I Stay In A Ibis Hotel!
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- I stay in an Ibis hotel , I'm not a fan of this brand so far !
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Should I Try Ibis Styles & Budget? What do you think, have you ever stayed in them?
Yes u really should & compare them
I stayed in the Ibis Budget in Cardiff for 2 nights. Worst experience I've had in a UK chain hotel. Couldn't sleep the first night because of water leaking through the ceiling and dripping onto the floor. I asked to change rooms the next day, which they allowed. However, I couldn't sleep the following night either as the window kept blowing wide open. The seal around the edge of window had entirely gone, so I had to try and stuff the gaps with worn socks, pants, spare towel etc to try and keep the wind out and keep it from blowing open. Yes it was the winter but the weather outside wasn't that bad!
The only saving grace was they gave me a full refund after I complained.
My experience of staying in regular Ibis hotels has been good though
Should stay in ibis Budget Birmingham.
All Ibis are different but some look the same but some are great and some are not good at all.
Yes I want to see them
Stayed in Ibis Nottingham. Spotlessly clean, friendly, wonderful staff, great stay. Basic but we expected that for what we paid and it was close to the place we were going for a night out.
Booked Liverpool on the back of that experience. It's put us off Ibis. Liverpool was fabulous, just to be clear. Go to Liverpool, not to the Ibis! It's now pronounced Abyss in our house.
Ibis budget is there bottom range hotel while Ibis Styles is their top tier. There normal Ibis hotels are in the mid range hotels similar to a Travelodge.
As an EX hotelier in Blackpool from 1995-2015, unless you have deep pockets to keep it pristine, replacing beds, furnishings and decor regularly, your hotel will deteriorate quite quickly. Suitcases scraping walls, shoe marks on walls, iron burns on carpets, sick, poo, urine on mattresses and carpets. Honestly, the list goes on. Housekeeping and maintenance staff have the hardest job in a hotel and they're usually the lowest paid. Staff costs and food are the only departments you have total control of, so many hotels have no choice but to cut staff to pay cover utilities. You can only make money in this game nowadays if you are a large company or you own the building (no mortgage) I wouldn't be back in that world in todays climate. It was hard enough 30 years ago. Great videos 😊
I'm not one of those people who complains if everything isn't just so but lack of hygiene is one thing that does concern me as I feel it's a health hazard. It appears some hotels, including budget hotels manage it better than others. Premier Inn seems to be hygienic for example. That said I appreciate housekeeping and maintenance staff do really have a tough job and they have my full respect. I know some hotels cut back on amenities and I'd be quite happy staying somewhere like that (I tend to take my own toiletries anyway) in return for good hygiene.
I worked for a large IT company and we used to put visiting corporate guests into a local Ibis - it was known as "The Abyss" locally, grim place indeed.
Your company mustve hated its corporate guests 😂😂
Lol. Nasty
You never worked for an IT company so stop lying
@@rm71991who is going to lie about working for an undisclosed IT company. It's hardly a rock and roll lifestyle dude.
@@rm71991 what would he have to gain from lying, cmon
I can never get over how you describe anything more than a few years old as ‘retro’ 😂
@@airspeed_alive As for the ‘retro’ kettle, it was almost identical to one I bought a few months back! I must be going to the wrong antique shops. 😂
@@aw9522 It crossed my mind too that a budget hotel is unlikely to chuck every kettle, hairdryer and shower attachment on the skip with each successive guest!
@@chrislethbridge1759 at least the kettle is clean and the bed doesn't have spots
@@pixie706 ‘Retro and Random!!’ 😂😂
@@chrislethbridge1759 One assumes it boils water OK and I doubt if guests get charged for electricity so I can't see a problem retro or not
Oh Tim, you are spoiling us 😂
Apart from the carpet, which did look pretty grim, I didn’t think the room was too bad to be honest. It is a budget hotel after all, but I think £80 was a bit dear but that’s airport hotels for you.
I reckon those brown marks on the edge of the sink were cigarette burns 😮
Yeah, it did seem like moaning for moanings sake at times.
