ibis budget Hotel Brussels Airport

The key is how to reach it: although it is "airport area", it is really in an office park zone and about 5KM away from the airport. So if you drive a car, plenty of parking space and easy to reach. If you just arrived from the airport, and don't want to take a taxi, here is how to reach it: outside the arriving zone door of Brussels airport, there are bus platforms. You can buy a ticket at the platform with 2.5 euro (careful, NOT the 7.5 euro ticket machine for tram 12 to the city center). Then you look for bus 272. This route has 3 buses per hour during weekdays, and once an hour during weekend. It takes about 15 minutes to go to the stop "Diegem Bessenveld", which is almost at the hotel's door (50 meters away). If you have a credit/debit card with touchless payment function, you can also buy the ticket on bus. If not, you need to buy two tickets (one for going there, the other back) at the airport platform ticket machine.

I stayed there twice. First, when I arrived in Belgium from the US and knew I would be too tired to start driving a rental car. The second time was at the end of my trip and I had an early flight. The room is a small, no nonsense, straightforward space with all the basic needs. I loved the open fields out my window. It had wifi and was quiet. The reception staff was a bit English challenged but we made it through. There is no shuttle to/from the airport. I took a taxi both ways, two times, with prices ranging from 19-23 Euros.This increases the overall cost of the stay. The only reasonably priced hotel in the area with an airport shuttle stopped before I would have arrived and started after I needed to leave. The front desk was helpful to call a taxi 24 hours. I would definitely stay there again in a similar situation.

Staff at front desk very helpful with bus and taxi information. Bus stop very conveniently located and easy, quick access to airport.

Not much space in the rooms but it's well used. Stuff is friendly and the bus to the city stops 100 meters from the hotel door. Rooms are quite, airplanes did not bother me at all. Several places to buy food/dine in at walking distance.

Very practical location, close to the airport and to the business area where tech companies are. It's the cheaper version of the main Ibis, a few yards from the building, but still, very good overall.