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I did my work experience here aged 15 in the early 90s. It was so posh, we full room service, porters, concierge and silver service. I felt like I was working at Buckingham palace. Such a shame to see how it’s been run down.

This hotel used to be fabulous and I'm so sad to see how the standards have sunk so low. In the seventies it was THE place to stay, beautiful rooms, fabulous food, staff all uniformed etc. So many famous people stayed too but, now it's shocking to see. You're right, it does have a few ghosts but they are friendly ones and just a little curious.

Fun fact: Old hotels are usually built so staff members can walk everywhere without being seen by guests, where I work has loads of back corridors and side doors and just a really weird layout, but it's super cool once you learn your way around you just disappear and reappear behind someone

A Hotel that has it's own parking but charges £30 per night is pretty disgusting, these videos of yours are great because they expose these holiday hotels that think more of making money than satisfying their visitors. 😠

As someone that works for the britannia hotels company in bournemouth I can safely say they only care about running cheap prices and cramming as many people in as possible and not the upkeep or refurbishment of the rooms and the hotels and its very sad tbh, even with pleas from the staff like us to make it fresher and generally maintain it so our cleaning doesn't look like its gone to waste in tired rooms.

The hotel was originally owned by the Russell Cotes family who lived in Eastcliff Hall (now the Russell Cotes Museum) next door. In the museum there are some wonderful photographs of the hotel in its heyday in the early 1900s. Like Eastcliff Hall it was lavishly decorated with painted ceilings, frescoes and had many decorative details, such as the beautiful stained glass. The Russell Cotes’ were avid collectors of bric a brac and paintings from all over the world. A lot of the contents of the old Royal Bath are now on display in the museum. Really interesting video, thank you!

Britannia seem to own all the grand hotels but can’t afford to maintain them 🤷🏼‍♀️ it’s a shame, you can imagine how grand it would have been years ago.

Just love how social British people are, loved the ladies in the corridor

It's a shame how it has gone down hill since it was taken over. So much history to it had a casino, regular dinner and dance nights, lots of corporate events were held there and all the celebrities who were appearing on the pier or winter Gardens would stay there .I am a Bournemouth resident and it's heartbreaking to see The Royal Bath now but unfortunately it is going the same way as Bournemouth itself very tired looking.

That pillow!!! Uuurgh. I'm surprised these hotels get any customers! We run a vacation rental company in Florida and if any of our homes were even half as bad , we'd have gone out of business years ago! Can't help a building being old, but no excuse for poor cleanliness. Next time check the tags on the fire extinguishers to see if they've had the annual check 😉

So happy you filmed here! We stayed here off season in January for a ridiculously cheap price.. the hotel was so quiet, no-one seemed to mind us running around exploring and just hanging out in the ballroom bit.. I definitely felt something I can’t explain there, not in a scary way, but this place definitely has some serious vibes. I will definitely go back, mainly to wander around, as the rooms are awful haha xx

My grandad was head porter many many years ago, he had to break the news to roy Orbison about the death of his family. It has always been like since the 90s

My wife and I spent our wedding night at the Royal Bath back in 1989. It was one of Bournemouth’s best hotels back then and we loved it. Thanks so much for the review, Tim (or should we now say ‘young man’? 😄). It’s not the worst Britannia by the look of it but it’s a shame how it’s been allowed to deteriorate.

Tbh, when you revealed it was Britannia I was like “and now I’m no longer surprised!” I stayed at their hotel in Scarborough in one of their basement rooms, never again am I staying there!

My daughter had her wedding reception in The King's Hall - it really is a beautiful setting for a reception. However, the honeymoon suite, which they booked for the night, smelt very badly of mould, and was very small. I'm just looking at you walking the gardens right now, which is where the afternoon reception was meant to be held, but it rained. The staff very quickly took everything into the King's Hall. The service was good, but the following day, when daughter went to get her veil from the hall, the cleaner had put it in a bin bag with the rubbish. Yes, now looking at the beach, where the photographer thought it would be a great idea to take the photos. Have to be honest, I would never set foot inside it again. Far better hotels in Bournemouth than this

£30 parking just summed this place up. that is complete robbery. It's like the Ryanair of hotels! bargain basement rooms with ridiculous addons lmao

Hi Tim, thanks for another review, I couldn't see the connection at first until you showed the Britannia soaps. The hotel seems quite nice, but car parking is very expensive and there is no way I'd let someone else drive and park my car for me. I look forward to your next trip.

