A Formule for success?

Advantages: Cheap, close to motorway
Disadvantages: Very few facilities

...I was looking for a cheap hotel in the area of Abbeville after my husband discovered it was about £50 cheaper (at least) for us to get the ferry to France on a Friday night than early on a Saturday morning, presumably because of all the day-trippers. I'd heard of Formule 1 before, and seen many of their hotels around on previous journeys through France, so decided to check them out. Background Formule 1 hotels can be seen across France, and are also available in other European countries, including the UK, Germany and Spain among others. For those of you travelling slightly further afield, there are Formule 1 hotels in Brazil, Japan, South Africa and Australia too. They're easily identifiable by the bright yellow colour scheme they all seem to use, both on the website and on the buildings themselves. They use a consistent...

xalala 21.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Formule 1, Abbeville

Having a lie-in in the Lyon...

Advantages: A clean hotel in the heart of Barcelona.
Disadvantages: Web page not very trustworthy.

...This year was the first time ever I went on holidays at Easter. For reasons too complicated to get into, we left it a little late to book our hotel in Barcelona, and when searching online, found that we didn't really have as much choice as we had hoped for. Hotels were either very expensive, or about 20 km out of the city. Finally, we found Hotel Lyon through lastminute.com. Let me quote from the website: "Due to its perfect location Hotel Lyon is ideal for young tourists who want to discover the vibrant city of Barcelona while spending more for fun than for accommodation. Rooms are simple yet comfortable without any extras that would inflate the price". Reading the description, all sorts of alarm bells were ringing. My thoughts were running along the lines: For 'young tourists', read party animals, for 'simple yet comfortable...

weetoon 12.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Lyon Hotel, Barcelona

Mollet De Valles - Barcelona -Formule 1

Advantages: Cheap, on the main stretch to Barcelona centre, relaxing and functional.
Disadvantages: get booked up very quickly in summer, no lift to floors.

...As this is the first review for this Formule 1, I'm going to make it a good one. We have stayed there many time's and always got a good nights sleep. These hotels offer exactly what people need, clean rooms, warm, comfy beds with TV, Basin and mirror in each room. There are half a dozen toilets and about 3 showers per floor (so not for those who don't want to skip down a corridor to the loo) and they even supply the washing soap and towels. In each shower there's a massive dryer to do the whole body!!! The corridors and rooms are all carpeted so your feet don't get cold on the way to the shower. The toilets and showers are all on an automatic cleaning cycle and several times a day the doors are automatically locked (when there's no one inside) and the rooms are blasted with water!!! My father suffers from a breathing problem so...

widdley24 13.10.2006 (15.10.2006) · Read review
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Formule 1 Liverpool City Center

Advantages: Cheap, good location.
Disadvantages: shareing toilet and shower,

...My first time to this hotel, in Liverpool town center didnt really leave me with any positves about this place, for the price they charge though, i wasnt expecting much more then just a room. I was quite surprised to find a Television with a remote control, a sink for a quick wash, free towels, and a bunk bed, being a double on the bottom and single on the top. The decor is very basic, the one and only window only opened half way, so wasnt able to get much fresh air into the room. As for the toilets and shower, they are shared with other people on the same floor as you, they are both in seperate areas, was an awfull smell coming from the toilets, so had to hold my nose while in there. As for the shower, it was quite roomy, with space to put your towel, a mirror, and hot running water. No slip mat on the floor, the whole shower was...

stephen1980 21.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Formule 1 Liverpool City Center, Liverpool

Formule 1 equals formula for disaster

Advantages: Cheap, central location
Disadvantages: dirty, rather uninviting, noisy location

...There's not really that much you can say about this hotel. Generally very basic, and I mean BASIC and a little to close to the road for some people, but take a set of earplugs and you'll sleep fine! Used by a lot of city break tour companies for a one night stay. ALSO used by a lot of "couples" (if you know what I mean) who arrive at 11.00 and are out the door by 3pm! I found the rooms to be extremely dirty with need of a good clean, but obviously the usual customers don't moan as they don't actually stay overnight! Staff often enter rooms and leave them open for the world to see, so take any valuables with you. Good if you just want to put your head down for the night, but avoid if you want to use it as a base to visit London. I paid £30 for my room, but be warned, there's no closet, so you will have to live out of your...

shazzy1967 05.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Formule 1 London East Barking, Barking

Sorry. WORST. HOTEL. EVER.

