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  • Accor Hotels in Warsaw

    Accor Hotels in Warsaw

    Since I feel I’ve worked around enough of these to justify their own lists, here we go….. I’ve put them into my own categories of those I really like, those that are OK and those I didn’t like as much. I can’t imagine this will interest anyone but me, but it’ll remind me of which ones to book again. As for my favourite one, it’s Mercure Warszawa Ursus.

     

    I REALLY LIKE THESE ONES  🙂

    Ibis Styles Warszawa Centrum

    Ibis Styles Warszawa City

    Mercure Warszawa Ursus

    Novotel Warszawa Centrum

    Ibis Warszawa Centrum

    Mercure Warszawa Airport

    Ibis Warszawa Reduta

     

    THESE ARE OK  😐

    Ibis Warszawa Stare Miasto (hate the new rooms without desks, otherwise brilliant)

    Ibis Budget Warszawa Centrum (all fine, nothing luxurious – no link here as I stayed before starting the blog)

     

    DON’T LIKE THESE ONES SO MUCH  🙁

    Ibis Styles Warszawa West (felt like an Ibis Budget)

    Ibis Warszawa Ostrobramska (only Accor in Poland I’ve been to where the service wasn’t as welcoming as it perhaps could have been)

     

    Accor also operate these hotels in the city, which I haven’t yet been to. And since I’m quite cheap, I’m not sure that I’ll ever visit a couple of them, but you never know….

    Sofitel Warszawa Victoria

    Raffles Warszawa

    Mercure Warszawa Centrum

    Mercure Warszawa Grand

    Novotel Warszawa Airport

  • Accor Hotels – Book Your Half Term Happy Place Campaign

    Accor Hotels – Book Your Half Term Happy Place Campaign

    The latest Accor promotion is something I’m surprised they haven’t tried a little earlier, which is using their hotels as day rooms. Similar to the whole Deskdog theory from Brewdog.

    Their e-mail reads:

    “The hotel office is your home office. But better.

    It turns out if you mix children and your home office, things can become… challenging. And with that lesson learnt, here comes half term.

    So we’ve got the perfect solution: the hotel office.

    It’s all the home comforts of the work-from-home era, but with none of the housework. Or children. Think spotless welcome and check in, clear desk, comfy chair, great coffee, intelligent lighting, room service. The hotel office is your home office. But better.

    PJs, slouchies, suit? Make your own rules. Escape to your new office.”

    It’s a great idea, although after trying numerous searches, but the prices are quite spiky, a day room costs £66 in Cambridge and around £50 to £100 in most London hotels. And just to show there’s a potential problem with the pricing, that same room in Cambridge on the same day in late October to stay overnight costs £61.75. I’m not sure the take-up is going to be huge here….

  • Accor – 6,000 Bonus Reward Points

    Accor – 6,000 Bonus Reward Points

    Assuming this health issue doesn’t put paid to my travels entirely for the rest of the year, I will have managed to get to 90 Reward Nights with Accor, which personally I think is pretty good going given everything that has gone on over recent months. Perhaps I’ll stay in more next year.

    Anyway, an offer they seem to do twice a year is their “6,000 Bonus Reward Points” promotion and the e-mail states:

    “Want to boost your balance? Enjoy this exclusive offer, reserved for members of ALL – Accor Live Limitless.

    The more you stay, the more you earn. Discover the world with ALL, and earn up to 6000 Reward points* when you stay for at least two nights.

    • First stay: 500 bonus Reward points
    • Second stay: 2500 bonus Reward points
    • Third stay: 3000 bonus Reward points

    Ready to start earning?
    – Sign up to the offer
    – Book up to three stays before 9 October 2020
    – Stay in one of our participating hotels between 1 September and 15 December 2020.

    Start discovering. Experience wherever life takes you.”

    For anyone who gets a chance, this is a really decent offer. I’m staying in Warsaw for a couple of weeks, so I booked three stays of two days each (well, more than that, but this is what I needed for the offer), meaning that I’ve collected 6,000 points this week (or will have done). That means that I get back €120 to spend on Accor hotels, effectively meaning that three of my nights in Warsaw this week would have cost me nothing….