Totally agree, the carpet was gross but the way he was complaining I was starting to wonder if he was premenstrual. The kettle was clean, who cares if the tray underneath says 'corby' on it?
£80 is not dear for a hotel airport. The carpet was past it's days, but everything else looked ok. Most people only stay one night in these places - I've stayed in a lot worse for one night for convenience. I used to work at Luton Airport back in the 80s - it was great fun before air rage, no smoking, no drinking - everyone was definitely less stressy about everything - these days people are so angry all the time. Stressy, angry, selfish, arrogant. What a shame.
The problem is people are demanding lower and lower pricing so hotels have to cut corners on maintenance and staff wages. I've worked at many hotels (as a contractor) and the financial pressure they are under is enormous. People bring in fast food and alcohol from outside rather than paying the higher prices in the hotel, so they lose more trade. Staff are badly paid and customers expect them to be cheerful and so so happy to see them, even the rude self-righteous ones that pay £60 for a room and think they should be treated like royalty.
The margins are low and you wouldn't believe the state that some people leave rooms in, yet people complain about little things and don't realise the costs to rectify these issues. I recently stayed in a Holiday Inn and on a Sunday night at 10pm a guy was incandescent with rage at not being able to get on the WiFi in his room. He was told it was a issue that would be resolved by the next day, but kept on screaming anyway. Idiots all over the place.
I believe you completely! My mother was a maid in a hotel for a few years and the stories of the condition of the rooms she cleaned were pig sties.
80 quid is a lot of money but it's fine for a budget hotel. I don't expect staff to be cheerful - just be ok at the job. You get free on site parking, en-suite shower and toilet, tea making facility, free continental breakfast, tv, desk, towels and free WiFi. There will always be an idiot screaming about the WiFi when it does not work but it's the same idiot who hasn't got the means or wherewithal to get himself a smart phone and mobile data for 20 quid a month. As for the carpets with the odd stain, yeah, so what.
Yes, but if they are going to run hotels, they should prioritise and employ cleaners if nothing else. Clean the place. Basic but spotless
Well said and so true,it would be a thank less job working there....
@@ceesmith Again well said and so true,this room looked fine to me and the knit picking is overboard..
I stayed in this hotel about 10 years ago and remember it being pretty decent. The restaurant was good and it was good value due to its proximity to Luton Airport. Granted the bedroom looks incredibly dated these days but airport hotels don't have to try very hard as they have a captive audience of guests wanting a room before an early morning flight
I used to stay in the IBIS Euston all the time. It was lovely.
I absolutely love Tim’s videos. Every time he posts it gives me something to look forward to watching. What a guy- his wife’s Gaby’s channel is great too! Keep it going Tim.
Wow, thank you!
What is the name of his wife’s channel? Love them both!
@@becz8820 Gaby Starbuck
I agree keep going@ walk with me Tim
I agree.
There's nothing like the sounds of early morning! The birds first song, the toilet trumpet next door! Beautiful, just beautiful!
Lol and through the night I heard them peeing
@@WalkWithMeTim 😂😂
Tim, you're a braver man than I to repeatedly stay in these budget hotels! 😅
He takes one for the team, thanks man
I used to always think chains like Ibis were effectively the same room wherever you went and you knew exactly what you got for your money, I then found out that was not the case and depending on what hotel you stay in the quality can vary enormously
I think ibis will be crossing you off their Christmas card list after that video title 😂 can’t wait for this!
That bird 🐦 has flown 🎄🎁
Ibis haven't changed in many years. The bathrooms are modular, build the room then drop in the bathrooms. Add plumbing and electrics from the corridors - done.
I've stayed in them in the UK and abroad multiple times and yes, they are showing their age, but outside the UK they are a cheap option. Not as cheap as ETAP used to be with communal showers etc though!
It went ETAP, Ibis, Mercure, Novotel. Then Accor purchased them all and now run every budget level from Ibis worldwide to Raffles in Singapore!
