Crossing sea-facing apartment with 2 sea view terraces, Le Touquet and dunes

Great week would stay again

Being right on the edge of town and out of season, this was a perfectly peaceful place to stay. A short walk took us to both the heart of town and the serenity of the dunes and vast expanse of beach. Facilities were all available for a complete self contained stay.

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The apartment was good and well equipped. Great location and nice spaces to relax. The beds were very comfortable (note it’s not king size but 2 singles pushed together with single bed bedding ). Unfortunately, there was building work going on directly above us and drilling and hammering woke us at 0800 each morning. It was very loud and impacted our stay. The communication from the host (after accepting our booking) was incredibly poor. The night before we were due to arrive, I was sent a message telling me to give the check in key holder a cleaning fee. I replied straight away explaining that my receipt from Vrbo shows the service charge is already paid. She didn’t respond. Then the night before we were checking out, the host sent another message saying ‘The service charge was ‘Abritel HomeAway’ and I offered you the garage so please pay the amount’. I have no idea what the host meant but none of these ‘charges’ are advertised on the listing and my rental contract with Vrbo clearly shows Taxes and Fees all included. The host had every opportunity to advise of hidden charges before accepting my booking. Why didn’t they? It should be a basic of any rental. To have no clarity on charges is unethical and made me feel very anxious and soured our stay. It seems odd and at a sharp contrast to all the 5 out of 5 reviews for this property which is surprising, but this was my experience.