SACO Apartments

Really nice alternative to the village or aviator hotel in Farnborough and for a cheaper price! The room are large and clean, fully furnished with oven, microwave, kitchenware, etc... And even towel. It's like an hotel but without the room service. Location is also a plus since it's near the Salisbury.

I've stayed here quite a bit since I discovered SACO (Serviced Apartment Company) and I know the area well so I have plenty of notes, I'll try to give as much detail as possible while desperately trying to not sound like a tour guide lol... SACO Apartments Farnborough has friendly, welcoming staff who are always happy to help and it's reception is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you're given a code for the front entrance so you can come and go at any time, night or day. The rooms are fantastic, I've stayed in the studio apartments and the 1 bedroom apartments and both were brilliant. They've got big comfortable beds, large flat screen TV's (plus a smaller TV in the bedroom of the 1 bedroom apartment), chairs and a coffee table (plus dining table and chairs and a desk in the 1 bedroom apartment), plus your kitchen with a fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave and obviously an oven and hobs. The bathrooms in both the rooms I've stayed in were brilliant too, they had a full size bath with a great shower over the bath (the water pressure and temperature was also really good in the rooms I stayed in). In both apartments there was plenty of wardrobe space and an iron and ironing board. The other great thing was I couldn't hear a thing through the walls so I either had really quiet people staying either side of me or the walls are thick enough to stop any sound coming through. I would highly recommend staying at SACO instead of a "normal" hotel, it makes such a difference having your own kitchen in your room and the prices were comparable to the main hotel chains (Premier Inn/Travelodge etc) at the times I've stayed there. Having proper milk and a kettle so you can make endless tea and coffee is amazing (I'd stay just for that lol) especially if you're used to staying in most hotel rooms that give you the 2 tiny milk sachets, which never taste right to me. As other reviews have mentioned, the road and the McDonalds car park can get a bit noisy if you're in one of the rooms at back of the hotel (I haven't stayed in a room in the front yet) but it wasn't excessive when I stayed and there are ear plugs in your room if you're a light sleeper and the curtains were nice and thick too so I didn't get woken up as soon as the sun came up. There's plenty of parking spaces in the front and rear of the hotel and as far as I could tell, all the parking spaces are covered by cameras. The lift and all the doors I've seen are big enough for wheelchairs. I'm not sure if they have any rooms with an accessible bathroom. The 1 bedroom apartment I stayed in was on the ground floor and it had a separate door to outside off the bedroom so I could use that to get my bags out of my car and also to smoke, plus parts of both car parks are covered which was handy when it rained. If you are planning a longer stay it's worth calling them before you book online as I found it can be cheaper than the hotel price comparison websites I checked, especially when I stayed there for a couple of months. As with all Farnborough area hotels if you're booking a stay around the time of the Farnborough Air Show book as early as possible as hotel rooms tend to be in short supply for miles around. If you're coming for the Air Show, SACO Victoria Road is really close. I saw a second SACO in Farnborough on their website but haven't stayed there, I think that one is a bit further from the airport but closer to the train station. Victoria Road is also a short walk from Farnborough town centre, plenty of takeaways/restaurants/bars if you don't fancy cooking and a Sainsburys if you do. There's also good access to the M3 and A3 and it's roughly a 10 minute walk to the train station. In summary (as you can probably tell), I would really recommend staying here, whenever I travel now I check to see if there's a SACO nearby, it's just not the same when you go back to a "normal" hotel.

Very comfortable and well equipped. Road next to it is a bit noisy, but I would definately stay here again. If you're on the road often, this really beats staying at a hotel. Located directly next to a shopping centre, which is very conveniant.

Comfortable stay with all the amenities and excellent location with shopping center at a walking distance

Use them a lot. Decent price and nice apartments. Completely inflexible on check-in time though (£30 charge for possibility of 30-60 minutes early).