Hotel Stays

Went to a chain hotel which had a 'quiet after 10.30pm' rule. Had the best nights sleep as I could relax and not worry about noisy people coming in late. Brilliant.

I mainly go to a hotel and expect that I will at least get a decent night's sleep.
Stayed at a lovely B&B in York, the second night I was woken by a group of overseas guests that seemed to want to carry on a party at 1am , running between rooms and up and down stairs!
Next morning at breakfast, those of that party got very dark looks from the other guests, along with an instruction from the owner (who had been blissfully ignorant as his room was on the ground floor) to find somewhere else to stay!
Sadly, many hotels have to have weddings and parties to make ends meet these days.
It would be nice to be warned of the fact when either booking or on arrival as many hotel rooms ahve little if any soundproofing between rooms.
Just try staying in an hotel near an airport where you get woken by suitcases on wheels going along the corridor for the first flights or even the call to prayer from the room above yours at dawn !!!

I hate a hotel that has hen do's they screech going back to there rooms have no thought for people already asleep and then carry on the party in the room ? when you ring down to reception your the one made to feel like a spoil sport!! I think their to scared to go to the room and tell them to shut up.

I hope your experience is better than mine with PI, GreyKnitter. Very nice room. Horrific amount of noise.

I def prefer P and Q. However I have booked into a Premier Inn for a couple of nights next week as I’m going to support my daughter and family during some health issues and it’s the nearest and has guaranteed parking! No longer a cheap option though. Could have found something much nicer and including breakfast if I’d been happy to stay a bit further out.

I remember as a child staying in quite a large hotel. Our room was near a sort of foyer round the bank of lifts which also housed a machine for obtaining ice. I still remember the noise from the machine which went on through the night, (I have no idea why) against a background of lift doors opening and shutting. This memory has stayed with me.

I prefer a quiet and peaceful hotel.

Beswitched there was absolutely no intention to make anyone feel intolerant. It was just a tongue in cheek comment about my love of all children.

Now we are retired we go to hotels for a getaway midweek, so no chance of weddings, and the sort of place we go to doesn't cater for business conferences.

When DS2 and family lived in Bonn we stayed in a hotel just up the road from them, on a busy-ish road, but the main noise came from the church bell chiming the hour right outside the window. On such occasions, we are in late at night and out straight after breakfast so don't mind what the rest of the company is like.

Curlywhirly

I'm with crazyH I love the buzz of a busy hotel, plenty of chatter in the restaurant and horror of horrors, I'm quite happy to see children out enjoying themselves with family!

Not sure why enjoying children.needs a horror of horrors handle. In my experience most people enjoy nice and pleasant children. Why make those who find badly behaved children annoying feel intolerant?

Definitely peaceful. Can’t stand groups of loud screechy women, or noisy men for that matter .

I like a buzz to the place rather than sitting in a quiet subdued atmosphere in a dining room. Unfortunately it’s often one extreme or the other. A couple of years ago I was on holiday in Ireland and a group of about 8 hen party girls arrived in the hotel dining room for dinner. They were having dinner before hitting the town.

The bride was carrying a 4 feet high inflatable willy which the waitress suggested might be best left under the table. All the hilarity died down and everyone was enjoying their food when shrieks of laughter erupted around the dining room. A toddler at the next table to the hen girls had spotted the inflatable willy under their table, crawled under and took it and ran around the dining room holding it aloft. He was so little he couldn’t be seen above the tables and it looked like the inflatable had come to life and run off. The dining room was in an uproar but fortunately nobody was offended. The bride was mortified and apologised to everyone as they were leaving.

Well fairly quiet but with some atmosphere otherwise it’s a rather depressing place!

We went to a hotel in hen a wedding was on. The hotel had closed off all the communal lounges and the garden. The only space left for others was the reception area. The bar was packed and when we finally got a drink there was nowhere to sit. So it's peace and quiet for me in hotels now.

I am not a grumpy old fart, honestly. ?

A peaceful and quiet well run, rural establishment for weekend breaks. City establishments with restaurants and cafes within walking distance.

I don’t have any problem with children present if they are not allowed to run around bothering others guests, especially during meals. Whatever happened to children being taught how to use cutlery, basic table manners and to stay at the table until the meal was over? And, the parents are completely oblivious to the disruption they cause to other diners.

I'm with crazyH I love the buzz of a busy hotel, plenty of chatter in the restaurant and horror of horrors, I'm quite happy to see children out enjoying themselves with family!

Yes, I agree about checking for weddings; to be honest, if it is a big 'do' it would be fairer to give them sole use, and then not have others being bothered by all the things Beswitched describes.

I like the buzzzzzzz…..of a full Hotel !

Yes a bit of buzz and people watching is nice. What I really can't bear is a wedding taking over the hotel: sandwiches only being served on the bar because staff are busy catering for the wedding, loud music until the small hours and drunken guests smoking under your windows and trying to find their rooms at 3am, no seats available in the lounge or lobby the next day because they're full of hungover guests sprawled unappetisingly around the place.

We always check now if there is a wedding taking place before we book a weekend away.

I like a quiet buzz and atmosphere and hate places that are so quiet that you can hear every click of a knife and fork in a restaurant, I like the privacy that a busy restaurant gives, where I don't have to whisper or hear the conversation from neighbouring tables, but, I do not like shrieking, crass loud groups. So, a busy place full of people quietly going about their business and enjoying their stay without spoiling it for anyone else. I like to hear people enjoying themselves, a group of friends and family at a table, eating, drinking and enjoying each other's company, as long as they do not dominate. I agree about the necessity of a quiet room for those who wish to sit peacefully with a book and a glass of wine pot of tea

I am with aonk I like a hotel to have guests of all ages and to be buzzy

I also like hotels to have a quiet bar/snug/reading room/outside space available when I want to get away from everything.

Quiet and not many people.

We have just come back from 3 nights in 'Blackpool'. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but we thoroughly enjoyed it.
The hotel is not far from the sea front and near to the shopping centre, walking distance to a lovely park, golf course,
bowling greens and the zoo. Blackpool is not just about amusement arcades, drunken people and fast food.
If you look at the outside of the centre you can find some lovely restaurants
All the rooms are soundproof. During the day you can sit in the lounge and have a coffee hardly see anyone.
There is a bar attached which anyone from outside can use but as it's still quiet.
In the evening there is entertainment if you want.
While we were there there was only family parties or couples. No hen/stagg parties which I don't think they allow.
This was a mix of peace & quiet or people to chat to if you wanted.

I do wish there was a middle course! I do like a hotel with atmosphere and people around but not too noisy.

I haven't been in a hotel since well before the pandemic but quiet and peaceful for me every time.