Accor own Holiday Inn as well, they go right in the middle of your list I think 😂 it’s the hotel equivalent of the Volkswagen heriarchy: Skoda, Seat, Volkswagen, Audi and then Porsche (plus the ultra luxury ones after that)
Hang on, so although ETAP was one rung above Formulae 1, they still had communal bathrooms? Wow, never knew that. Were the toilets still self-cleaning??
Stayed in a Ibis Sweet at BHX last year, it did the job as an overnight hotel for early morning flight. I thought the bathroom was more like a pod, but we enjoyed our night there and would stay again😊
Love it when I get a notification of a new Walk With me Tim video! Never disappointed by the videos think I would be disappointed by this hotel though!
I stayed at an Ibis in Bern once. Same step up to the bath. The room was actually perfectly clean and cozy. Lovely staff.
Hiya Tim,didn't think it was too bad apart from the carpet ,I know there a ibis hotel in Liverpool but never stay in it,but looking at web site at the rooms look ok,thanks for your vlog,
Thanks Diane
I’ve stayed in a Ibis styles before and never again. The room looked tired and in need of a refurb. Plus there was building work going on right outside my window which they didn’t make me aware of before hand.
Wow
I stayed back in January 2019, the bar was 24 hours, left the bar at around 3am and had to be in the airport by 9am, it seemed ok then but looks a tad run down now, the room was looking tired back then and looks like it hasn’t really changed since, love your videos Tim, keep it up 👍
Your research is much appreciated Tim.
Your constant research actually 👌
Not always easy or very pleasant.
I am just catching up on your videos as I have been unwell and not able to watch for a while but I aim to have fests now and binge watch.
Thanks for your work,Tim.👍
Much appreciated hope you are ok Christine
@@WalkWithMeTim
Thank you...getting slowly back to life! 😀
Bit of a struggle as I broke my spine.
All things must pass!
Thanks for asking 😚
Its difficult to express my level of excitement right now 😅
Hi Tim. Another excellent video. I stayed in an ibis in Sheffield about 3yrs ago and your right, the bathroom pods are weird and very plasticky. At the end of the day it’s a budget hotel but the min you expect of any hotel is for it to be clean!! For the money I prefer hol inn express or prem inn. Ibis is definitely a last choice for me if sleeping in the car is the only other option!! 😂
went past the IBIS near Earls Court , with inbuilt conference centre. A bit of a full 1970s windows one. Maybe worth a comparison , (overnight wont be cheap I guess, but with Earls Court gone and bits of Olympia closed for refurb maybe less demand
2:10 Ahoy there, when I was in the Netherlands, they had some of the fastest lifts I've ever been in.
To be fair it depends on what ibis you stay in we stayed in one when in Edinburgh and it was gorgeous! But stayed in ibis budget In Glasgow and it wasn’t the greatest
I agree. It does very much depend on the staff, and management. I stayed in the one in Aberdeen, and enjoyed my stay.
I think the wall covering is good old anaglypta 😄 Artex is more a type of textured plaster finish, generally found on ceilngs. Keep up the good work 😂
Yep.. definitely anaglypta. I recently bought a house with artex on the walls in the hallway. Big difference!
I once stayed in an unnamed B&B in Blackpool where my phone screen was bigger than the TV..Not to mention the remote that actually had a ceefax button..I didn't press it as I didn't fancy a Dr Who type travelling experience back to the 90's..Another great video by the way 👍
Ibis Style is definitely an upgrade on the ibis and the ibis budget. Ibis style I stayed at in Birmingham was modern and clean. Great videos, me and my husband never miss one
I completely agree .. for me staying in a hotel with horrid dirty carpets .. why should we say its ok
Part of the problem is the whole british "dont want to make a fuss" attitude that allows companies to get away with poor quality like this
agree
I've never stayed at IBIS in the UK but the ones abroad have always been decent for the price imo - I've stayed at ones in France, Spain, Italy and one in South Korea. Maybe I've just been lucky! Their accessible rooms are very good, especially in countries where it's sometimes hard to find accessible rooms you always know what you're going to get at an IBIS.
