We are staying in a hotel at the moment and couldn't get a seat in the lounge yesterday evening because it was full of locals watching a match and drinking pints.
Another resident told us that on Sunday they had to eat in the bar because the dining room was booked out for a 70th birthday lunch.
We also have very limited access to the pool because of school swimming lessons, aquafit classes etc
Anyone else get annoyed when they stay in a hotel and find themselves constantly playing second fiddle to locals?
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Locals taking over hotel
Arbesque · 06/10/2022 08:56
Quveas · 06/10/2022 09:03
Gosh, how utterly appalling. I can't believe that a business wouldn't put the right of entitled casual guests over catering for the people who support it all year. Dreadful that one might have to eat in the bar. Or that other people can hire the facilities that you are also hiring. And I don't know where to begin ... people were actually drinking pints? How utterly common of them. I always opt for G&T when watching the match. That would be the test match of course, because I'd never do anything so coarse as watching rowdy football. It is obvious that your two night stay should be their only consideration all year, and they should have planned accordingly.
Pollydon · 06/10/2022 09:11
Seriously though, are you unaware that the venue needs to be producing revenue year round and needs local trade ?
I now live in Spain and this reminds me of the British visitors who go on Facebook to complain that not everyone speaks English. 🙄
Arbesque · 06/10/2022 09:20
How is that remotely similar?
Pollydon · 06/10/2022 09:11
Seriously though, are you unaware that the venue needs to be producing revenue year round and needs local trade ?
I now live in Spain and this reminds me of the British visitors who go on Facebook to complain that not everyone speaks English. 🙄
Pollydon · 06/10/2022 09:24
Because some people think that venues and destinations operate like the Trueman Show and burst into life just to accommodate them.
Arbesque · 06/10/2022 09:20
How is that remotely similar?
Pollydon · 06/10/2022 09:11
Seriously though, are you unaware that the venue needs to be producing revenue year round and needs local trade ?
I now live in Spain and this reminds me of the British visitors who go on Facebook to complain that not everyone speaks English. 🙄
theemmadilemma · 06/10/2022 09:28
Whilst I agree about needing local support, if it a case that guests need to book a table for dinner in restuarant for their stay, they really ought to be offered that, or at least warned.
Same for the pool availability.
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