    So, for anyone in Accor’s Limitless loyalty scheme, this is an offer that it’s worth trying to take advantage of. But, remember to press the link on th e-mail saying that you’re signing up, otherwise I don’t think it gives the points. This is the second one of these rewards that I would have got this year and I’m secretly (well, not very secretly since I’ve posted here) hoping they’ll do one more this year.

  • Accor Hotels – Platinum Welcome Gift

    Accor Hotels – Platinum Welcome Gift

    As Hilton, IHG and Expedia have obfuscated and delayed my refunds with the current situation, I’ve been genuinely impressed by Accor Hotels and the response from their hotels. And, I’m also pleased that the chain gave me Platinum status, which I would have reached anyway this month, without making the stays. Which is a little difficult at the moment.

    This arrived through the post today, and I like little surprises like this. Like a kid really.

    I nearly did an unboxing video, but that would have perhaps been a little excessive.

    Well, how lovely.

    And these wireless earphones are genuinely very useful as I don’t have any and was thinking of getting some. I’ve got them set up and although I’m not an expert in these matters (or indeed many matters at all) they seem decent quality.

    I can now definitely say that Accor Hotels are my favourite hotel company. I’m so easily bought with gifts…..

  • Accor Hotels

    Accor Hotels

    Since I seem to now be visiting Accor hotels on a relatively industrial scale (around 50 different Accor hotels a year), I thought that I’d post more information about them on this page. There are some things about Accor that I don’t like (that new Ibis room being rolled out is I think a mistake, and I’m glad a couple of their hotels told me they were concerned as well), but overall, I think they’re the best hotel chain out there. Well, after Ovolo Hotels, but they’re much smaller.

    My favourite brand within Accor is Ibis Styles, quirky and irreverent, I like that. I also adore their Polish hotels, and I’m on target to have visited every single Accor hotel in Poland by the end of 2022. They should do a badge for me….. Well, or offer a free alcoholic beverage, I’m easy.

    Richard suggested compiling a welcome amenity page which I’ve been keeping updated with his and my visits. I’m also pleased with Accor for my wireless headphones and for confirming my platinum status (OK, I need to get out more, or perhaps stay in more, whichever works here…) given the health crisis we’re currently in. I mention this as their loyalty scheme is also one of the best, particularly if monitoring the offers that they regularly send out.

    I had multiple Accor stays which had to be cancelled given the international crisis of 2020, but every single Accor hotel offered a refund willingly. One admitted they were struggling so I just postponed my stay there rather than cancelled, but having an e-mail address to contact every hotel made things much easier.

     

    2021 ACCOR VISITS

    Coventry – Ibis Coventry South

    Birmingham – Ibis Birmingham New Street Station

    Birmingham – Ibis Styles Birmingham Centre

    London – Ibis Styles Seven Kings

    London – Ibis Budget Whitechapel

    London – Ibis Styles London Kensington

    Edinburgh – Ibis Edinburgh Centre South Bridge Royal Mile

    London – Ibis Barking

    London – Ibis Wembley

    London – Novotel Heathrow

    London – Mercure Heathrow

     

    2020 ACCOR VISITS (During crisis)

    Warsaw – Novotel Centrum

    Warsaw – Ibis Styles City

    Warsaw – Ibis Styles West

    Warsaw – Ibis Styles Centrum

    Warsaw – Mercure

     

    2020 ACCOR VISITS (January to March, then an international crisis hit the hotel world….)

    York – Ibis York Centre

    Chesterfield – Ibis Chesterfield

    Bucharest – Hotel ibis Bucharest Gare De Nord

    Heathrow – Ibis Heathrow

    Warsaw – Ibis Warszawa Ostrobramska

    Florence – Ibis Airport North

    London – Ibis Budget City Airport

    Warsaw – Ibis Warsaw Centrum

    Warsaw – Ibis Warsaw Reduta

    Gdansk – Ibis Gdańsk Stare Miasto

    Gdynia – Mercure Centrum

    Torun – Ibis Budget

    Warsaw – Ibis Warsaw Stare Miasto

    Kielce – Ibis Centrum

    Bialystok – Ibis Styles