Bournemouth Sands Hotel

Just been in an organised walking trip with The Ramblers Association to this Daish’s Hotel. What our organiser didn’t tell us was that the hotel are now in Turkey and Tinsel mode. The night we arrived (Oct 18^th) was Christmas Eve, followed by Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Eve! Very surreal for the time of year. Breakfast and evening meal was included in the deal as was pick up from Yorkshire by coach.
The hotel staff were helpful and pleasant. The food was more Jack Fulton’s than Jamie Oliver but was edible so no complaints from me. The hotel had the feeling of being just past it’s sell by date but nothing horrible. It was about a minutes walk to the seafront or a bit longer if you actually wanted to go down the zig zag path to the beach.
The rooms were okay but pretty basic there was a TV in each room, shower over the bath and hospitality tray. Towels and rubber bath mat looked a bit grubby as did my room-​mates bed cover.
There was a turn on each night in the lounge. Typical ‘club’ type turns, singers, comedian/​singer and there was bingo twice a night.
These trips are actually aimed at pensioners I believe but we had a good laugh. I would go again.