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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Easy pricing, quick and easy checkout

In the morning when I'm staying away at a hotel, I can be impatient. I don't like it to take 20 to 25 minutes from coming to the breakfast room to actually getting my breakfast delivered, I don't like standing in a queue at the desk to pay when I leave, and I don't like being quizzed on the phone and minibar use, and I don't like having to go through and check a load of extras over and above the room rate. I'm being a bit negative, aren't I? I like to be able to get an early breakfast, I like plentiful supplies of food and not having to keep asking for more coffee / toast / butter and (paradoxically) I like to be able to be able to take a few minutes to read the paper and look around while eating without being rushed.

I'm not alone ... many of our visitors at Well House Manor like it like this (they vote by returning time and time again!) and the visitors leave with a positive feeling that the bill they've paid was straightforward and exactly what they expected.

Here's the way it works.

Well House ManorAlternative Scheme
Room with breakfast Room
Breakfast
Newspaper
Internet Access
Bar bill
minibar bill
Telephone bill
Extra dog charge
Teas and coffees taken in the lounge


Our straight forward scheme doesn't stop us offering extended checkout time (no extra fee), help with onwards travel plans with our compliments, help with baggage, and a warm welcome to local friends and business colleagues of people who are staying too. The alternative would be to have a marginally lower room rate to attract visitors, then rack up lots of extra charges. Short term, perhaps more bookings. Short term, perhaps more income. Longer term, fewer returning customers and much more work to be done to keep the rooms filled. We're mid-January, low season for others, but we've already got some full nights during the next weeks.

As a reviewer put it "Even though this hotel is used for business purposes a lot of the time, I would highly recommend it to anyone to stay there for whatever occasion."
(written 2013-01-15, updated 2013-01-19)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
M150 - For users of Well House Manor.
  [582] DWIM and AWWO - (2006-01-30)
  [1290] Badges, Breakfasts and Trigger - (2007-08-04)
  [2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire - (2009-06-21)
  [2307] Breakfast in Mexico - (2009-07-27)
  [2590] A healthy, local breakfast in Melksham - (2010-01-19)
  [2660] One number for Well House - 01225 708225 - (2010-03-04)
  [2962] Well House Manor - the history of the hotel - (2010-09-20)
  [3544] Looking for hotel rooms in Melksham over Christmas? We still have some availability - (2011-12-08)
  [3552] Melksham Training Centre and Hotel internet speed - how does it compare? - (2011-12-14)
  [4379] Well House Consultants / Well House Manor - Prices for 2015 - (2015-01-01)
  [4567] Japanese and Malaysian food in Melksham - (2015-11-01)
  [4613] Our best hotel customers help us ... to help them ... be our best customers. - (2016-01-04)

M102 - Well House Manor - booking system
  [864] Add to shopping cart - NO VACANCIES sign - (2006-09-13)
  [1084] Writing terms and conditions for conferences and other events - (2007-02-17)
  [1311] What do people look for on a hotel web site? - (2007-08-20)
  [1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath) - (2008-02-24)
  [1815] Hotel Guest Surveys - (2008-09-28)
  [1907] Melksham Hotel Rates - (2008-11-25)
  [2377] Wiltshire / Melksham Weddings - guest accommodation - (2009-08-26)
  [2403] Hotel Booking Scam / Cost of calls to 070 numbers - (2009-09-12)
  [2436] Melksham Hotel Rooms - pictures - (2009-10-04)
  [2705] Hotel booking in Melksham made easy! - (2010-04-03)
  [3281] Does Well House Manor Hotel in Melksham offer lots of discounts? - (2011-05-07)
  [3825] Well House Manor - direct hotel bookings help us improve the customer experience - (2012-08-04)
  [3932] River nearly bursting its banks in Melksham - (2012-11-23)
  [4122] Well House - booking through agents - (2013-06-23)
  [4138] Should a hotel accept guests who book for just one night? - (2013-07-11)
  [4144] Getting the best hotel rates - customer and hotelier viewpoints - (2013-07-27)
  [4153] Rooms available tonight - how to code an algorithm from first principles - (2013-08-19)
  [4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy - (2013-12-30)


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