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Les Melezes, 38750 L'Alpe-d'Huez, France
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Maeva Residence Les Melezes
Ranked #24 of 34 hotels in L'Alpe-d'Huez
3.0 of 5 stars 21 Reviews
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Belfast
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“hell hole”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 April 2010
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These apartments are the worst I have ever stayed in in my entire life bar a hostel in Istanbul that cost £8/night when I was a student. Crystal Ski have them as a 3 rating in their brochure and price them accordingly yet when we arrived we found P&V's own brochure rated them as a 1 grade; so buyer beware. Our apartment was dirty to the extent of being a health hazard. My son and husband both got tummy bugs. The public toilets were filthy; the locker rooms were like a rat warren and smelt like one too; bring plenty of anti bacterial wipes if you are brave enough to stay in the unrefurbished part of the block which we ended up in and despite pleas to be upgraded at our expense we couldn't escape as everything else was fully booked. The location is good for families because you are away from the busy part of town so it was quiet at night, there are a few restaurants nearby but bear in mind that anything else is a bus journey away and these are very infrequent at night. Unless you pay £35 per head for the comfort plus you have to bring your own towels and make up your own beds and clean the apartment yourself on departure.

  • Stayed March 2010, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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pv_customer_liaison, Guest Relations Manager at Maeva Residence Les Melezes, responded to this review
2 December 2010
Many thanks for posting your review. We sincerely apologise for the incorrect listing in the Crystal Brochure and we will investigate this further with immediate effect. We are so sorry that the level of cleanliness at the resort during your stay was unacceptable. Please accept our sincere apologies and know that you review has been logged and has been passed onto our head office for immediate review. We do endeavour to rehouse any customers that are not satisfied with their room but this is subject to peak times. We're so sorry this was not possible during your stay. The exact location from facilities is listed on our website but we appreciate this may have been difficult for your family. Our website and brochure does also listed the prices for additional packages to have beds made on arrival, towels provided and additional cleaning. We do apoligise if this information was not made clear to you priort to arriving at the property. We strive to improve our level of serviuce at every oppotunity and will pass this onto head office for further consideration
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wales
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“A little surprise waiting for me”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 March 2010
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where do i start with the melezes. first impressions were not the best if im honest we arrived at 1pm in the afternoon to find that the reception was closed and would not be openeing until 5pm. This was apparently the daily routine, already looking forward to the rest of the week! the rooms were satisfactory to an extent apart from the fact you were given your bed sheets in a bag when you arrived, nice.

the best was saved until i got home though, a nice £180 charge courtesy of the hotel great i thought! i was given no warning of the charge or reason for it. i have been investigating the charge for the past 3 weeks only to get the reply ' the manager said that the room was left in an unsatisfactory condition' i can assure you the room was not left in an ' unsatifactory conditon' it was cleaned and hoovered twice before we left. the only thing that was unsatifactory is the weak, ambiguos and probably routine explanation given to us by the hotel manager, i cant help but feel that they are just trying it on to get a lttle extra cash, just a hunch. needles to say i am not on here to reccomend this hotel to anyone, i am not bitter due to this the money is not important its the manner in which it was taken and the lack of communication during my time trying to get to the bottom of it. i just want to warn you that the deposit you give when you arrive might not be returned to you and you may never find out why. it really did spoil a really good holiday.

  • Stayed February 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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pv_customer_liaison, Guest Relations Manager at Maeva Residence Les Melezes, responded to this review
2 December 2010
Thank you for taking the time to post a review. Whilst we do apologise for any inconvenience caused by your early arrival, both our brochure, website and booking information does state the check in time for the residence. We urge our customers to plan their arrival around this to prevent any disruption. Our website does also state that we can offer a bed making service for an additional charge but linen is provided on arrival. We do apologise for the cleaning charge that was placed on your card. This is applicable to anyone who leaves a room in an unsatisfactory condition and without any booking reference information ion your review we cannot investigate these allegations further. If it is still not resolved we urge you to get in touch with our UK customer services department, the number is listed on our website but unfortunately we cannot post contact details in our responses. We are sorry that the level of response so far has not been to our usual high levels of service. We hope to hear from you soon, apologies again.
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wales
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Rip offs!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 February 2010
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people found this review helpful

Stayed in these apartments beggining of feb this year and it started off pretty poor. We arrived at the apartments at about midday and after travelling most of the night we wanted to just get to our rooms and chill for a bit however this was not possible as the reception didn't open till 5pm. We had the dump our cases in a non locked room and head on out to burn some time. Got back to the rooms at 5 and checked in. Like most hotels these days they took card details to charge us if anything was wrong with the room after we left. Had a lovely holiday, room was very basic and you have to clean urself. arrived back in wales a week later and they charged us with £180 bearing in mind we left the room spotless with nothing broken! Scammed by the frogs!

