How does Accor treat you as an Elite guest?

[Daver6]

Noob with the router setup that seen on ozbargain.... but that's exactly what I'm referring to... just a bit of how to do in accor hotels as looked behind TV today and saw white box that Ethernet plugged into before onto TV. Figure wired better than Wi-Fi. VPN recommendation too?

Sometimes you can use the ethernet from behind the TV, sometimes that network isn't connected to the internet though. Just bridge the wifi as @sudoer mentioned. While most hotels advertise wired and will have a socket at the desk, 90% of the time it's not actually connected.

My VPN is back to my home. I also use my home DNS so I'm not leaking DNS info to whatever DNS server the hotel has decided I should use.

 

[sudoer]

Noob with the router setup that seen on ozbargain.... but that's exactly what I'm referring to... just a bit of how to do in accor hotels as looked behind TV today and saw white box that Ethernet plugged into before onto TV. Figure wired better than Wi-Fi. VPN recommendation too?

In most rooms there's an ethernet connection near the desk, but if not, these support bridging the hotel wifi (including signing into the captive portal) which works fine.

The VPN encrypts your internet traffic, the router's NAT introduces a layer of protection between your phone/laptop and the hotel network.

I use ExpressVPN but any of the reputable providers will work fine

 

[PLANT]

So I'm inthe Pullman.... lounge food and service
What's with the HD TV"s in Deluxe rooms...
I mean how do you get 5 stars with a HD TV in 2025.
How am I supposed to watch F1 tonight in Fox HD ..... FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS .... NOT HAPPY JAN! (4K should be standard ACCOR)
Who do I need to speak too and can we get a petition going to get this sorted!

What's with room temp limited to 18 degrees? My place lucky to be above 10 degrees during the night?

Elevate lounge... they happy to get you coffee and one meal but you have to get your own orange juice for breakfast? Otherwise staff been excellent as a guest

The gym average welll not setup for rehab and machines to modern that require an app to use

 

[PLANT]

So only one selection of cooked meal for breakfast and then I'm going to destroy the buffet for 3hrs....
Not enough pressure in rain shower.... room way to hot.... I did not turn aircon down enough.....
Not sure about this woke unisex going on

 

[Cloud9]

Noob with the router setup that seen on ozbargain.... but that's exactly what I'm referring to... just a bit of how to do in accor hotels as looked behind TV today and saw white box that Ethernet plugged into before onto TV. Figure wired better than Wi-Fi. VPN recommendation too?

Personally a big fan of Nord VPN.
BitDefender have a decent one if you bundle it with the antivirus.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Property: Mercure Mannheim Am Friedensplatz
Status: Accor+Platinum
Room booked: Standard Room with Double Bed and Sofa
Room upgraded: Yes, top floor Privilege room with a double bed and side bed (and some other goodies)
Rate: APP OFFER : €66/night (pay at hotel, free cancellation up to night before) booked 3 days in advance
Free internet: Yes good speed too!
Free breakfast: N/A as in Europe
Early check in/late out: 1:30 PM check-in unavailable, didn't need late checkout
Welcome drink: Yes but not used.
Welcome gift: 3 packages of chocolates
Recommend: Yes

As a fair mini-vacation since moving to Europe, my partner and I visited Heidelberg this weekend. In looking for a place to stay since it's a 3 hour train ride each way (plus uncertainty surrounding the German rail network) we decided to stay in nearby Mannheim on Saturday night as the ibis Heidelberg was close to 200 Euros when I checked. The hotel itself is fairly well placed, it's about 6 minutes by tram from the Hauptbahnhof (main train station) with a number of restaurants and nature areas nearby.

This was arguably one of the nicer Mercure properties I've stayed at for some time. Check-in was fast and efficient, reception upgraded us to the Privilege room which was a room on the top floor with all the amenities (including a complimentary stocked mini bar) along with a Tassimo machine for coffee, hot chocolate, and tea. Room was modern with all the things you expect in a good hotel. Those with a severe shub allergy will be pleased to learn that this is a shub free hotel. The hotel also had some other nice touches including a gummy bar and coffee machine in the lobby.







-RooFlyer88

 

[serfty]

So I'm inthe Pullman.... lounge food and service
What's with the HD TV"s in Deluxe rooms...
I mean how do you get 5 stars with a HD TV in 2025.
How am I supposed to watch F1 tonight in Fox HD ..... FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS .... NOT HAPPY JAN! (4K should be standard ACCOR)
Who do I need to speak too and can we get a petition going to get this sorted!

So only one selection of cooked meal for breakfast and then I'm going to destroy the buffet for 3hrs....
Not enough pressure in rain shower.... room way to hot.... I did not turn aircon down enough.....
Not sure about this woke unisex going on

Which Pullman? How did they treat you as an elite?

 

[60165636]

So only one selection of cooked meal for breakfast and then I'm going to destroy the buffet for 3hrs....
Not enough pressure in rain shower.... room way to hot.... I did not turn aircon down enough.....
Not sure about this woke unisex going on

Do you care to actually review a particular hotel, or just tell us about all the things you don't like ("woke").

 

[DejaBrew]

Not sure about this woke unisex going on

I thought pretty much all hotel room ‘s were unisex?

 

[Cloud9]

I thought pretty much all hotel room ‘s were unisex?

Not necessarily.

Some folk might lean into the Mrs Pants approach from Blackadder II.

 

[pauldab]

FWIW I use the GL.inet every time and have its wifi MAC cloned to my laptop so I just connect once with my laptop then switch to the router so it can get past the wifi landing page.

 

[RooFlyer]

Property: Novotel Melbourne Airport
Status: platinum with Accor plus
Room booked: superior room
Room upgraded/type: sort of
Free internet: Yes
Free breakfast: N/A
Early check in/late out: Not required
Welcome drink: yes, although not used
Welcome gift: something
Recommend: No!

I tried this one out last May and decided against staying again. My next stay was at the ParkRoyal. I needed another MEL hotel this last week when i returned from overseas. The ParkRoyal was very expensive so I decided to give the Novotel a second chance.

Regretted it.

As usual, I put a request for a quiet room, away from elevators and not facing runway in my booking. I repeated it when I received a WhatsApp welcoming me the day prior. And I said it again in an e-mail I sent the hotel - this was acknowledged.

Result? Completely ignored, of course. It took an extra 10 mins of the check-in agent faffing around trying to find something like I asked for. In the end, I got a room 2/3 the way down a corridor and facing the car park - but the noise of planes was still very audible.

I asked for the manager's e-mail but was only given the hotel's. However not long after I reached my room I got a call from the manager, apologising. He followed this up with an e-mail, noting that my room was assigned 'automatically by the system'. No cough. Good recovery by him, but he'll hear back from me that they got 2 chances, and blew it.

Oh, someone came knocking a bit later with the welcome amenity but as I was in my 'PJs' buy that time, I thanked them but declined it.

I was disappointed that jets could be clearly heard on the 'non runway facing' side and that alone would put this place on my avoid list. The other stuff seals it.

 

[DJTravels]

Property: Novotel Melbourne Airport

It is such a shame that a new hotel like that doesn't do the sound proofing right. I've booked the ibis on numerous occasions. Since everything is shared, the Novotel premium is really not worth it. The queues coming off a late night flight (where an airport hotel has the most value) is also consistently lengthy every time I've visited. The self-check-in machines are useless!! So much potential, yet let down every time. Not like there's a cheaper option that offers a better package though.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Recommend: No!

I tried this one out last May and decided against staying again.

Regretted it.

That's a shame @RooFlyer

Our 3 visits have ticked all the boxes, except parking has gone up from initially $25 to $40 per night.