Fletcher Hotel Landgoed Avegoor

Pros: Beautiful area and property. Spacious room. Nice swimming pool that isn’t cramped. Plenty of parking space and grass for kids to play. Cons: Had to wait for 45 minutes in the lobby before I was helped. A long line of people were waiting to check in. The lobby is situated in a hallway which is quite odd. Burned myself with the swimming pool shower; heat went up all of a sudden and ended up being red and having to run to the sauna shower for a cold shower. Beds are way, way too soft and I woke up with back ache. A hotel should focus on excellent bedding. Very noisy rooms. Got a bathroom for disabled people which is weird for when you’re not. Some of the restaurant staff aren’t properly trained and act cranky. Extremely slow service - seemed understaffed. Not so great dinner - just adequate. There was a water bacteria issue in the environment at the time of our arrival. We had to cook all the water which is not practical with a family. A good hotel would stock the rooms with at least a large water bottle - this is practically at no cost to the venue when purchased in bulk. Even when they’d decide to charge the base cost, a hotel should immediately adapt to an exceptional situation like that.

The pillows were clearly horrible, square like the ones you put on a couch. The bedding was too small for the single beds. Even when you order a double bed room you get two single beds. There are no King size nor even queen size beds, just singles either solo, apart or together. The restaurant was empty at 6PM but when I wanted to dine there with my family we were refused and told to make a reservation with an earliest option of 8 PM! So we were forced to eat elsewhere. Pathetic! I needed an early checkout to travel to the airport so I settled my bills the night before, but was then told I still had to get to the front office in the morning to hand in the blanc key card. I couldn't just leave it in the room. When I came there at 5:30 the doors were locked and I had to wait for the night guard to arrive to hand the card to. Since it was winder the outside furniture and facilities are not kept up and are lying there in a state of derelict, where you'd be afraid to touch them, let alone walk, sit or play there. I am sure it'll be nice in summer, but it's only summer a few months a year in the Netherlands. There are still plenty of nice days the rest of the year, but they cannot be spent there.

It is 1.00 at night. Bunch of people singing in the poorly insulated and outdated hotel. No way to get just a few minutes sleep. Not possible to call reception because no number indicated on the phone or in the room. I cannot recommend this hotel.