As a person born and raised and Bournemouth the Royal Bath Hotel has, for my lifetime at least (I was born in 1992) been seen as a source of embarrassment for the town, only sustained by its history and its location. There have been a lot of attempts by people to try and have it replaced or at least rejuvenated but this has consistently been blocked by the owners and the council (most of whom being rather old themselves only seem to remember the glory days rather than seeing it through more critical eyes)

Worst thing about these is they have such promise. They could be incredible getaways, they could be a holiday within the UK that you go to, enjoy, see the sights and entertainment, and leave happy. But they're run on a budget to get the max profit and if that's not modern Britain I don't know what is.

Imagine how grand that place was back in the day.

Tim what went wrong. I stayed in this once great Hotel in 1988 and 1989 for my Companies annual Christmas Party. It was at that time the best Hotel I had ever stayed in. From the moment I pulled up in my car I was greeted by Savoy like porters who parked my car for me. I had a great Seaview, I when I required room service they were spot on, just shows how things can change. Back in the eighties it might have been owned by De Vere. Back in the eighties it was over £120 per night

I grew up in Swanage and the Royal Bath used to be a beautiful hotel and I always dreamed of staying there. I now live in Australia and on one trip back, we booked, not realising Britannia had taken it over. We had the same experience, didn’t have the room we booked and put us in this huge old room, outside there was a courtyard full of cigarette ends. We complained and got moved to a newer room but that had a constantly leaking toilet. All in all a huge disappointment. So sad the Britannia absolutely ruin these beautiful old hotels.

I lived in Bournemouth 33 years ago. The Royal Bath was one of the best 5 star hotels in the country then. From uniformed doorman to marvellous suites and great food. It is in a magnificent setting but sadly that is all gone .Grand Hotel Scarborough went that way as well.

Used to live in Bournemouth in the 90's, and this was a 5-star hotel then - possibly the best hotel in the town. Shame to see what it looks like now, but it’s nice to see a video where you can see glimpses of its former glory. Strange in a way that a hotel in such a great location has declined so much, but it must be difficult to maintain a building of that size to a very high standard when people's travel habits and expectations have completely changed.

Britannia. Where lovely old hotels go to die. Fantastic video as always Tim. You’re far too warm and nice about the people who run these places. It looks like a fascinating building with so much history!

It would be great if you could include a morning after review. Opinions can be very different after a night on a comfy/uncomfy bed. Thanks for all the videos, love them.

I wish someone could stop the Britannia Group from buying all the beautiful hotels in the UK. It would make far more sense to sell them to a property developer, to be converted into apartments. The government keep saying we need more housing and these buildings are so much nicer to look at than a modern one. (rant over) haha.

These reviews you do are so good for the detail. Having stayed in many hotels all over the world, I must admit our U.K. offering is very poor in quality of rooms and food is usually pretty poor. These once very posh hotels were very good back in the day, but sadly the hotel stock in the U.K. is very variable. The price of course dictates what you are going to get. The sadness is the once old grand hotels are not what they once were. Keep up the tours, always very interesting.

My boyfriend and I stayed here back along, they ended up giving us the key to the wrong room which was already occupied by someone else. We then had to rush out and we were then given a room in the basement of a hotel in the middle of summer with no air con and a window that didn’t open. It was a nightmare.

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This hotel is a great example of how far the UK has sunk. I guess eventually what history there is within its walls will be lost forever. There still some stunning examples of times gone by.

My friend works in a seafront large hotel in Weymouth, as a maintenance person and tells me of the shocking lack of money not being invested in the upkeep of the hotel and these are the results.

There is little doubt the people at check-in recognised you and you got an on the spot "upgrade". Amongst all the different styles of decor I really liked the Art Deco section around 19:30, and I'm sure there was a time then this was a really nice hotel.

Ten or twelve years ago, my partner used to have training for work in Bournemouth a few times a year and this was by far the nicest Hotel on the list of ones they were allowed to use. I would always go with because it was only an extra £10 a night to add me on, including breakfast. We usually had the same room on the ground floor as it was disability friendly for me. That room was gorgeous, huge and had a beautiful view. We never ate any meals there other than breakfast, so I can't comment on that, but we always were very satisfied with the breakfast buffet. I was honestly always sad to go when the training was over! The last time I was there was about 8 or 9 years ago as those kinds of training sessions no longer happen. The only thing I could complain about when we went was that there was no free disability parking with a blue badge anywhere, but that's not the hotel's fault.

As a life long resident of Bournemouth and someone who's actually stayed in this hotel, i find this video hilarious. The whole place makes 0 sense but thats a weird charm about it. It needs a MASSIVE revamp but you can definitely tell it was prestige at some point back in the day. Unfortunately though, that's where it stays lol. Good video!

