If your train is significantly after normal checkout time, in pre Covid times you could leave your stuff in the hotel after you've checked out while you spent a few hours doing whatever, but now you will have to lug your stuff with you.
Are the trains that infrequent around there?
Seahouses has a good summer bus service....the bus all along the Northumberland coast is quite reliable and affordable (in summer )
That's my old school!
I did, years ago. It was good. I was working at a school along the road. Broke my knee playing cricket.That's my old school!
The accommodation is meant to be really nice but never stayed there.
Liked for you enjoying my old school, not breaking your knee!
I’ve only been staying in chain hotels so that may be why my experience differs .
My colleague who was there last weekend actually changed her booking to another hotel because she needed somewhere to store luggage on her last day.
I dunno, I guess I figured a transfer day would mean going straight to the next location to enjoy the afternoon at the new place after we had checked in.
If you’re staying up that way you will, for example, check out of your hotel before 10, and then get a train from York to Scarborough, which takes less than an hour. So you’re in Scarborough at 11am, but can’t check in to your hotel for several hours…
O really? I didn't realise you couldn't check in that early. Is that a UK thing?
Most hotels have last check out times a few hours earlier than first check in times, to allow for cleaning the room.
Yeah, I get how it works. I usually check out at something like 10 and check in somewhere around 11 or 12. Never been a problem as I recall.
Usual check in times are more like 2-3pm in my experience.
Back to my last question then . . . is that a UK thing? I can't remember ever coming across it before.
I don't know but I think 2pm is pretty standard. In my experience anywhere in the world.
That's my experience too, 2.00pm seems to be average for everywhere I've visited.
No, it is not a UK thing. It is about being able to clean and air the room in between guests.
But that is the point people are making - in the middle of a pandemic, many hotels are not doing this....Normally fine in my experience. If the room isn’t ready just dump stuff at reception and go for lunch
I have come across it in lots of places. It kind of makes sense. I am surprised that anyone is surprised by it....
Yeah, as I said, I get that. . . I just have not had a problem checking in at midday that I can recall. I have not stayed at many hotels in the UK.
Yes sometimes your room might be ready and available early, I've experienced that occasionally both abroad and in the UK, but I wouldn't bank on it and certainly not post-Covid
I have stayed at a LOT of hotels in the UK because of the job I used to do and we have never been able to check in to the rooms before 2pm, although we have happily left our luggage and got on with the training session or whatever it is in the conference suite.
