Stay Smarter

Get the best out of your stay at The Chudleigh by communicating your arrival time. This is a family-run guest house, not a hotel with 24-hour reception. Consider it both polite and practical to inform them of your estimated time of arrival so that check-in can go smoothly and they have time to reserve a parking space or permit immediately for you. If there are any mobility issues, make sure you mention this when booking to see if their ground floor room is available as Victorian staircase-to-upper-floors implies-steep-and-narrow flight-of-stairs.

They take breakfast seriously, and so should you. You’ll probably be asked to order your choices in advance the night before. Don’t consider it a nuisance; this is what enables your food to be prepared fresh and perfectly timed as you sit down. Menus often run wider than the standard fry-up—smoked salmon or kippers, perhaps—so make sure you peruse them. If you have any dietary requirements (gluten-free, vegetarian), state this beforehand: the hosts are reputed for taking particular attention in fulfilling special requests.

Embrace the overall “adult” vibe. Management markets the place as a quiet sanctuary, and that is exactly what it is. No stag dos or loud parties here; have a glass of wine in your room or lounge before heading out for some civilized dinner later on.[1] Thoughtful touches include fridges (with fresh milk, not UHT pods) and fans for summer installed in every room. Using them makes staying here feel less like a hotel transaction and more akin to occupying the well-appointed guest wing of someone’s house – if only all friends had such taste!