Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Arion-Vlissingen

I always stay in this hotel to see and feel the sea and see some vessels

De bediening praat alleen maar Engels, waar meerdere mensen moeite mee hadden, wij ook.

I stayed in the hotel for a business trip. We parked our car on the parking place behind the hotel. The check in was fast and efficient. Our room was clean and well equipped. Unfortunately we had rooms at the city side. According my colleague it was not possible to book sea side room, which have a perfect view over the Schelde. The center of Flushing is about 1500 mtrs. walking and there you van find several restaurants. The next morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast with a perfect view over the Schelde and could see the vessel passing by.

I travel a lot around the world and every time I Learn a lot. But stay at Fletcher Hotels is a learning experiences right from entry to exit. We arrived around 2.00 PM and after identification / verification were curtly told that the rooms would be ready only by 3PM and need to wait. When we said we have two wheelchair personnel, the front desk did say that we need to take the rear entrance or a ramp where you press a switch and we open the gate et al., for a new nee like us we’re in dark and was running around and finally found out and came up the ramp. If Some One could have come out and guided or atleast explained little MorenClearly We chose to lunch and exactly at 3.05PM were given the rooms with a clear instruction that we need to vacate the room by 11.00 AM sharp on 30Jun and Any late stay would be charged… The rooms were just adequately designed to sleep three in junior suite with an extra bed. But we’re finding it extremely difficult to manoeuvre the wheel chair inside the room. It’s not suitable for any challenged persons. One can’t easily get in and out of bed. Even the balcony being in triangular shape, there’s no legroom to move around even for one person with two garden chairs thrown in there. But the sea view is fantastic and can enjoy it behind the glass window from the room. Infact that was a good pastime for MOM who was engrossed in the heavy traffic of ships moving around. Also the water levels receding and hitting shores at high tides, jelly fishes getting washed away being Savoured by seagulls are sight to see. Breakfast is very ordinary and repetitive. But here again we learnt that irrespective of whether in the hall finishing your breakfast or not, sharp 10.30 it shuts down and cleaners take over. The chef too very professionally told that if you want hot water, please ask in the bar. So for the next few days we went in early and got out by 10.30 Well the breakfast was nothing too exciting and / or expecting to walk in. The sausages were too hard and salty. But evening host JACOM was very hospitable and showed a personal connection in making customers happy with a pleasant countenance . For any organization to be successful it’s the people on ground who matter and here’s one JACOM🤝 In the rooms, the soap kept in the shower is HAND WASH. Not sure whether this could be used for body and hair. But didn’t dare to ask the people there and bought soaps from outside and used it. On vacating day, we pleasantly had the surprise with the front office ROSE who was very affable and even granted us to check out a bit leisurely around 11.30. But we checked out by 11.00 itself. She even called taxi services but proved to be too costly and we made alternative arrangements. But definitely Rose made us forget the inconveniences we faced here.

Unfortunately, this is the worst hotel for service and value we have ever stayed in and we travel a lot for business and pleasure. We booked a luxury double room with sea view and balcony. It was not cheap. My husband had stayed at this hotel before, under the previous owners, but only had a double rear facing room. He said his room was better than our luxury double. It looked nothing like the photo on the website. We queried this and were then offered another room. However, the air conditioning was shocking. The Manager tried to clean the filter in our sink when he realised there was an issue with it. No offer to change room though. You are given 1 medium towel each and a flannel. We asked for more towels and we were given 2 but they were removed the next day by the housekeepers and not returned. You are given 1 shower gel in the shower and at the sink. No shampoo, conditioner etc is provided. The room was not luxurious and it was not a cheap room - very overpriced. The breakfast is fine if you like bread and pastries but the offer of a cooked breakfast was very poor - overcooked and dry. We hired bikes which only worked intermittently until we realised they had not connected the battery correctly. We had to pay an extra 50 euros to check out at 1pm and then were locked out of our room at 12pm so had to go down and get the key reinstated. The girls on the front desk were not helpful or good at customer service bar the girl studying for her business degree. She will go far. We broke a glass and told reception first thing in the morning to tell the housekeeper. When re returned the bedroom had been cleaned but the glass left all over the floor. It was this girl that took the time and effort to bring a vacuum up and clean it as the housekeepers had already left for the day. Our last night in Vlissingen we stayed at De Gevangentoren Suite for a very similar price but the luxury of that place is amazing. The difference between the 2 was astonishing We could not fault it. If you want to stay in Vlissingen then choose to stay there and not the Fletcher Hotel which is overpriced and very disappointing.

We were not expecting such a gorgeous beach view in Holland !! Need to make sure you get a sea view with a balcony and enjoy this lovely coastal town . Breakfast room is surprisingly dark and uncheerful , but otherwise it’s a great spot and we enjoyed our night there while cycling Holland .