The cities with the worst hotels
Jan 27th 2013 | 10:39 pm
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Here we go again 
Jan 27th 2013 | 10:53 pm
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I would if I was 
Jan 27th 2013 | 11:01 pm
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Jan 28th 2013 | 12:03 am
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He stays at Buckingham when he's in London.
Jan 28th 2013 | 1:02 am
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Re: The cities with the worst hotels
I'd agree with the lowly rating for Paris - I stayed at a 3 star hotel and a 4 star one, which were tiny, cramped, poor facilities, not very clean and oh so expensive. I've stayed at some nice hotels in London - 4 or 5 star, and they are much better. However, in my student days I've stayed at really grotty ones too, so I guess it balances out. Perhaps people come with overly high expectations, which then lowers their satisfaction levels.
Jan 28th 2013 | 7:07 pm
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I'd agree with the lowly rating for Paris - I stayed at a 3 star hotel and a 4 star one, which were tiny, cramped, poor facilities, not very clean and oh so expensive. I've stayed at some nice hotels in London - 4 or 5 star, and they are much better. However, in my student days I've stayed at really grotty ones too, so I guess it balances out. Perhaps people come with overly high expectations, which then lowers their satisfaction levels.
No fire escape doors, just a realllllllyyyyyy old lift that could fit 2 people in and a small suitcase! The lift actually swayed when you got in!
You could feel it moving fro side to side! It was that small my wife had to go in first (send the wife in first to test it out 
) and then I had to go second with our suitcase. The look on my wife's face when I got to the top Not impressed.The bedroom had foam tiles on the ceiling (always a sign of class, not!) and there were actually foot prints on the ceiling !
And also various stains, god knows what they were!The first thing we did was open the window and looked out on to the street and there was a French bloke pissing up against a car in the street
Again my wife was not impressed 
Needless to say we spent that majority of our time out of the hotel!
Jan 28th 2013 | 7:26 pm
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Re: The cities with the worst hotels
Totally agree with Paris. The hotel we stayed in was a death trap just waiting to happen.
No fire escape doors, just a realllllllyyyyyy old lift that could fit 2 people in and a small suitcase! The lift actually swayed when you got in! You could feel it moving fro side to side! It was that small my wife had to go in first (send the wife in first to test it out ) and then I had to go second with our suitcase. The look on my wife's face when I got to the top Not impressed.
The bedroom had foam tiles on the ceiling (always a sign of class, not!) and there were actually foot prints on the ceiling ! And also various stains, god knows what they were!
The first thing we did was open the window and looked out on to the street and there was a French bloke pissing up against a car in the street Again my wife was not impressed
Needless to say we spent that majority of our time out of the hotel!
No fire escape doors, just a realllllllyyyyyy old lift that could fit 2 people in and a small suitcase! The lift actually swayed when you got in!
You could feel it moving fro side to side! It was that small my wife had to go in first (send the wife in first to test it out ) and then I had to go second with our suitcase. The look on my wife's face when I got to the top Not impressed.The bedroom had foam tiles on the ceiling (always a sign of class, not!) and there were actually foot prints on the ceiling !
And also various stains, god knows what they were!The first thing we did was open the window and looked out on to the street and there was a French bloke pissing up against a car in the street
Again my wife was not impressed Needless to say we spent that majority of our time out of the hotel!
I stayed at the Meridien in Noumea, which is supposed to be a 5 star hotel.
I've stayed in some cupboards in Paris too that they tried to pass off as 4 stars.
The reality is, the French just have a different tollerance and level of expectation from accommodation than the rest of the world. Then there is their renowned customer service, which is non-existent.
