Manchester Trip : Wetherspoons Closed Early but Ibis Budget to the Rescue

Goodness knows what Richard was doing, but the doorman at Wetherspoons said that the manager had decided to close thirty minutes early, so we weren’t getting in there. We suspected that Richard annoyed them, but Liam and me didn’t say anything as we don’t like to cause offence.

Back to the hotel on the tram and Ibis Budget don’t usually give free welcome drinks, although one of my favourite hotels, the Katowice Ibis Budget, gives me a free coffee. However, here, they are going all out with any drink in the fridges available to status holders. Richard does anything for free alcohol, so he grabbed a Prosecco in an attempt to convince them that usually he stays in Sofitel branded hotels. Liam and me had a more relaxed experience, I went for a Hoegaarden wheat bear, a reliable choice. It wasn’t entirely clear that they expected many customers to want to sit in their seating area as it was rather dark, but it did for our late night drink. We had adventure the next morning that required me to be brave and so I needed a good night’s sleep. Well, at least four hours anyway.