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Maid for a wonderful stay

Advantages: Historic property, recently refurbished rooms, good breakfast
Disadvantages: Front desk staff who don't know what's going on

...summer I wound up selecting the four star Maids Head Hotel which is part of the Folio Hotels group. My parents spent a week there leading up to the wedding so we were in and out of the hotel all week. My brothers spent three nights in a room with two twins. My bridesmaids and I stayed in the Cathedral Suite the night before the wedding and then my husband and I stayed there the night of the wedding. Most of my husband's family also stayed in the ...
...feedback on the property. THE LOCATION The Maids Head Hotel is on the roundabout of the popular Tombland area in Norwich. There are a range of restaurant chains right on the doorstep including Whetherspoons, La Tasca, Café Uno and Zizzi's. It is also right next to the Norwich Cathedral. It is a walkable distance from both the railstation and bus station but those with luggage who are arriving to either of those locations would probably like to take ...

Mountainlilly 12.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Maids Head Hotel, Norwich

Ideal hotel for a quiet night

Advantages: Quiet, staff are pretty good, cost, location
Disadvantages: Atmosphere, no cooked breakfast some mornings

...in a small town called Wymondham (pronounce it Windom). It's a charming little town with a very historic looking main street where the hotel is situated. The hotel looks old from the outside; I reckon the building must date back around 200 years, all of which adds a little charm to the whole place. You can't access the front of the hotel by car & need to negotiate the one way system to get around the back for parking. There is not a lot of parking ...
...the hotel, but if you arrive early enough you should be alright. If you're walking or being dropped off by taxi you can of course access the hotel from the front or back if required. Checking in is usually pretty efficient & the staff will even help you locate your room if required. I have stayed in various rooms over the years; some people may describe the place as being quite quaint, I would describe it as being a bit dated & small depending on ...

ScottishWestie 30.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Wymondham Consort Hotel, Norwich

THE UNFRIENDLY CLUB'' -

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: So many

...will refuse to do especially when they have taken £25 of my good earned cash. They really do not care about their members, they seem to forget that it is us members that keep them in a job. Avoid the camping and caravan club like the plague. ...

Karen110271 07.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Camping and Caravanning Club - Camping Sites

Holiday Inn Shepperton - prebooked? Beware - if you cancel

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: ALL

...to cancel the stay with Holiday Inn re the current extreme bad weather problems for the journey by car from the North West for my 93 year old mother whose health would not be up to making such a potentially dangerous / uncertain journey. Holiday Inn Shepperton have refused to give us a refund for cancellation of the booking which we find unbelievable given the current weather conditions. Its the Holiday Inn attitude that pees me off, basically ...
...had a problem with a Holiday Inn booking in the '80s in the USA - wishing to transfer from a Holiday Inn in Hollywood where we had been staying to one at Anaheim - they made the transfer ok - but still charged us for the days stay not taken at Hollywood ! BEWARE FOLKS IF YOU MAKE A PREPAID BOOKING WITH HOLIDAY INNS AND THEN NEED TO CANCEL - THEY WILL STILL CHARGE YOU REGARDLESS !! BETTER NOT TO BOOK AT ALL AND JUST TURN UP IF YOU NEED TO USE HOLIDAY ...

Judibith 07.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Holiday Inn, Shepperton

A freezing cold with broken heating not so Welcome Cottage

Advantages: nice spacious family holiday home
Disadvantages: no help contactable when heating broken in mid-winter

...in Norfolk - arranged though Welcome Cottages, although you can rent this place through other sites like Country Cottages too. The house is owned by Mike Franklin, who would appear to own many holiday lets - he certainly owns number 5 Bure Cottages too. We arrived at 4pm in deep snow (with more falling) to a house so cold you could see your breath in the living room. The heating was broken and we couldn't find any instructions on who to contact ...
...times in 2 hours) or Welcome cottages (tried them at just after 5pm and they were shut - and no emergency number on ansaphone) Eventually (after 2 hours there with miserable cold 2 + 4 year old) a heating engineer we'd left a message with called us back and talked us through relighting the pilot light. We had to partly dismantle the kitchen cabinet to do this, with our own tools, and there's no way we'd have been able to work this out without the ...

Dollywombat 06.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Welcome Cottages