Have stayed there loads of times Joe but always look at hotels.com or laterooms.com to see what offers are on...they give good reveiws and we have had excellent deals from them in the past.

We stayed in apartments before and have always had no problem in them as the flats are usually in residential apartment blocks anyway.

Make sure you get a city centre hotel as some on the outskirts can be a bit of a treck into town but some we liked have been Hilton in Deansgate, Iconic Hotel in Spinningfields, Arora Hotel Princess St, The Midland Hotel. We have never paid more that £65 per night for a double room but it depends what offers are on at the time! 

Thanks! All sorted!