I don't think there's much difference between the normal IBIS and the "Styles", the Style ones I've stayed at maybe had a bit more of a distinct theming to it but the rooms were pretty much the same. Never stayed at a Budget one because those look way too bare bones.
I agree I've stayed in one in france and it was very clean and comfortable with excellent air conditioning in 37+ degree weather , I was surprised to see this video
100% agree. I stayed at an Ibis Styles in Thailand, The Netherlands and Indonesia and all were excellent - great hotels, great room, great staff. The only issue I ever had was an Ibis Styles in London that was a shocker. And I could not work out how it earned the 'Styles' label aside from some theming in the foyer. The rooms were traditional Ibis economy rooms. And I resented paying for the rude staff.
We stayed at the Ibus budget in Berlin Alexanderplatz in February. Was basic but immaculately clean, good temperature control and the service was fantastic. £140 each for three nights and flights, couldn’t beat it. The bed was very hard though and did sometimes have a backache in the middle of the day because of it, it was pretty much that white thin mattress as in the video but nothing underneath! Not the best tbh
The one in reading is quite nice. I stayed there back in 2019 when I saw the foo fighters at the reading festival.
The stucco walls are done to save on labor during construction as to not having the need to finish the wall smooth... just spray plaster then paint. Very common in California and some other western states in the US for some reason. 😁
Ibis Styles and Budget are both sigificantly nicer than the mainline Ibis hotels in my experience - both modern and clean hotels, while Ibis seem to be legacy hotels with rooms full of old MDF/wood effect furniture with no real personality.
Prison crossed my mind just before you said it! For one night and the convenience of the airport, which I guess is most peoples stay, they are probably not bothered too much on the rooms upkeep. Even for one night and the convenience, I think I will pass!
it was the same for me. the windows are just so small looking
can only imaging this hotel fills up with people who arrive very late and tired and cant see that it is a mess
Great to see you reviewing this place! Ive always gone past this hotel and struck how close it is to the airport but shocked at how you said it was dated looked a busy hotel though would pick a quieter hotel away but nearer to the airport again. You werent far from me either! Im only down the motorway!
always buzzing for your videos!
You're the best!
Really interesting review. I have stayed in quite a few Ibis hotels while working away, including a couple of dodgy ones. The one you were in clearly needed new carpets/curtains. However, there are reliable features of an ibis hotel that appeal to me as a business customer: excellent lighting and a desk area in the room. Always appreciate an iron. These are often missing in other similarly priced hotels.
I quite like the shower pods as I have mobility issues that make using a shower over the bath quite hazardous. If I can't book one of the limited number of disabled rooms (not just at Ibis), I can at least guarantee a shower I can use. PS the mark by the sink was a cigarette burn, I think.
As always, great video.
Thanks Claire
I must say this does look like an very outdated version of IBIS...me and my partner stayed in an Ibis in Portsmouth and it was actually okay! It was only for 1 night but still we had a pretty good experience! Breakfast was lovely, the lifts required your card to use which was quite reassuring from a security perspective, it's crazy to see how inconsistent hotels can be!
Keep these coming, really enjoyable
the bathroom 'pod' reminds me of the ones we had in France when we drove down to Spain
We need more UK hotel reviews. Best, worst etc. I'd like to see some from the south west (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & somerset) particularly Torquay.
coming soon
@@WalkWithMeTim What do you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? 😅
Have you ever done any hotels in Jersey? We have just got back from the Merton Hotel a 3 * but should be more. Perhaps if you go to Jersey you could stay in a variety of hotels
@@jonathanstempleton7864 Manuel or Mrs Richardson!!😃
If Little Chef had made hotels .
ha ha I know .. god I miss little chef used to love the breakfast but a bit expensive
Little chef was everybody stop off when they went on holiday. Love their breakfast too
Ive noticed recently that places use fresh milk sachets and leave them with the tea trays and not fridged. The little cup ones you get are UHT and dont need fridging. So some have been off when ive opened them.
i really enjoy these 'little' hotel episodes Tim! thanks and have a great day!
