ibis budget Orléans Nord Saran 2 gwiazdki

We, a family of four, stayed in this hotel one night in July 2021. In general the hotel quality is average. In a morning we were awaked when a member of staff (probably a cleaner) opened a door in our room. We were shocked such an inappropriate action of the hotel staff.

The area around the hotel is undergoing major road works (Oct 2019) and is thus chaotic. Not the hotels fault, it just doesn't help them. Check in was OK at 9-45pm, the room was small, the bed was clean and comfortable. The toilet did not flush well, just a small flow of water over a long time, the mirror was broken off the wall and just propped up for guest use, and the cleaning staff had left a big bundle of dirty bedlinen on the bunk bed (which I wasn't using). Not overly impressive. Tired and worn was my impression of the room.

Like a lot of (IBIS) Budget hotels in France that were once ETAP Hotels, the Saran one is now tired and in urgent need of a refurbishment, and general spruce up. It was very poorly signposted (we do not have satnav) even once close to the hotel. The receptionists were fine. The room was adequate but the floor needed decen t clean and the "bunk" bed sheets looked as if they had not been changed (we were two so did not need to use it fortunately). But even for a budget price, there should be reasonable standards.

We spent 1 night on our way back home. The 3 person rooms are superb! Ideal for a couple with a child or for a single mom/dad with 2 kids. The room was clean, only way too hot! We slept with an open window to have some fresh air (whilst the outside temperature was not that high - 24°C). The breakfast was poor ... Only sweet spreads, I missed some cheese or ham (these items are also not expensive in purchase). But fresh bread, delicious juices. Friendly staff as well, both at the reception, as the cleaning personnel as the kitchen aid at breakfast. The parking is too small and too narrow and what I found a little disappointing, we booked for 3 persons, but the bunk bed was not covered. After a long driving trip this is a bit too much to still do .. But we slept well and got a good night rest. And the kids enjoyed their games on the good WiFi connection!

Old fashioned double plus overhead bunk-bed. Major problem with these configurations is that one will inevitably knock one's head against the side of the overhead bunk-bed -painful! Other issue was the presence of a very bright exterior outside flood-light above the only window, so excessively bright spillage from this flood light came into the room below the fully pulled down window blind.