Advantages: Great value for money!
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING

...Hmm... now, where can I start? In 2004 I went to stay to this very hotel. It was VERY cheap. Just £8 for three of us! But that was the only good this about it. First of all, when I went to stay in my room there was a single bed and a bunk-bed. The room stank of cigarettes, I got used to it once I got in, though. All my clothes stunk. And, the room itself was very dirty. I don't think the staff do their job well. The beds were very lumpy, when I woke up I had a back pain and I had to go to my doctor a few days later after staying. Then, now this is the worst part - the toilets. The toilets were like I never seen before - it was... well, moulded into the wall. The actual toilet and sink was very small. It was okay for a bloke to do a wee, but it was so small I don't think that you could sit on it. The lights in the toilet were automatic...

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Review of Formule 1, Coventry

Formule 1 Paris Porte de Montreuil, Bagnolet

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: No bathroom

...This is another hotel from Accor, the company behind Ibis and Etap. But if you thought the latter were low budget hotels, wait until you have heard about this one! If you are travelling to another location by car or by plane and need somewhere to rest, this is ideal. As the crow flies, the nearest airport is le Bourqet, which is about 10km away but Orly is only a short drive more. Sitaued just off the Boulevard Péphérique, this hotel is good for overnight stays, but nothing else. The area in which the hotel is situated isnt anything special; grafitti sees to be a common feature in the roads surrounding the hotel. However, the hotel iself is fairly pleasant, with the rooms being rather modern and usually pretty clean. This complex has 228 rooms, but only 14 of these are non smoking; so if this is a priority for you, i suggest you...

jdeacon_162 19.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Formule 1 Paris Porte de Montreuil, Bagnolet

Formule 1 hotel, West Thurrock, Essex

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Dirty

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alzy82 14.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Formule 1 London Thurrock M 25, West Thurrock

MD Formulations Facial Cleanser

Advantages: cleanses, exfoliates, leaves skin smooth, no residue left, improves skin condition
Disadvantages: None

...MD Formulations MD Formulations is a high standard skin care range that has been around for over 20 years, that converges science with beauty. MD Formulations stands for Medical Doctors Formulations, it is a Medical Aesthetic Skincare Range created originally by doctors to address various skin conditions in the medical industry. It was first introduced into the beauty industry after a doctor used it to treat psoriasis. MD Formulations products are clinically proven to deliver dramatic results while maintaining the highest standards of safety and they have many clinical and medical trials to prove this. MD Formulations have been proved to minimise the signs of aging, assist in the relief of problem-prone and oil-prone skin, balance and brighten irregular skin tones, manage sensitive skin and soften dry, rough skin. MD Formulations is...

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The best hotel for a £1!

Advantages: lovely rooms and great service
Disadvantages: none

...Ok so this hotel is just 5 minutes from Old Street Station on the northern line.This hotel is in a rather less major part of London down a not perhaps so lovely street (at least it didn't seem that great in the dark!). As you walk into the Hotel it immedaitely looks very modern with comofrtable trendy sofas and chairs and a cocktail bar to the side. I can't comment on the cocktails as I did not have enough time and from what I have heard since are VERY expensive! Our room was a double and we got it in their famous £1 SALE!!! Now this really was the bargain of the century so is well worth keeping an eye on their website for this as they do a few a year! In my room was a comfortable kingsize bed, flatscreen tv, FREE wifi access and a lovely bathroom with a shower and some lovely bath/shower products that I now can't remember then...

f1re_cr4cker 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hoxton Hotel, London