Hotel Oasis

The only good thing was that unlike many other French hotels, the TV had some channels showing English shows, although no specific English channel, which helped drown out all the noise. I have now been travelling for 9 consecutive months, and in total have travelled for over 2 years to 70 countries in the past 5 years. During this time I have stayed in many different hotels. For many reasons, this was one of the worst. As soon as I walked into my small room at 20.30 I saw there was no fridge. I had booked this hotel specifically because the description said there was a fridge. I went back to reception, showed the receptionist the description and asked for a room with a fridge. The receptionist tried to argue that not all rooms have fridges and he hadn't taken the booking because he only worked nights so he didn't know anything about it. Irrelevant, I said. No one took the booking because it was online and this list clearly says there is a fridge. OK he says, you can put your stuff in the office fridge. No, I say. I'm here for 6 nights and coming down here to get my things is not convenient nor appropriate. He finally calls the manager who says he will bring one in the morning. This might seem OK, but I still find it an inconvenience not to have it when I arrived to chill my items overnight and to have to waste time getting it in the morning. I ask for one from another room, but apparently the hotel is fully booked. So I keep my items on the window ledge overnight to avoid the annoyance of going downstairs in the morning, but will still have to go down to get the fridge. After getting dinner and returning to my room, I try to relax. This is spoilt by the many unsupervised school children staying in the hotel. They spend hours knocking on each other's door, giggling and chatting in the hallway and generally interfering with my peace and quiet as 2 of their doors are next to mine.

I have now been travelling for 9 consecutive months, and in total have travelled for over 2 years to 70 countries in the past 5 years. During this time I have stayed in many different hotels. For many reasons, this was one of the worst. As soon as I walked into my small room at 20.30 I saw there was no fridge. I had booked this hotel specifically because the description said there was a fridge. I went back to reception, showed the receptionist the description and asked for a room with a fridge. The receptionist tried to argue that not all rooms have fridges and he hadn't taken the booking because he only worked nights so he didn't know anything about it. Irrelevant, I said. No one took the booking because it was online and this list clearly says there is a fridge. OK he says, you can put your stuff in the office fridge. No, I say. I'm here for 6 nights and coming down here to get my things is not convenient nor appropriate. He finally calls the manager who says he will bring one in the morning. This might seem OK, but I still find it an inconvenience not to have it when I arrived to chill my items overnight and to have to waste time getting it in the morning. I ask for one from another room, but apparently the hotel is fully booked. So I keep my items on the window ledge overnight to avoid the annoyance of going downstairs in the morning, but will still have to go down to get the fridge. After getting dinner and returning to my room, I try to relax. This is spoilt by the many unsupervised school children staying in the hotel. They spend hours knocking on each other's door, giggling and chatting in the hallway and generally interfering with my peace and quiet as 2 of their doors are next to mine. Around 10am I open my door to go downstairs to have the fridge brought up. The Do Not Disturb ( DND) sign I placed there the night before has gone.