Great 'Best Travelodge Holidays' Hunt: Which trav...

[MSE Wendy]

Budget hotel chain Travelodge's often runs super cheap £9 or £19 room deals (see Travelodge Sales deals note). So we wanted to tap MoneySavers knowledge to find the best locations for a quick break, whether town or country. Have you found a particularly ideal lodge?

This is just as much about the location as the quality of the lodge. Please also include things to do in the area if you can.

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[Freebyman]

Personally I think the Bath city centre Travelodge is great. Its so central and in a lovely old building, bit noisy though. Its the only time me and the oh have stayed in one place for 3 days and just parked up our car and walked everywhere around there, so much to do!

[SimbaK2K]

Best so far? Travelodge T5, was a really nice hotel except for lack of bath and shower only. However very modern inside and I got it for £9 last time

[squirrelchops]

NOT the travelodge at East Midlands airport.....mind you, you wouldn't want to sit under a lfight path for a holiday!!!! Seriously though it was awful. Bed uncomfortable, room never warmed up and was smelly and unkempt. Great way to start out holidays before we flew abroad..NOT!!!

[GlennTheBaker]

The Regent Hotel, Leamington Spa is a particularly nice one. A lovely, grand building which has been totally refurbished. It is right in the town centre and there is some free weekend on-street parking across the road.

[Kez100]

Burford is in anice situation -close to the Cotswold town - although the building is typical travelodge inside.

[flea72]

Cambridge Central - lovely, clean, fairly newbuilt hotel (has aircon in rooms), walking distance of town, spitting distance of cinema, restaurants, and The Junction

i actually prefer the older lodges, as they are alot more spacious than their current designs. Also the newer ones are boiling hot, and have so many security doors, you cant get any further than the hallways, if you dont have your key

Flea

[heath480]

Eastbourne Travelodge,right on the seafront,onsite Bar and Restuarant.Pay and display parking on seafront which you get really cheap.Ludlow Wooferton is also very nice,set well off the main road,rooms at the back have a nice view and staff very welcoming.

[RichyRich]

Edinburgh Central: hideous building but 2 minutes' walk off the Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)

Birmingham Central: convenient for Broad Street, Brindleyplace, Paradise Centre, and Ballet

Both Leeds City Centre and Leeds Vicar Lane are right in the middle of town.

[mummytofour]

I have not stayed at the worthing one but its in a fabby location, right on the beach and it has just opened.

[mum2one]

I can highly recommend Travelodge at exeter, just off jct 30 M5, its lovely, its on the motorway services, but of an off shoot section and it shares the premises with a Harry Ramsdens restaurant. The car park is free and for use of residents at Travelodge + Harry ramsdens. You would not believe u are at a services.
The actual centre of exeter is 3 miles away, Dalwish, 12 miles, Torquay 20 miles, Princetown (up on Dartmoor) 30 miles, Tavistock 40 miles.

Its a modern travelodge, I stayed there for 4 ngts at New Yr, and it was brillaint. xx

[mum2one]

I know this is best of Travelodge - but thought Id give my worst experience.

Bridgwater jct 23? M5. The Travelodge is built on top of the motorway services, so whether you have a front or back room, its awful. From the front rooms, your woke up by cars revving, lorries engines, and the bright lights of the service station car park. The rear rooms you get the noises from the air vents and general noise as well.

The Travelodge is scruffy, in desperate need of an upgrade, and as for the cleanliness of the rooms, they are poor. I have had cause to complain on more than 1 ocassion.

1st - pulled the sofa bed apart to get the sheet tucked in, to be greeted by a phone charger, a receipt, half eaten mars bar, and lumps of mould.

2nd ocassion - Oct last yr - the bedding, there was stains all over the quilt cover, dirty brown stains and blood, upon taking off the quilt cover the quilt was soaked in blood - it hadnt even dried in..........