How is this company allowed to buy these once beautiful hotels when it’s clear they don’t have the money to upkeep them

That food really did look depressing! Reminds me of the terrible food they’d give us in the school canteen in primary school 😅

I'm shocked at how rundown the (Royal Bath) is because back in the day it was the highest rated hotel in Bournemouth and Celebrities used to stay there. I can't believe how neglected it is now

So happy another video from this series has been released! As said earlier I love this series!

Great video Tim so enjoyable to watch these hotel reviews not just because the worse rated but you always add in the good bits and the history off the buildings. They must off all looked fabulous when first opened! Where to next Tim!!

The car parking seems incredibly expensive. I looked into the cost of parking in Farringdon for the day and it came to £22, so charging £30 for a car park at a somewhat run down hotel sounds like a piss take to me, but then again, welcome to the UK.

Gosh, this one makes me feel old: stayed here in 1985 when it was a 5 Star De Vere hotel. Vince Hill performed in that grand hall and it was jackets and ties in the restaurant. How standards have dropped in our country! I seem to remember an outdoor pool, but maybe that tacky extension obliterated it. Terribly sad. But thanks for taking me back!

Thank you for making this video! This used to be a 5* hotel, until the company that owns the roundhouse (so bad someone actually died because of the poor water quality) took it over.

What an amazing place. It must have been spectacular back in the day. That dirty pillow was completely unacceptable as whoever put the pillow case on would have seen it.

It could look stunning, love this series ,thank you for bringing these vlogs to us !

Bournemouth peaked as a tourist resort in the mid 20th Century, these days it is in a bit of a dire state and many of these old grand hotels are falling apart. Travelled over to Brighton last summer and was blown away by how much nicer and well-preserved it was, with a lot more to do.

I booked a stay here in 2018, stayed 5 minutes and immediately demanded a refund. They gave me one without hesitation and didn't seem surprised. The state of my room was disgusting and it was right by the busy road. There was also a stench of very strong chemicals throughout the hall by my room, with very poor ventilation. They were clearly using very strong carpet cleaner to try and cover something up. There was mold everywhere and it was absolutely disgusting.

I was a manager of the casino that used to be in the basement during the mid 1990’s. There was reportedly a ghost, the lady of the Royal Bath, who walked through the restaurant. In the many, many times I was down there locking up, on my own and in the middle of the night, I never encountered her.

Hi Tim, just found your superb channel and subscribed. As a hotelier it’s absolutely fascinating to see these grand hotels and the feeling of faded seaside glamour! I’m now on a beach in Thailand but despite the state of some of the hotels and the parking charges, wow! I must admit to feeling a tiny bit homesick watching your videos. Thanks for all the work, appreciated.

I worked as a Porter / Car Valet at the Royal Bath in the late 90s (before Uni) when it was 5 Star and owned by the De Vere Group. Was very prestigious then, some rooms were ageing but some were amazing. We had to wear, jacket, waistcoat, tie, the Concierge wore a top hat and greeted everyone at the door. If you had money/celebrity/sportsman in town you would stay there. Such a disappointment to see it now but a great walk down memory lane. Thank you Tim

Loving this series. As soon as you got to the front it reminded me of a local one to me (I’m in Stoke On Trent), then saw the Britannia branding and thought it sounded familiar, and sure enough it’s part of the same chain - the North Stafford hotel in Stoke. It’s surprisingly similar in a lot of ways, from the opening that sticks out to the street, to the odd, almost maze like interior with places that seem to go off in random directions, the old and often baffling decor, to even the dining hall with its buffet style food that isn’t that great. It’d be interesting if your ever in the area for you to have a stay there to compare the 2!

Another great one mate, love these worst hotel videos - these types of hotels I’ve genuinely never seen in other countries, they’re very “UK”. Grand old buildings which were probably the epitome of luxury 100 years ago, now just decaying and it’s a vicious circle - no money to maintain them, but because of the state, they can’t charge a room rate which would bring in the money for the upkeep, they’re just too big and expensive to run/maintain.

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Superb vid again. Love this series 🎉

WoW how sad it is to see this beautiful hotel let go. I worked here in 85 / 86 when it was 5* and owned by the De Ver group of hotels and was pure white glove service all round.. Eric Bruce was the Ex Chef, Ziggy March was the Maitre D, Steve Greenhouse was the F&B Manager and Ian Taylor Bret was the GM. They were the good old days.

