Sleepover Lanseria

There are free board games you can ask for at reception, but I’d only stay here if I were desperate or needed to be next to the airport. Bring your own food and snacks. The tuck shop is wildly overpriced, even compared with garages, and meals take forever to arrive despite making no sense at those prices. There’s also no place to put away or hang clothes. The public toilet by the canteen and tuck shop is all brown, which makes it seem like deep cleaning or bleach isn’t part of the routine. Our arrival was awkward because the rooms weren’t ready. The bathroom was the worst part: even with a window, leaving it open did nothing for ventilation, and you overheat and feel dizzy. Say a prayer before taking a shower. Cracked tiles and partly mouldy ceilings seem normal in the units. There’s a bar fridge, but no microwave, even though there’s a clear space for one. We were lucky to be with family and could heat food in another room with a microwave, the one with a double bed. Sleeping was painful too. There are no headboards, and the pillows are practically empty, so they give no support for your head or neck. A three-point plug behind one of the single beds meant we had to move the bed to charge our phones overnight. That left a gap against the wall, and the pillows kept slipping off. Bring your own twin plug, especially if you need to charge devices.