When you arrive to check in at a hotel and the friendly staff ask you for a deposit of £100 and hand you the remote for your tv over the counter, you can’t help but think, why the distrust, was the hotel full of criminals? It is something that I had never experienced in all the hundreds of hotels I had visited in my life.
The room cost £47 for a double so my hopes weren’t high in the first place, but I have had lovely accommodation for that price in the past.
First of all the good points. The staff were lovely, the room was warm, the shower worked and there was a bed.
Now the not so good:
I turned on the bathroom light. The fan came on. It sounded like someone was banging a nail in the wall. I took a shower. Soaking wet I hunted the room for a towel. No towels. I dried myself on the blanket in the wardrobe. I brushed my teeth with the water which was already running from the tap. I couldn’t turn the tap off. I tried to turn on the tv, which was the size of a large ipad. The remote I was given didn’t work. I tried to find the wifi for my phone. No wifi. I lay down on the bed ( no mattress cover ) with its minimal sheets which I couldn’t bring myself to crawl between. I covered myself with the now slightly damp blanket from the cupboard and listened to the dulcet tones of the running tap, whilst counting the number of cobwebs hanging from the ceiling.
I awoke the next morning after minimal sleep and pulled back the curtains to reveal my beautiful view of a brick wall, from floor to ceiling. I left my room thinking that if I had purchased all of its contents , I would probably still get change from my £100. I am still awaiting my refund.
Note to self: Always read trip advisor reviews before checking in to a hotel.
