French hotels

[Bentley boy]

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  all we want is something reasonable & clean a bit like a Travel Lodge or Inn  

Please guy's she's driving me mental 

[nopanic - neil]

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!

[Lord Pig-Pen]

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
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

[Nordic]

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

[Bentley boy]

Thanks for the replies I'll have a look into those

[Lorry]

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

[Barry]

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.

[wishy]

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

[smokie]

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.

[Leftie]

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.