loved’s product range are extremely diverse. If your company is interested in working with Best Loved Hotels in any of these arenas – from single-page advertising to e-marketing, bundling of products and book sponsorship – please contact us directly at development@bestloved.com and we will be in touch directly.

For all press/publicity enquiries about Best Loved, our hotels, our products or services, please contact us at editorial@bestloved.com.

Best Loved Hotels’ commitment to the travel trade isn’t just about distributing our book – bestlovedhotels.com also hosts a dedicated travel-trade forum, where agents and others can find out even more details about Best Loved hotels, as well as use our exclusive commissions tracking system to keep tabs on your bookings.

Members of our Red Rosette Club can log in here. If you’re not a member of our exclusive travel club, and you’d like to learn more about its range of benefits and opportunities, click here.

If you live in the United Kingdom, you should be able to find a copy of Best Loved Hotels at your local quality book shop; if they don’t have a copy in stock, they should easily be able to order one for you. If you’d like, you can order a copy from your own home using our secure order form.

In almost all cases, your copy will be delivered to you within two weeks. International orders may take slightly longer.

Best Loved is pleased to offer gift vouchers valid toward meals or stays in a wide selection of Best Loved Hotels. Vouchers come gift-wrapped with your special message and a copy of either the Best Loved Hotels main directory or the Little Gold Book. For more information and to order, click here.

Best Loved Hotels is different from other hotel guidebooks in a variety of ways. For the leisure traveller or casual reader, we’re different because we include a wealth of information and data that you won’t find in other books, such as a summary of ratings and awards from established agencies and tourism boards, a detailed description of room rates, and comprehensive lists of nearby attractions and on-site activities. For the corporate or travel trade user, Best Loved is different because of our commitment to providing travel agents and others with the dedicated support they need to make bookings with ease and accuracy (check our special section for the travel trade for more information). Finally, for hoteliers, Best Loved is unique in the wide range of services and promotional opportunities we offer our member hotels click here for details).

Best Loved’s annual selection process is a rigorous search for the best new and established hotels in the UK and Ireland. Only after a hotel has passed our research and inspection criteria is it invited to become a part of our directory, and continuing evaluations take place to ensure that member hotels continue to meet our standards of comfort, quality, individuality and service.

As a rule, we never include hotel chains simply by virtue of their being well-known hotel chains; we pride ourselves on our careful selection of unique and characterful individual hotels on the merits of the properties themselves. However, a number of Best Loved hotels are members of well-respected groups or consortia of varying sizes, and their affiliations to these groups are listed on the hotels’ individual Web pages.

We understand that as our Web users come from all over the globe, it might not be practical for everyone to call or fax a hotel directly. However, every Best Loved hotel has a dedicated e-mail address listed on its Web page (in the form of hotelname@bestloved.com).

In nearly every case, you should hear back from a Best Loved hotel within a day or two, depending upon the day of the week and time of day you’ve written. However, please do keep in mind that some hotels, particularly in northern England and Scotland, close for selected periods in the winter – closure information is listed on each hotel’s Web page. If you’re still concerned about a hotel’s reply, please drop us a line at customerservice@bestloved.com and we’ll be in touch.

Each hotel’s Web page lists that hotel’s maximum meeting capacity and number of meeting rooms; alternatively, you can search for conference-capacity information on our main search page. Many hotels also offer modern amenities like video projectors, broadband Internet access and teleconferencing; contact hotels you’re interested in directly for more details. Additionally, if you’re a corporate events planner and you don’t receive a copy of our quarterly Corporate News or online corporate e-newsletter, drop us a line at customerservice@bestloved.com and we’ll be happy to add your information to our records.

Many Best Loved hotels are licensed for weddings. You can check on the individual hotel’s Web page, or search directly for those hotels that meet your needs.

If you have a profile registered on bestlovedhotels.com, you can search for special offers from Best Loved Hotels. If you haven’t yet registered your profile (it’s free), click here.

We’d love to hear your feedback on any Best Loved hotel; when you let us know about your own travel experiences, it helps make our information more accurate, too! Please take a minute to let us know about your stay at one of the hotels featured with Best Loved.

Occasionally, hotels that have been members of Best Loved may drop their affiliation with the directory and no longer become available on our Web site. If you’re looking for a specific property that is no longer a Best Loved hotel, e-mail us at customerservice@bestloved.com and we’ll be happy to help you find another Best Loved hotel that meets all your needs.

Many Best Loved hotels accept children, but some do have age restrictions. Check the hotels’ individual Web pages for more information, or search our complete directory for child-friendly hotels.

As of spring 2004, Ireland has a ban on smoking in pubs, restaurants and all workplaces; some hotels may still allow smoking in their rooms. In the United Kingdom, smoking is allowed in many pubs, restaurants and other public areas. If you’re unsure about whether a Best Loved hotel allows smoking in specific areas, check the hotel’s Web page for more details, search for non-smoking or smoker-friendly hotels or contact the hotel directly.

Disabled-access facilities are available at many Best Loved hotels, but they do vary widely from hotel to hotel. We suggest that you check the hotels’ individual Web pages for more information or search for hotels that list disabled access, and then check directly with the hotel to confirm that they can accommodate your requirements.

At the moment, there are no job vacancies available at Best Loved Hotels; however, if you’d like to send us a copy of your CV, e-mail us at mail@bestloved.com and we’ll be happy to keep your details on file.