When looking for a hotel, going on a trip most often we are guided by the number of stars in the hotel. As it turned out, this criterion does not work in Egypt. When booking a hotel in the “land of the pyramids” need to pay attention to some of the nuances. There are about seven criteria that can help you choose a decent hotel. These details can be found in the hotel description and guest reviews.
Details in the comments:
1. If, reading the reviews you see that vacationers write about the lack of utensils, then you more than likely have to wait until they bring food to the restaurant. This suggests that the hotel saves on the number of plates. And it’s not a five-star hotel, for sure.
2. “Everywhere you look there is plastic”. Such a review is just another bell about saving on vacationers. If we are talking about plastic cups on the beach bar, it’s still acceptable, but if we are talking about plastic dishes in the hotel restaurant, it can’t get any worse. There is also an option when the “plastic cups are small and made of soft plastic”, then you can say that this is “the very bottom”.
3. It is worth paying attention to the drinks at the bar. If the reviews say that the juice from the powder or juice only a couple of varieties and those in plastic containers, it is worth thinking whether this is a good hotel. Since decent hotels offer, at least also juice in a box.
4. pay attention to what they say about the fruit and which ones are served on the buffet. If there’s not much fruit and it’s not varied, then the hotel is saving money. One of the most expensive fruits in Egypt are apples. Strawberries are four times cheaper than apples. If apples are on the lunch buffet menu, then the hotel must be good.
5. If, reading the review you see that the hotel has poor service or write about theft, you should not book. So they save on staff salaries here, and you get a lot of negativity from the treatment of guests to the performance of direct duties.
6. You can read about the following attribute of hotel reliability in its official description. “Wi-Fi works in the whole area” this says about the good quality of the hotel. Do not expect good quality from a hotel where “Internet only works in the lobby” means there is almost no Internet in the hotel.
7. Looking at photos of the hotel in the winter (January-February), pay attention to the protective fence on the beach. Strong winds in winter in Egypt is a common phenomenon. And without protective fences you can’t even get some air on the beach. If the water in the pool is not heated in the winter, you will not swim, unless, of course, you are not engaged in “writhing”. Pools without heated water only in economy-class hotels.