Our Holiday Inn Express Room

I don’t think we have stayed in many Holiday Inns, if any, and although the name conjures up visions of Danny Kaye and Fred Astaire kicking up their heels, whimsical flurries of snow and romantic festive crooning, our room, sadly, did not reflect this ideal, there wasn’t a Christmas Tree or a ladies muff in sight.

However, we did get an iron, an ironing board and a hairdryer in a bag marked hairdryer ……..

We didn’t get a large, obligatory “hotel” type picture on any of the walls, instead we got some rather large wooden knobs.  We think they were of a decorative purpose rather than anything functional, as the top one was far too high up for a coat for example, and if you did manage to get your coat up there and you’d been caught in a shower of rain, it would have undoubtedly marked the walls …… so really, who needs a series of useless knobs in their room?

We were not very taken by the main light either. Darrell said it could possibly be very on trend, but he’d have to check with Hugh. To me, the uninitiated, it just looked like the electrician had fitted it with a cord that was too long and had added a makeshift hook in an effort to shorten it!  But, what do I know?

However, Darrell, in turn, was very taken by the hospitality tray (note to self - no biscuits included) with its square caddy divided into sections for tea, coffee, sugar etc. and wondered if it would be possible to purchase something similar for our guest room back at The Towers.

Darrell is all about the detail, and if he can’t find a similar hospitality tray to grace said guest room, he said he will certainly be looking for some disposable coasters or perhaps a doily or two in the meantime for inadvertent drips.

The bathroom was perfectly sound, but no little complimentary bath products which we all so greatly appreciate,  there was just the now de rigeuer dispensers pumping out a “one product cleans all” type confection The angled mirrors however impressed Darrell, who was able to study his profile and hair from every position ……. and at great length, bless him. Happy Days!