Family Motels

[GJL]

Does anyone know if there are Travelodge-type motels in France that have family suites?

I'm driving from Calais down to Vendee and need to stop overnight about halfway down.  (around Alencon)

I'm trying to find a hotel / motel that has a room that sleeps two adults and two small kids - but everywhere seems to have a maximum of three per room?

 

[Benjamin]

Welcome to the forum GJL.

I'm beginning to sound like an advert for this chain but try visiting www.hotelbb.com. They have rooms with a mezzanine for one or two small children and cost very little.

The Alencon one is situated to the north of the town and does have this type of room available.

[Frederick]

There is a BB Hotels "Motel " just outside Alencon as you will  approach the town it has the "Buffalow  Grill "  next to it so you cant miss it  !

They do  family rooms  which  are  on the top level   . Its a  "mezanine " layout in the room with two more beds above the main bedroom layout .....a narrow staircase up to it ......you get a choice of continental or cooked breakfast its self service  ....just Google BB Hotels France   and you can book on line and see the location map etc   I think from memory a family room is about 54 euros plus about 5 for breakfast.   I advise you book  they get filled up fast  about 7pm by van drivers looking for stop overs as well as tourists . BB Hotels like Campernile Hotels and Premier 1 and Formula I all have web sites .....but I  can recommend the BB Alencon and the Buffalow Grill next door  for a low cost stop over and meal ....Web site is in English .

[Frederick]

Ben ...........Have we got some sort of physic powers thing going here ? ........spookey ..   we must have been typing the same post  together !!!

[Benjamin]

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Ben ...........Have we got some sort of physic powers thing going here ? ........spookey ..   we must have been typing the same post  together !!!

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No [6] I did mine yesterday Frederick. [:D]

[Frederick]

Oh I see ....when you get the bucket full of fluff out of the mouse ...you can scrool  down without the page sticking .....thats how it works is it ?  thought I was cracking up for a second .....

[Cassis]

There's also a Mercure on the D338 as you head south out of Alençon - a bit better than the B+B and Campanile.  No idea about family rooms, I'm afraid.  The restaurant next door, "Escargot Doré" is brilliant, though maybe not for kids.  You'll find a Flunch and McD's at Arçonnay shopping centre nearby. Also an excellent Chinese/Thai about 600m away.  The Campanile's in the northern industrial estate desert - the B+B's even worse for location.  Okay as long as all you need is a bed and you don't want to go out for a walk or anything.

[Benjamin]

[quote user="Cassis"] Okay as long as all you need is a bed and you don't want to go out for a walk or anything.

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Nail on the head there Cassis.

Soul less is how we describe them but if all you want is a clean (never had a dirty one yet) bedroom with en suite at a pretty cheap price then they tick the box.