A weekend or night away from normality is always refreshing but when you are planning to pop the question the hotel is even more important whether you want to go luxury or stay within a specific budget. 

The new study by Purely Diamonds reveals the average hotel rate in each of the 24 cities across the UK to help with that all-important location decision that best suits your budget.

UK Cities Ranked by the Highest Average Hotel Rate: 

1. London – £135
2. Brighton – £122
3. Edinburgh – £114
4. York – £113
5. Manchester – £104
6. Liverpool – £104
7. Cardiff – £101
8. Belfast – £98
9. Bristol – £93
10. Portsmouth – £90

UK Cities Ranked by the Lowest Average Hotel Rate: 

1. Hull – £56
2. Aberdeen – £57
3. Derby – £62
4. Coventry – £67
5. Sheffield – £69
6. Leicester – £72
7. Nottingham – £75
8. Birmingham – £77
9. Plymouth – £77
10. Newcastle – £79

If you’d like to use the research, please credit Purely Diamonds using this link: https://www.purelydiamonds.co.uk/blog/2020/09/25/ranking-the-uks-most-engagement-friendly-cities-for-popping-the-question/

Pop the Question at the UK’s Best Engagement Destinations

The new study by Purely Diamonds reveals the top UK cities for getting engaged, based on the elements that go into planning the perfect proposal.

Taking a seed list of 24 of the UK’s largest cities, the analysts at Purely Diamonds scored each city based on the number of engagement images tagged on Instagram, plus other factors such as the cost of a night in a hotel, number of restaurants, weather and overall romance rating.

Using a weighted ranking system, the report assigned a score to each city which took into account the factors described above, revealing the UK’s most engagement friendly cities.