Best Western Great South Road Motor Lodge, Auckland

Last Great Western

Advantages: It gets you there
Disadvantages: may be delays, pricey, sullen staff

get a free glass of wine between 1500 and 1900 on Fridays. You are also plied with free newspapers. There are first class lounges at Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central. The First Class stewards work until 19.00 hours, Monday to Friday. After 19.00 hours and at weekends, First Class customers should present their ticket to the steward at the Buffet, who will serve their refreshments. Complimentary items are not normally served at seat on journeys between Plymouth and Penzance, but can be obtained from the Buffet. A mobile phone and personal stereo free area is available in the First Class Coach G, of High Speed Trains. The staff are great 'Hello there...would you like a hot bevarage madam or a newspaper? There you go...' Quiet Carriages and Family Carriages: Quiet zones where mobile phones and personal stereos cannot ...

Katieshaz 15.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of First Great Western

Good-if-you're-First-Class Great Western

Advantages: Nice design
Disadvantages: Late, completely packed

. ~~Downsides~~ Where this service starts to fail is when it comes to reliability. The amount of times I have turned up to the station and have found that the train has been vastly delayed is too many to count. But worse than this is that when these trains are delayed, there are so many people going through the station, that even if they get the train that comes 5-10 mins later, there are oiften twice as many people than their should be. So often i find myself getting a later train then I'd planned to and being crammed onto the train with hundreds of other people and with absolutely no hope of getting a seat. I have got so used to this that I now try and gauge which carriage would be the best one to get and whereabouts to stand if I actually managed to squeeze on to the train. I realise sometimes First Great Western can't help that their ...

tac20 08.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of First Great Western

Best Western Le Donjon Les Ramparts certainly not Best Value

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Split into different buildings, expensive.

?? you guessed it back in the first building we visited. Begrudgingly we made our way back across the city, dodging ?sword sellers? on the way. RoomsThe building itself looked ?ok? I can?t really describe it any other way, it was a square building with grey walls but on entering it was actually very well set out. Stone floors and stairs, interesting antiques and very clean so I was quite looking forward seeing the rooms. Well I was disappointed. The rooms pictured on the Best Western website looked nothing like ours. I can only imagine that they are executive rooms and not standard ones. While ?grumpy?s? room had been recently refurbished ours looked like something from the Crossroads Motel. (Old midlands soap opera). It was shabby! The furniture had seen better days, the walls could have done with a lick of paint and you had ...

bean372042 27.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Best Western Le Donjon Les Remparts, Carcassonne