Thanks, you too!
What do you expect for £80? I think you had a good deal.
Bit harsh, I've walked out of much worse 😂
To be honest I've stayed in worse
Great video as always Tim. At least you weren't shocked this time!
You got that right! lol
Stayed in the Ibis South Bridge Edinburgh 🇨🇦🏴loved it!
Can I just say THESE ARE THE REVEIWS THAT WE NEED,Im of the Wish you were here??travel show guide, but I cant imagine Judith Chalmers being this thorough and good
Ha ha I grew up watching that show I loved it
I remember Cliff Michelmore on the holiday programme!
@@jeanjacques9980 Ann Gregg??John???
@@iandalby4273 Yes remember Anne Gregg from NI, sadly deceased. Remember Cliff Michelmore pre holiday programme, particularly commentating on the Aberfan disaster. Lived to the grand age of 96.
@@jeanjacques9980 Yeah he did alot of news items from memory wow thats an innings in itself
Ahhhh the textured wall reminded me of the woodchip wallpaper that we used to have in our living froom in the 80s/90s 😂
Edit: you seemed genuinely impressed by that Tresemme hairdryer!
Edit edit: the bathroom looked like a train toilet...
I love your videos, awesome content. One thing I on all your videos. I noticed is you physically handle the remote controls for the tv . I used to work in the hospitality industry. They never get cleaned when I travel. The very first thing I do in the hotel room. It's put there in all control for the TV into a zip lock bag. And use it through the bag.
And the phones in the room also never get cleaned. keep up the good work safe travels look forward to More videos
I stayed in an ibis styles / Accor property in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower and the metro. It was ok. The room and bathroom were small but I was only in the hotel to sleep. Very nice accommodative staff. Love your videos, informative.
ibis hotels are fine as long as you get their renovated rooms and stay in the bigger european cities.. the ones in the uk don’t look that great indeed
Hi Tim, I think that type of wallpaper is called Anaglypta and was very popular in the 80’s and 90’s. We certainly had it in our house when I was a teenager 😊
"Your house was very small, with woodchip on the wall..."
Even in the late 90s when I had my room redecorated when I started high school I had to have Anaglypta on the walls. I did choose a very cool turquoise for it to be painted though 😂.
I loved the anaglypta's I chose for my bedroom when I was in my early teens in the 80's. I was thinking that reminded me more of the woodchip we had on pretty much every wall of the house in the 70's
Have stayed in an Ibis Styles hotel in Wroclaw, Poland, and I was pleasantly surprised with the clean room, huge floor to ceiling windows, and just the overal experience!
I’ve just stayed at an Ibis in Brighton right by the rail station and it was excellent. More modern too, wooden floor and blinds. I ended up staying because my partner ended up on a Blue light to the hospital in Brighton! The bathrooms are different like a capsule, my first Ibis was up in Elstree. Enjoying your vlogs🙋🏻♀
I used to regularly stay in Ibis Hotels around Sweden back in the noughties and they were pretty much all exactly like that one. They were definitely NOT my first choice back then, I have to admit. The thing that I really disliked was their "environmental" shower. The water pressure was so bad that I always ended up taking the shower head off and just using the hose 😂
ha ha ha
Cool video as always! Thanks Tim but the outside of the hotel reminds me of an Iceland food store lol
ha its a toss up of little chef / B & Q and now Iceland ?
@@WalkWithMeTim Yeah the frozen foods discount store Iceland! It's red and white while B&Q is orange lol. At first I thought you were doing a tour of a Iceland store till I started video 😲
Premier Inns are the best. Top-notch soundproofing, clean and comfortable and usually the cheapest option anyway.
