Dear Jenny G,

Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to give us a review. Tom and I are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you again should you be visiting Edinburgh in the future.

Tom and Hamish

Thank you for your comments and the high scores you have given us for service, sleep quality and cleanliness. We are pleased that you enjoyed eating in our dining room and would liked to have spent more time in it. However, our dining room is just that, a dining room and not a lounge. Instead we prefer to provide comfortable armchairs and a complimentary beverage tray to our guests in their rooms, where they can watch their chosen television channel or do their own thing.

Traditionally, to give best value, guesthouses normally deal in cash. We acknowledge that we have guests who wish to pay by card and we do offer this service. However card companies do not operate out of the goodness of their hearts and as is so often the case in life, the small guys pay the most. We have a dilemma. Do we pretend that it doesn’t cost extra to use a card and include the substantial cost in our prices so that everybody pays extra regardless? Alternatively do we give people the choice as to whether or not they wish to give banks a cut of their holiday spend? We hope you will agree with us that we are correct in giving our guests the choice.