Vayamundo Oostende

Location: Seafront positioning with tram stops directly outside, offering easy access to Ostend’s beaches and town center.

I stayed on a four night coach trip with an English coach company. Definitely made to feel like second class citizens by reception staff. I was told that we ( the coach company clients) weren’t “entitled “ to tea and coffee and cups in the rooms. However, I was grudgingly given one paper cup by the reception staff, as I had single occupancy. The rooms were not serviced on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days of our stay, so bins weren’t emptied and bathrooms not cleaned, because we were with the coach company. Nothing was written in English. Self service cafeteria style breakfast and dinner, but plenty of food and fairly good variety and freshness considering the enormous number of guests. Free wine and lager with dinner. That said my room was large and very comfortable and surprisingly quiet on the 8th floor and it’s in a great location on the seafront with tram stop in front, with 15 minute ride into Ostend. Major downside for me was that hotel allows smoking on bedroom verandas and there is no barrier between the rooms, so my neighbour was a chain smoker and I just didn’t want to go out on the veranda because of the smoke blowing in my way and into my room with veranda doors open. But all in all a very slick operation and I would imagine in the summer it would packed with families, because of the fabulous beaches in front.

They make you stay in the line for half an hour to simply check in, because only one receptionist is available. There are others but they don't check in. I asked the staff, why do we need to wait, they told me it is normal here.