A very interesting video. I've stayed in the Swansea Ibis many times and found it to be good every time. Carpets pretty clean and the bathroom / wet room was fine, no plastic! I certainly wouldn't have been impressed with the one you stayed in, in particular the state of the carpets. The price varies a lot depending on which nights you stay, i normally avoid Friday and Saturday and pay around fifty to fifty five pounds, breakfast extra. As you mentioned i think being right next to the airport means they know they'll get plenty of bookings so not so bothered with upkeep of standard.
Hi Tim! Me and my girlfriend are big fans and watched most of your videos ❤. We can’t help but notice maybe your getting too used to all the luxury 5* plus hotels you’ve been staying in more recently 😂😂. This ibis hotel looked alright!
You do this so well , you even make a junky hotel video entertaining!lol!Your professionalism is outstanding!Also,appreciate the more casual look….and anything referencing something American..cool!
Your devoted fan from America
Thanks Tricia, what's the worst rated hotel brand in the US?
The worst chains are economic lodge(choice hotels and Ramada (Wyndham hotel group) The best being Marriot international which I stayed at .. very cool
Yeah I’m with you on that one! I stayed in the one in Portsmouth not realising how bad it was for location etc.
That toilet is basically what you get in a lot of university halls of residence. Prefab plastic box thats inserted into the rooms. Fine for students but not great for a hotel really
Don’t know how expensive it would be, but it would be cool (and potentially horrific too) if you could use one of those black lights to see how dirty these rooms really are
great idea
oh wow that's a great idea, if it could be done! and scary as hell
@@rachysnip it could put you off hotels for life tho I fear 🤣
@@littlemy1773 yes it could! I bought a usb microscope one day and started looking closely at things for curiousity... not in a hotel, just in the home - dangerous game! That could also be another idea haha BTW off topic but i Love Little My character so much
@@rachysnip The dangers of a curious mind lol . Little my was what my mum called me at times because as a toddler I liked to bite people 🤣
It looks like an old EasyJet training facility 😂 kept expecting Jane Bolton to come around the corner. Not sure what’s happening with Ibis brands. The bathroom looked like a portaloo. 100% gave me the ick. ❤
I know I thought that lol
The easyJet facility is in the old terminal just round the corner. Maybe they were built at the same time.
Nowt makes me smile more than when I get a notification that Tim has uploaded, thank you.
If you want to really slum it might I suggest a trip to the delightful Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth (Britannia owned, no surprise there!) Take a bumper pack of antibac wipes as you'll need them.
Keep doing you and stay awesome!
thanks Ali
I've stayed in them in Paris, Reading, Liverpool, Sydney, Melbourne and Aukland and Carlisle and have found them fine.The Ibis Budget is the old Formula One brand but they had added bathrooms to the rooms so there's not as much to distinguish the Budget from the others now.
Looks alright to me
Ah poor Tim going through all this so we don't have too, makes great content love the vids, keep 'em coming.
Hi Tim thank you for making this video of another budget hotel. I really enjoyed it so much. The room looked a good size with a good bed. I did not like how the ensuite bathroom looked liked a porter loo.
8:13 Not rust but a cigarette burn. It looks the same as the 90s Premier Inns I used to stay in. The all-in-one plastic cubical that tends to look very past it's best 6 months after fitting.
Sorry I wasn't on the chat I will watch later having problems at the moment
hope all is ok
@@WalkWithMeTim yes all ok now
Kind of looks like a massive Little Chef from the outside! XD
Lol
A great video Tim 😎 This has inspired me to book an Ibis hotel.
I used to build these hotels and the wall finish is a result of how the hotels were constructed. The added bathroom is actually and added bathroom know in the industry as a bathroom pod
I think you were a bit unfair when it comes down to the marking of the hotel I personally would stay there and also think you should have marked it better the only 2 things that bugged me was the rust in the plastic bathroom and the dirty floor and curtains but appart from that I'd say it is quite good only miner issues
It's only my opinion.. but not fan of stained carpets lol
That didn’t look like a very welcoming hotel especially for the price 😮 That bathroom looked very claustrophobic, you did make me laugh when you said you could fit 5 people in the shower though 😂 Can’t believe you heard the next room in the toilet how embarrassing for them let’s hope you don’t bump into them in the corridor!
