After previous experiences of staying in slightly lower quality Premiere Classe motels when travelling through France we decided to upgrade to B&B Hotels as previous experiences had been good. The room was clean, parking easy and out front as is usual, bathroom great and after a 7hr drive reception staff welcoming. All was good, even a Pizzeria next door. Only problem with these places is almost the reason why they appeal in the first place. If you aren’t there between 5.30-8pm you check in via a machine next to the locked reception (perfect for travellers), there are no staff on duty if you have a problem. Rooms are accessed via external corridors and doors to the rooms are very heavy (loud) fire doors. If you have no neighbours-perfect! If you have people who have just arrived as you’re going to sleep and want to talk/laugh/ go back to their cars lots of times and don’t try and reduce the noise from their doors and voices you are stuck. My husband had to ask the people next door to be quiet so we could sleep (thankfully they rescued the noise a bit but we still needed our earplugs). Everything else about the place is fine but it really is a problem with these types of hotels. Everything is great to the weary traveller until you can’t do the thing you went there to do-sleep!!