Great to see a review in my Local Area. I once used the Pool here never again it was disgusting. Such a shame brittania own these once beautiful hotels and ruin them.

love watching you snoop around in these gigantic hotels, we don't have anything like that were i come from so this is just so fascinating to me, hope you will keep this series up

Loving the hotel reviews, you’re really fair despite how rough some of them are. Please keep doing these 👍

I lived in Bournemouth and had friends that stayed there and said the rooms were awful and also a couple of friends said they had experienced something they couldn't explain. I does look it needs a good facial make over outside and it always surprises me why they spend so much on the appearance as you walk in and not on the rooms and restaurant. This is important to get people coming back, but I use to work in a pub opposites a huge hotel in Westbourne, which is now apartments I believe and we use to get a lot of coach parties from up north and get a cheap 3 day deal and come over to us and spend a fortune, so maybe the Royal Bath has become the new place to go. I have been thinking of going back down to Bournemouth for a few days and considering staying there, but now I'm not so sure!

In the 1990's I worked for Hewlett Packard and they booked the Hotel for a function and they only used the best at the time, It must have been before the take over as the rooms were immaculate and the staff courteous with excellent food. So sad to see how much it has declined since being taken over everything looks exactly as it was nearly 30 years ago so obviously they have just run it into the ground. The building would be worth a fortune if turned into flats so maybe that is their eventual aim to run it down and apply to change it to residential and make a quick profit in the process.

Thanks for the video. I used to work at The Royal Bath Hotel from 1988 to 1990 as a chef in the kitchen. The hotel used to be a 5 star hotel and was owned by Devere hotels. I used to work in Oscars restaurant kitchen (the smaller posh restaurant)

The Royal Bath is a perfect metaphor for the decline of Bournemouth, It was once the most prestigious high-class hotel in a prestigious high-class town. Now it's a shabby shell of its former self, rotting away....a lot of the rooms as with many in Bournemouth Hotels are actually occupied by escorts who advertise on adult sites, a hidden scandal that the council and police ignore

I stayed there years ago when it was actually a 5-star hotel with liveried doorman and a requirement for jackets and ties for dinner! Looks like it has gone downhill now though.

Thank-you Tim for your video sad to see how this hotel that was once so grand is so tired and rooms not clean

It looks like it has so much grandeur, this could be incredible. I love the long spooky corridors

Jesus Christ. I'm 37 years old and used to stay in this hotel with my family and grand parents when I was a kid. It was a lovely place to stay with great rooms, service and facilities. I can't believe it has come to this in such a short space of time.

I had the misfortune to stay here a few years back. We checked out after the first night and got a full refund for the whole booking. Absolutely appalling condition generally, but especially the suite that we stayed in. The service from the staff was lukewarm to say the least and the breakfast was a truly depressing experience! As others have said, what a shame that this once grand hotel had slipped so far.

Great Review. I come from this area and have always wondered what it’s like inside, and now I know, Thanks! Definitely has The Overlook hotel vibes with all grand rooms. Maybe with more staycationing it might get some investment fingers crossed.

Great video again. Be great for the video to continue into the morning with how you slept and the breakfast on offer 👍

It looks like you're exploring that Escher painting "Relativity" - staircases leading to nowhere, spooky! It would be great if you went into more of the history of these legacy hotels - amazing to see such grand places looking so rundown, and it would be cool to hear their story.

Those old carpets will hold the smell of stale smoke for decades. I'm pretty sure I spent a dirty weekend in this hotel in 1989 when I was an art student in Bournemouth.

My mum and I were on a coach trip to Bournemouth about 4 years ago. Stayed in a hotel a bit further from the town centre. Was nice enough but the lift was only the size of a single wardrobe. We walked into town one day and popped into the royal Bath hotel to use the loo. From what we seen it looked quite posh and we were fairly impressed. Glad we have now seen behind the public areas. Just hearing it's a Brittania hotel says it all really.

Thank You for your review 😃 Great as always. I am going to Bournemouth and the review has convinced me on booking here 😊

I find your videos very entertaining and really enjoy your channel! It’s a private tour to some questionable hotels and I love it.

This is very sad to see, I ‘lived’ there in a suite with its own lounge for 12 months in the 1990’s, thank’s to ChaseManhatten, as it was, and it was a stunning hotel back in those days, as I say, sad to see the passing of time hasn’t been kind to the old place

In the late 1980s I worked at the Palace Court Hotel (now Premier Inn just across the road the Art Deco building) Back then the Royal Bath was a 5* hotel elegant and luxurious & was one of THE places to stay in Bournemouth even then and had a long history. Service there (like the Palace Court) was grand, the restaurant was Silver Service (full waiter service) not a buffet like today. Sad to see its demise. I would have definitely complained about the bedding Tim and asked for housekeeping to replace.

