Club Arnage
Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bentley boy on March 31, 2009, 11:36:18 pm
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Taking a weekend break over the channel @ Easter around the Boulogne Sur Mer area.
Anyone have an experience of the cheaper end of the hotel market in France. whats worth it & what to avoid?
Hotel F1 is off the list & Premiere Classe might be a struggle for certain members of the family :-X all we want is something reasonable & clean a bit like a Travel Lodge or Inn ;)
Please guy's she's driving me mental ::)
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for cheapish and clean hotels we have used these in the past, you might some where better but worth alook to start with
http://www.campanile.com/en/default.aspx
we also use.
www.laterooms.com - have used them for cheap hotels in London
not used them yet, but told they are good - http://www.hotels.co.uk/
good luck, just think the more you save on the room the more for booze and food!
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To be honest I have never used a "chain" hotel in France but have always had superb rooms in all the private owned ones I have used over the years, at reasonable rates too. I have never booked, just turned up and found what was available. This goes back 19 years since passing my driving test and heading off with whoever I was with at the time for a fun weekend in France ;D
Strangest event was taking the 2 Yanks back from LM 07 to the ferry with the offer of fuel and a free hotel for the nite.Nice Hotel in Dinard, cheap.. Lady PP and I had the same room last year! Spooky but very pleasant after 8 days of madness ;)
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Have you looked at the Logis web page, good independent hotels, we have not yet had a bad one.
Otherwise look up the Accor group. They cover a range of prices within the group that include Novotel, F1 etc
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Thanks for the replies I'll have a look into those :)
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I'm sure there are two chains of hotels between Formule 1 and Premiere Classe, but I can only find the one, ETAP (part of Accor). Louvre (Premiere Classe etc) seem to have gotten rid of theirs, and I see they want €41 a night for PC, it was about €24 a few years ago, with the 2 cheaper groups being €18, and F1 €15
LPP is right of course, if you can find an independent its more fun (if clean) Try the local tourist board website
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When on family trips we usually use Novotel's, you can usually pick up some good prices if you prebook on the net, although the weakness of the £ isn't helping.
i.e family room for 4 (2 under 16's) including breakfast €85. Prices do vary depending on which hotel you are looking at, and when.
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I have stayed in the B & B hotels a few times in different locations around France.They are the next step up from Formule1,
They are/were around £32 a night for a family room.All rooms have en suite facilities, unlike f1 which has self clean bogs and showers down the corridor.
Andy
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As suggested above, http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/home/index.shtml . They are bland but reliable, and go from the basic F1, through Etap, Ibis, Mercure, to Novotel. I think Comforthotel is theirs too.
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I have stayed in the B & B hotels a few times in different locations around France.They are the next step up from Formule1,
They are/were around £32 a night for a family room.All rooms have en suite facilities, unlike f1 which has self clean bogs and showers down the corridor.
Andy
I've found the B&B hotels/motels very comfortable particularly after a week at LM. Nice hot showers, comfortable bed etc. Decent food is normally a mile away.
