Kevin Munro

Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?

By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
over when driving?

Many thanks, Kevin.

Foul Ole Ron

Kevin Munro wrote:

    > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?
    > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
    > over when driving?
    > Many thanks, Kevin.

There's Campanile :-
http://www.envergure.fr/campanilefr....sh/annusom.htm
Accor hotels (from cheap to luxury) :-
http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html
Used to be a chain called Climat, but I can't find a site; same with
Primevere.

Ron

David Bennetts

"Kevin Munro" <> wrote in message
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    > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?
    > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
    > over when driving?
    > Many thanks, Kevin.
The Etap hotels (Accor group) are quite similar in nature to British
Travelodge, except that you'll have a pleasant surpirsise in paying more
like 42 euros rather than 42 pounds!
Formule 1 are cheaper still, but don''t have ensuite toilet/shower, it's on
a shared basis.

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

Runge

You'll find Climat de France and others at :
www.envergure.fr

"Foul Ole Ron" <> a écrit dans le message de news:
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    > Kevin Munro wrote:
    > > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in
France?
    > >
    > > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a
stop
    > > over when driving?
    > >
    > > Many thanks, Kevin.
    > There's Campanile :-
    > http://www.envergure.fr/campanilefr....sh/annusom.htm
    > Accor hotels (from cheap to luxury) :-
    > http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html
    > Used to be a chain called Climat, but I can't find a site; same with
    > Primevere.
    > Ron
    > --
    > Bugrit
    > The views and expressions contained in this message do not necessarily
    > coincide with those of my employer.

Rab Bruce

We've used Ibis a couple of times. The one in Namur (okay, Belgium, but
wth?) was impeccable and extremely friendly. The one in Laon (Aisne) was
absolutely appalling (details on request!). Seems to depend v muh on the
management.
Normally we use the town's local hotels; some are less well-appointed
than others, but we've never, never had one that wasn't acceptable, at
least, for an overight stop. And they're usually good from the point of
view of meeting local people, which the travel lodge things are
definitely not.
Choose your town, stop, collect the list of what's available from the
Tourist Office and take your pick. Many can be found at much cheaper
rates than the chains. Takes maybe half an hour, during which you see
the town a bit and stretch your legs.
HTH
Rab

Kevin Munro wrote:
    > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?
    >
    > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
    > over when driving?
    >
    > Many thanks, Kevin.
    >
    >

Kevin Munro

Thanks to all the replies, I can now start planning!

Kevin.

"Kevin Munro" <> wrote in message
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    > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?
    > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
    > over when driving?
    > Many thanks, Kevin.

Foul Ole Ron

Runge wrote:

    > You'll find Climat de France and others at :
    > www.envergure.fr

Thanks.

Ron

Bill Smith

I agree, try the hotels in the towns you're stopping at. Why go to
France if you want to stay in a series of standardised, formula hotels
just like their UK equivalents? It's as bad IMHO as going to France and
existing on Big Macs.
Only point about hotels is that the smaller ones - and all in popular
places - may need advance booking in peak periods. But I'd guess the
same would apply to rentarooms like Travel Lodges. You don't say when
you're travelling.


Kevin Munro wrote:
    > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in France?
    >
    > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a stop
    > over when driving?
    >
    > Many thanks, Kevin.
    >
    >

Earl Evleth

On 16/01/04 12:22, in article
UPPNb.1031$, "Bill Smith"
<> wrote:

    > I agree, try the hotels in the towns you're stopping at. Why go to
    > France if you want to stay in a series of standardised, formula hotels
    > just like their UK equivalents?

Since we live in France, and not passing through, we use the standard motels
in between traveling to a final destination. We do not like trying to
drive from Paris to the coastal Mediterranean area in one day and will
stop along the way at "any old place", so we choose a standard motel.
The last time, on the way back we stopped in Bresse to have chicken but
still stayed at a low price motel. The restaurant was better.

We often enough eat out in the evening well, anywhere, but are not in the
mood to fight our way to the center of a city to find a hotel at 5 PM
when the traffic is hell. Searching for the nice restaurant in town
around 8 PM is not problem, usually there is available parking.

On the other hand there are nice guides for charming hotels in France
and those kinds of hotel, which offer demi-pension, we might stay at
a week or two. A couple of years ago we stayed near L'isle-sur le
Sorgue in the Vaucluse at the Mas de Cure Bourse 3 km south of town.
It is a charming town. And a charming Mas.

One can pick up photos of the Mas at

http://www.hotels-de-charme.com/cont...id=FICHD587844
D#

The guide types I am recommending are like

http://www.hotels-de-charme.com/

but the web often gives you more photo coverage.

The area is close to Avignon, Nimes, Arles and one can take day trips
by car. The Mas is old, so one is living a thick walled structure,
air conditioning is not really needed. It has a Tennis court and
swimming pool and one dines in the evening outside under a beautiful
giant tree. The cuisine is good and one dines gracefully. In the hot
summer one does not drink important wines so the bill does not
get out of line.

Much of France has similar charming hotels, especially the south of
France. We have done this a number of times and can`t say we
were disappointed except in Bretagne when the rains came and
stay for days on end in the summer. My wife, an historian, took
the rain as an opportunity to visit all the resistance museums
in the region, which served as a base for doing an article in
a French educational magazine on this type of museum.

We prefer Bretagne in the Fall and Spring, we stay in Cancale and venture
into Saint Malo. Those are short visits from Paris of just a couple of days,
in order to have a reunion with the lobster and oyster people!

We journey out of Paris every two weeks to the east of France (L'Aube) to
visit somebody in prison. Near the prison we stay at a small country hotel,
always the same place and have for years. Our minimal comfort conditions
are that the place is well heated and we have individual bath facilities.
The floors creak, and the owners are so old they creak a bit too, including
their old dog. We are old enough to creak too, and also our dog.
A very harmonious situation!

Earl

Gg

"Bill Smith" <> wrote in message
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    > I agree, try the hotels in the towns you're stopping at. Why go to
    > France if you want to stay in a series of standardised, formula hotels
    > just like their UK equivalents? It's as bad IMHO as going to France and
    > existing on Big Macs.
    > Only point about hotels is that the smaller ones - and all in popular
    > places - may need advance booking in peak periods. But I'd guess the
    > same would apply to rentarooms like Travel Lodges. You don't say when
    > you're travelling.
    > Kevin Munro wrote:
    > > Hello, can anyone tell me if there are travel lodge type hotels in
France?
    > >
    > > By that I mean cheap ~£42 hotels that are all the same and fine for a
stop
    > > over when driving?
    > >
    > > Many thanks, Kevin.
    > >
    > >
The Logis de France hotel group is an association of moderately-priced
independent hotels that I think have more charm than the chain hotels. All
the ones we've stayed in had decent restaurants too.
http://www.logis-de-france.fr/uk/ .
GG