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Congrats on hitting 100k subs was watching a video just last night as you was so close to 100k, now seen another video and you’ve hit it 👏🏽👏🏽 nice one always enjoy your vids 👌🏽

Great review Tim, looks so grand, would love to explore. As for haunted, well there are recorded deaths at the hotel, including a woman that died in a bath tub in one of the rooms, so if you are getting creepy movie vibes look no further!

I’ve been back to back watching these videos.. and the thing that really stands out is that these buildings used to be SO beautiful. You can see the faint glimpses of how truly stunning these buildings must have been at their peak. How wonderful it would have been to see these in their prime, the way it was seen and the glamour when people came to visit. It’s such a disgrace that so many are being run into the ground - all by the same terrible group.

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Love when you go on walk around throughout the hotel. That building is huge. So many hidden places.

I worked there in the late 80's when it was a top 5* Hotel owned by De Vere......the place was full of very professional staff at the top of their game hence the quality and service was 2nd to none. Stars and celebrities would stay there who were performing in Bournemouth, from professional snooker players, music industry bigwigs - a young Simon Cowell, George Michael, Status Quo and actors, diplomats and the Conservative Party Conference! The way it's gone downhill since then is nothing short of a tragedy and my heart breaks 💔 😢 whenever I drive past it! Oh Btw......PS - The room you're in is the old staff canteen....that whole corridor was once all back of house offices and are.....chefs changing room, housekeeping office, managers offices, financial control offices, staff canteen, managers canteen, staff toilets, celler for barrels of draught beer, staff entrance via garage, rear stairs to the Buckaneer bar (now the sports bar), dry stores, rear of kitchens, staff quarters fire escape!

I honestly thought that when they said they had parking for £30 and it was 'er...' under the hotel, they would take your car and put in the £20 car park. I was shocked it was real.

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Hi that was a great video and i enjoyed it all the way through. Thank you for making this video.

It had creepy vibes as you were walking through those corridors...reminded me of the overlook in The Shining. Anyone staying with asthma would of suffered terribly sleeping in that room...the mould on the inside of those windows was a health hazard... Can you take a germ tester with you? To show the bacteria levels....that would be interesting to see... I definitely think they recognised you, or your channel whilst you were booking in...hence the upgrade. Great video. Would of loved to of seen this building in its prime. Thank you Tim 🙏

Anything old fashioned I love so long as it's looked after

Hi Tim, good videos. Would be great if you spoke about the history of the hotels you visit with some vintage photo reference from they heyday

You coming back in frame at the end cracked me up a bit lmao

Basically I lived in Bournemouth in the 80’s and experienced the true five star 🌟 rating this hotel used to enjoy. When you went in you talked in hushed voices. It was beautiful. I then stayed there about three years ago and I literally couldn’t believe what I saw and experienced! I was really shocked at how low-life this once grand palatial hotel had sunken to. Everything, literally everything was decaying including standards in every single area. I came away terrifically sad and disappointed as well as in serious shock !

The hotel was actually built in 1838, it has been extended several times as the number of holiday makers grew. Sadly it seems to be falling into disrepair and as I've said in some of your previous reviews, you are far to tolerant with your comments. that pillow almost made me vomit, surely the cleaner must have seen that when she changed the pillow case. Regardless of what grade of room you book and we all know that you book these rooms on a budget, it should include at the very least, all the basics what you seemed to have, table, chair, desk, cupboard, dressing table, television, telephone, coffee/tea maker and a private bathroom. However, the general standard of cleanliness in your room starting with the pillow, the windows, the bath surround, the carpet, sorry Tim, totally unacceptable, great review as always and I'm sure many viewers check out your reviews first before they go to Trip advisor.

Do love your videos mate. Good job 👍

Love these videos. Gives me Archive 82 vibes, the shining, haunted horror film very eery. But I'm addicted!

Don’t forget even the most exclusive hotel is still recovering from Covid, it decimated the industry and now imagine the electric and heating costs for these huge buildings. A prominent hotelier, in the business 50 years recently said any hotel is for sale at the moment for the right price for an exit. Sadly I believe standards will slip a lot more before they get better.

4:31 - 22:50 This woman was so lovely and her friend or family too! This hotel was mind boggling! So many older design styles and it seemed to go on and on!

Love your videos so much thank you. You are so good on camera.

So close to the big 100k , very well deserved 😊