  • Stayed February 2010, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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pv_customer_liaison, Guest Relations Manager at Maeva Residence Les Melezes, responded to this review
2 December 2010
Many thanks for posting your review. We do apologise for the inconvenience caused by the early arrival to our resort. Check-in times are listed on both the website and within your booking documentation. We do apologise however for the charge you received even after cleaning your room prior to departure. Without having any booking details in the review we cannot verify whether the room was subjected to our cleaning charge or not. We urge you to get in touch with our customer services department if you feel this has not been resolved to allow them to investigate this further for you. We apologise again for any inconvenience caused. Best wishes
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“You get what you pay for”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 February 2009
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Overall this was an ok place to stay. We were a group of 5 and it got a bit tight as they werent huge rooms. Reasonably clean and very basic but everything you need for a cheap place to stay. Lovely view and great access to the slopes.
Ski lockers downstairs in the basement which was great, however you are not permitted to walk around in your ski boots - they must be put on and taken off in the basement. This got a bit annoying; seemed to cause a little unnecessary faffing whilst getting ready to go out and when you got back later on.
The only other issue I had was with the reception opening times and the key issue. As I said, we were a group of 5 and we often split up throughout the day meaning that some of the group got back to the apartment before others. We were only issued with one key and the reception closed between lunch and 5 o'clock meaning if you wanted to leave the apartment there was no place to leave the key for those still to return.
How and ever this was only a minor issue and we worked around it.
You definitely get what you pay for with this apartment, but it served our needs and we had a great holiday :-)

  • Liked — location
  • Stayed January 2009, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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pv_customer_liaison, Site Manager of Les Melezes at Maeva Residence Les Melezes, responded to this review
26 March 2009
Dear Kezzpop,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for registering your review about the property. I am glad on the whole, the rooms accommodated your stay at the resort well.

We take great care to specify the size of each apartment from our two-person studios to larger residences and how each guest will be accommodated. We do provide full details of bed allocation and room size in metres squared for all of our apartments both on the website and in our brochures.

In order to avoid disappointment, we generally recommend that you only occupy apartments to the maximum number possible if you are on a very limited budget. It’s best to ensure you have enough bedrooms for your party rather than using the sofa beds in the living area.

Regarding your frustrations with boots within the resort, we care about the tranquility for all customers and, that is why it is forbidden to walk, in the residence, with its ski boots, which are too noisy.

Lastly, I would like to apologise for the troubles you had when accessing your room. On your arrival, the receptionist should have given to you 2 keys to ensure ease of access and we are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.

We very much hope you will consider staying at one of our residences in the near future.
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“Pay for what you get - which is not much.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 April 2008

This is a case of you pay for what you get.

This place a in a good location and is cheap and has great views and is reasonably well equipped.

However the apartments are not that clean and are small / tiny.

Some friends of ours stayed in a private apartment that was a little cheaper - similar cleanliness and size but away from the slopes.

If you are fussy suggest you don't stay here - pay a bit more and go for a hotel / chalet.

Not sure I will be able to persuade my wife that the cost savings is worth while next time.

  • Liked — The views
  • Disliked — The Cleanliness
  • Stayed April 2008, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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PV_Customer_Liason, PV Customer Liason Team at Maeva Residence Les Melezes, responded to this review
12 September 2008
Dear kpbn2,
We apologise for the delay in responding to this post, we are interested in all customers feedback but we have only recently been in a position to monitor, investigate and respond.
The team at PV-Holidays.com is looking into your experiences at PV-Holidays Residence Maeva Les Melezes, and is disappointed that your holiday/stay was not up to a standard that you felt happy with.

We’d be happy to investigate thoroughly and reply to you personally. If you booked with us directly please could you email the specific details of your problem to relations.client@pierre-vacances.fr
and include your booking reference and the dates of your stay.

If you booked via a Tour Operator or Travel Agent then please contact them directly, as we have to include them in any correspondence.

Meanwhile we will respond here as soon as we can with our feedback.

With warm regards,

Customer liaison team
PV-Holidiays.com
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Les Melezes, 38750 L'Alpe-d'Huez, France
Price range (per night):* INR3,622 - 6,353

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