Hotel Manoir De Gressy

This meant that guests had no hotel space except their rooms.

There is no soundproofing in the rooms or corridors, and the corridors are made of hard material that not only does not mute the sound but rather amplifies it so that each footstep echoes with ten times the volume of a normal footstep.

There was pounding disco music from the convention coming into the rooms until 2 am.

The convention held a dinner with deafening music in the restaurant next to the bar, which did not make for gracious dining, and it made it impossible to sit and read in the lounge.

So I ate at a makeshift table in the bar outside of it.

Le service excellent and the breakfast was very good.

When I got there, I was told that there was a Chanel convention occupying the hotel, and that I and the other private guests could not use the restaurant for dinner.

When I told the reception about this, they simply said that they had had other complaints too, but not that it would be fixed.

I told all these things to the reception.

Finally after that month they sent me one inviting me to return so they could give me the kind of service I had expected, which, they said, they know how to do!

The luxury of the hotel and staff were helpful.

The only relief was that the waiter had a sense of humor, and he said that when he opens his inn, this will not happen.