I am an alternative/rock music journalist who hopes to inspire others to check out some of the wonde...
I am an alternative/rock music journalist who hopes to inspire others to check out some of the wonderful bands out there who don't often get coverage in the mainstream music press.
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Last year, my partener and I decided to take a few days holiday by the seaside. I do like Brighton - it's close to London so not far to travel and there are some great places to eat.
I checked on the internet and found out that Premier Lodge had some special offers for when we wanted to go and booked a room. When you book on line you reserve with a credit card but have to pay for the room when you arrive. I guess it's to safeguard against cancellations.
Premier Inn is a very basic chain - you get a no frills room with basic facilties, en suit bathroom and a kettle/tv in the room. It was what we wanted. We didn't bother ordering breakfast as we were doing the break on a budget, and just brought our own food to eat in the room. I wasn't aware of any facilities but then I guess you get what you pay for - it's all very basic.
When we arrived, I was told that the room was £10 more than the price I'd reserved it at. So we had a big argument with the manager about this. As I had all the printed out paperwork from my on line reservation, I was able to prove this and I did pay the price I was expecting. Something to watch out for?
We headed up to the room and found it was absolutely disgusting. There was mould in the wardrobe, the bath had brown stains in it, the carpet was unhoovered and the windows didn't shut properly. I wasn't expecting this from a well-known travel inn chain. So we went back downstairs and complained.
We were moved to a different room - it was actually a family room so it should have been more expensive. It was massive and very nice! However still not perfect. The room only had one small 60w lightbulb in the centre so was really dark and the sofa bed smelled like it hadn't been cleaned properly but it was an improvement on the previous room.
That evening, we hardly got any sleep because the walls are paper thin and there seemed to be a stag party going on.
We left a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door so that the room service maid would know not to walk in because we wanted to have a lie-in the next morning but sadly, it would seem, she couldn't read English as she came marching straight into the room to find my partner in the shower and me in my underwear! She was rather embarrassed and backed out.
The sign was left on the door as I had my pda in the room and didn't want anyone snooping about in my luggage. When we returned later from the shops, the maid had been in yet again, removed the "Do not disturb" sign and moved all my stuff about. She also appeared to have tested some of my cosmetics and toiltries as the lids hadn't been replaced properly and I was panicked about my pda. Fortunately that was safe but we had to complain again about this.
That evening, we were kept awake by some kids playing football against our door (or maybe it was that room service maid getting back at us?!) and when I went out to investigate, the hallway was thick with cannabis fumes, which were coming from under one of the doors - our room was meant to be no smoking as my partner is allergic so I didn't really want smoke fumes of any description coming into the room. So back downstairs again to complain! ARGH!
The next morning, the maid did her trick again of removing the Do Not Disturb sign from the door and entering. This time I had kept my pda with me and also packed some of my toiletries away just in case she had come back for more. Considering the rooms were so dirty, I'm not even sure why she was so keen to get into them as she clearly wasn't cleaning them properly!
The break left me utterly stressed, which was the opposite of what it should have done. I won't be returning in a hurry.
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Sounds absolutely disgusting. Good review on a smelly subject
goth_tart 09.09.2005 12:15
For lazza123 - we didn't have breakfast so I have no idea what was there and we didn't go anywhere near the bar either (I assume there was one). We literally just used the room. I think we paid something like £38 for the room per night and it's normally about £50-something. One thing I forgot to mention is that there is a lift from the ground floor up to reception so it's a good option for disabled visitors
silverstreak 09.09.2005 10:40
It's true that you get what you pay for, but that's no excuse for being filthy - no one should pay for that!
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