The best bit...........toe nail clippings in the bed........... had we of not been that shattered we would of left, luckly as it was a family room, able to use teh spare quilt and shhet, but slept fully clothes......... I did look a right site in the morning dragging the quilt and cover up the corridoer to reception.

I DID GET A REFUND ON BOTH OCASSIONS - BUT THATS NOT THE POINT!

[CrispyUK]

Originally Posted by RichyRich

Birmingham Central: convenient for Broad Street, Brindleyplace, Paradise Centre, and Ballet

Well located but really not a pleasant hotel, stopped there in December and wasn't impressed, had to get my room changed as it stunk of vomit, many communal areas/corridors shared the same smell and everything was well bashed/abused.

Travelodge weren't particularly sympathetic to our complaints/comments, their answer basically amounting to: "it's on Broad St, what do you expect?"

Bridgewater comments don't surprise me, it's a horrible services so would expect similar in the Travelodge!

Liverpool Central has always been quite decent for a city centre hotel, used that a few times.

London Covent Garden was great when we stopped there, it's split between two buildings and we went for the High Holborn building based on trip advisor comments, decent sized room and great views from the 8th floor

Used Cirencester as a stopover on a long N-S drive, very nice little place and a well-stocked BP next door for grabbing snacks the next morning - worth the slight detour and quiet being off an A road.

Generally find the smaller/out the way hotels are more pleasant than the city centre ones which I guess is down to guest volumes and the type of guest they're attracting - but obviously depends where you want to stay

[suffolkb]

If you want to visit London, then the Covent Garden lodge - just off Oxford Street - is ideal. You can pop back to your room for a cuppa during the day. The Euston lodge is new and also recommended. Considering it`s location, it is very quiet. The 3 near Kings Cross are easy to get to, but only go there if the others have no cheap rooms. I will be trying the Marylebone one next month. They don`t appear to have any family rooms there, but it does seem to be well located.

[ailuro2]

Originally Posted by RichyRich

Edinburgh Central: hideous building but 2 minutes' walk off the Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)

I agree - this is right in the middle of tourist Edinburgh, just down the road from the Castle, a few steps away from hotels charging £200 a night.

Deffo the best value Travelodge we've seen.

Some Travelodges might be more aptly chavalodges but this Edinburgh one's great - quite rare to find a £9 room though.

[weeman5]

T5 travel lodge. got a cheap deal (think it was £19 for a twin room). rooms good and clean as it's a fairly new building.perfect for getting early flights as the shuttle bus picks you up the front door. I had the bus to myself on early January morning - my own personal very large taxi to the airport! Perfect.

[whatusername]

Originally Posted by ailuro2

I agree - this is right in the middle of tourist Edinburgh, just down the road from the Castle, a few steps away from hotels charging £200 a night.

Deffo the best value Travelodge we've seen.

Some Travelodges might be more aptly chavalodges but this Edinburgh one's great - quite rare to find a £9 room though.

I agree although the bar wasn't the greatest

Magic location for tourists and even locals looking for a night out in Edinburgh but are maybe a bit too far out for taxi journeys home.

[SwitchyChick]

We stayed at Stratford Alcester Travelodge for the weekend last February half-term. It was a great base for getting into Stratford to visit Shakespeare's birthplace, Mary Arden's farm (recommended, esp. when they have activities for children) - DD was studying Tudors, William Shakespeare, etc. and it was ideal. We got it for £19.

[opalfruits]

We've stayed in the Ely Travelodge before en route to Stansted for a flight and it was a lovely way to break up the journey from Newcastle - much ebtter than staying at the airport itself. It was a short walk into Ely and we had a great evening on an impromptu pub crawl.

[Wendy MIller]

HI

TRavelodge have increased their "PET" charges for dogs by 100% from February 2009.

It now costs £20 per stay per pet which can easily out shine their Sales Rooms at £9 for 3 adults!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Travelodge have also been charging some customers per pet per night so always carry their terms and conditions as its new extortionate rate is per pet per stay.