i stayed and got my friends to stay in novotel a lot of times.
This time was really dissapointing.
I booked a room for me and my girl for 4 nights. The first night I had the room alone.
At check in I got a room, but my 2 friends next didn't (also booked seperate rooms).
The last guy wasn't happy to be sent off to Ibis bugdet hotel, so to make it easier for the hotel I said that I could.
When we checked in at Ibis (a much lower standar hotel) they only booked one 2-bed room for me and friend.. so i ended up staying with him for the first night.
I was a bit unhappy about this, because Ibis is a lot cheaper hotel and I prepayed my stay.. So they gave me a compensation of.... 1 free drink.
So really cheap, and they ended up paying maybe half the price for the first night.
When we were going to Ibis we even saw people checking in after us, and they got a room.. So they made me feel like a not important guest that could be bought off with one free drink.
So next time I amd my friends will think twice before staying in Novotel.