Thanks for the review Tim 😊
So there the styles is supposed to be higher than the ibis itself, the portacabin pendolino bathroom is quite spacious, stayed in a few ibis but unfortunately the group doesn't do refreshes often enough. Canning town and Sutton are actually decent. Try mercure and pullman which is same group and higher up the grade level but so is the price. Great video Tim
I went to one in Aachen, Germany a while ago and it wasn't that bad, it was quite pleasant as far as I can remember
"You could get five people in this shower!"
What you do in your own life, Tim, is your business 🙄
It's a running joke because I mentioned it once
One of the best nights sleep I had was in the Ibis Syles in Leeds, stayed a few times since and it's always been decent. Ibis in Edinburgh and York were awful though.
I was born in 1997, I remember my parents having a Corby trousers press. When you mention the name I had goosebumps keep up the hard
work
You were very over the top in this one Tim😂 - for a Luton hotel on a budget it’s absolutely fine
Tim, you need to tell us how many boxes of classified documents could be stored in the shower......... . Too soon?.
Another great video Tim. Thanks.
Very welcome
It was a very good travel day blog today of you chilling out and staying in ibis hotel luton airport tim
Corby still do that exact tea tray and kettle set , perhaps you need one for hone in order to get that"Living in an 'otel feeling"
Finished watching the video. Interesting place! Aside from it being dirty, I kinda like the look and feel of it.
This is the kind of hotel room I used to stay in when I would go on fishing trips in small towns. One or two days and that’s about all you can take.
G’day Tim. Enjoyed the video. Just giving you our experience in Ibis Hotels around Europe and UK and New Zealand. There used to be a good one outside Euston Station which has now gone. We have stayed in two in Paris the one near the Opera District is awful we walked out. The ones in Munich. Nuremberg, Heidelberg, Koblenz all really good. You know what you are getting. The ones in Christchurch and here in Wellington are ok. We have never seen an Ibis look that dirty. Have a good weekend .
it seems the ones abroad are a bit better .. thanks Debbie
I stayed in an IBIS in Agadir, Morocco. It was okay only downside was no balcony on a sun holiday but it had a nice pool. Also stayed in on in Brussels. Bedroom was tiny but clean.
I was a blogger back in the day. I went to an event for ibis. Their mattresses were taken by two adventurer type people to a top of a mountain and slept on. Got to meet the guys who did it. Who were very lovely.
However, we also got to stay over for a few days in the ibis by a train station in London. I can't remember which one, but it was literally across the road. It was lovely. Had been updated throughout.
It's sad to see they don't do it for all their hotels!!!
id love to see you try a differnt ibis, like a city centre location in a more modern hotel, and definitely try a budget and a styles
Gosh never knew there are 3 different types of Ibis. Can't believe there is a budget Ibis! My friend stayed in my local Ibis Styles and it was good value for money. She enjoyed her stay. Yes definitely want to see the other Ibis
Ibis Budget was a rebranding of Etap. Which one sounds more luxurious........
Used all Accor brand hotels but mainly Ibis many times in France & Belgium and always been clean and good value.
The old anaglypta woodchip wallpaper they havent taken it off because the years of painting on it itll be a nightmare to take it off the walls.
On the question you asked yes you can actually buy the ibis mattress, pillows duvets etc. I have stayed in the Ibis in plywood by marshmills flyover / roundabout and it was outdated back in 2002 however it was a comfortable nights sleep. I still think that hotels should be updating every 10 years unless it’s needs doing sooner or it’s immaculate because there is nothing worse than a grubby room.
Stayed in an ibis budget in Manchester Salford quays once. We called it the abyss as it was dreadful. The toilet / shower cubicle arrangement was an experience when sharing with a friend!
Certainly is isn't it as its not technically a separate room. I've been in hostels that have felt more luxurious than the ibis budget!
We've been in an Ibis Excel hotel in London Docklands, it was absolutely fine, comfortable, and breakfast was great.