The Bed my partner and I had could have been better, it was two singles put together, but we dealt with it and accepted once again... It's a great value hotel, so we don't expect the Hilton!
Now the part I feel needs to be addressed and ultimately ruined the family holiday.... The location... I thought Bournemouth was a nice place to take the family for the weekend, and everything I read in the booking's made it sound great. But Bournemouth tourist areas has had a large issue with thefts from vehicles over the last few years... And our family vehicle got broken into and items taken which had to be reported to the police.
Ultimately... If this hadn't happened to us.... It would have been a perfect stay. But the hotel owners confirmed via phone that this has been happening in the areas, but still their CCTV for their ample size car park doesn't have efficient enough night time quality. Therefore Dorset Police were unable to help me at all, and neither were the hotel owners.
I appreciate this is a horrible thing to score a hotel on. But ultimately everything we had enjoyed got removed and taken away by horrible individuals that clearly pray on family run businesses like the Applewood. The owners also could have made more of an effort to speak to me around this. Ask if my family were OK... Ask if the vehicle was OK, but didn't really communicate after everything was said and done.
Sorry Applewood.... But because of what happened I will never stay at your Hotel again or hotel's around you without proper ample security. Also I feel this is a good enough reason to score as Booking.com specifically asks us what the area is like... Therefore.... Thefts.... Break in's.... You can't argue the truth.
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