The car park gate slid shut just as we drove up. Reception was closed, but I used the help bell to speak to a man who was really helpful. He gave me the code I needed to open the gate. Paying via the machine was easy and the receipt me my room number and access code.
I booked the room that morning via the Hotels.com. Finding a twin room (I was travelling to the Charente with my adult son) with parking at such short notice was not easy, so it was fine that the room was basic. Everything worked. The bed was a bit hard and we only had one rather flat pillow each. We also only had one bath towel each and a bath mat, so I didn’t bother washing my hair.
I was very grateful to find a room with twin beds at such short notice. It was just a few hundred metres off our route, which really helped at the end of a long drive down from Yorkshire!