We have just got back from filming in Doncaster for a few days, we have been filming for a promo for a children’s centre in the area, more on this as the project develops.
While we were away we needed to find somewhere to stay for a couple of nights as Doncaster is a bit far from Leicester for us to commute each day. We thought that we might try our hand at saving some money on hotel costs and asked a friend in the area to recommend us a cheap (but good) hotel.
This is not what we experienced. We’re not going to point any fingers but it was a bit like staying in a hamster cage. The rooms were clean, but tiny, but what did we expect for £30 a night per room. After the first night we woke up horrified to find that cars out side the hotel had been broken into. Fortunately we had taken all our gear into the rooms with us and we are of course insured but never the less losing our kit would have been more than a little irritating. We were lucky, our car wasn’t one of the ones with a broken window, probably because we didn’t leave anything on show. Some others weren’t so fortunate, as you can see by the photo with this post.
Lesson learned, you get what you pay for and hotels are like everything else, not to be scrimped on.
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