Not sure I like Travel Lodges any more even at £9 night

Incapuppy

chickmug wrote: »

I was rather hoping I may get other points of view on their experiences

But surely it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks - you are the only one who knows if it suits you or not.

If you are going away to use it as a base for discovering a new area then at £9 a night I would bite their hands off. If, on the other hand, the staying in the hotel is a major part of the experience for you then spend more money and stay somewhere better. Simpuls!

chickmug

Incapuppy wrote: »

But surely it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks - you are the only one who knows if it suits you or not.

So I am not allowed to post and canvass others opinions:p

pinkcandyflossprincess

we stayed at the glasonbury one and it was fine, even a view of sheep on the hill(over the esso garage mind:rotfl:)
only gripe i have with travel lodge is the gatwick one as stopped in jan on flight out it was clean, warm and meal fine..no complaints then on return it was freezing, no heating on and refused to swap rooms even with a tiny baby or give me a heater or duvets as apparently the heating system in the place doesnt work
go to restaurant and only serving one main meal and no desserts as apparently no food delivered:rolleyes:
oddly enoughlater on a man was complaining his room was too hot! ...thankfully the heating came on in the early hours so we survived:T

chickmug

pinkcandyflossprincess wrote: »

we stayed at the glasonbury one and it was fine, even a view of sheep on the hill(over the esso garage mind:rotfl:)

Yes we saw the sheep over the garage:D

We stayed on a cold few days and my wife went and bought two hot water bottles as the room just would not get warm. We felt Glastonbury didn't live up to what we had heard about it which wasn't the Travel Lodges fault but .... As I said I like moaning:D

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A_little_stressed!!

I went to Bluewater TL, and it was dirty! Drink spilt on bedside table, filth in other places. Unfortunately I'd got in 2 drunk & 2 late 2 go complain, but it wasn't nice!

flea72

i think it all depends on the age of the lodge you are staying at

personally the only gripes ive ever had with travelodges, its the smell of smoke. even though you havent been able to smoke in them for a while now, they still smell of smoke.

so to avoid this, i now tend to only book lodges that have opened recently, as that way they were built after the smoking ban. Also the new lodges are a better layout, and i find the rooms more spacious, if somewhat lacking in extras. i do miss not being able to rent films anymore (and no not that sort!), as having young kids who want to sleep, we have to be in the room from quite early evening, and the tv listings are a tad boring, but as most lodges are now licensed, i can at least have a cold beer from the bar, in my room

Tbh, i think you get what you pay for. if i couldnt get a room for £19 or less, then i would look at the other options available, but i tend to find if i cant get a cheap travelodge, then its highly unlikely id find a different hotel in the same location, for a cheap price either. also i tend to find most other hotels only sleep 3 max to a room, whereas travelodges are prepared to let my family of 5 in one room

Flea

pinkcandyflossprincess

my cousin lives in glastonbury btw! must admit i prefer street and clarks shoe village and eating at the weatherspoons for breakie and tea, tis a bargain i tell ya:rotfl:

sorry you didnt like glastonbury, maybe wrong time of year try totnes in devon if you like the whole hippy thing, lots of nice shops and tea rooms..travellodge in torquay now as well;)

must admit our trip was for my daughters 13th as she asked to go to clarks shoe village so we did staying at the travellodge and she spent the whole 2 days stomping around inbetween claires acessorys then deciced it was crap:eek: that was the day she turned into an evil teen as well..i swear the tor drew her in for some weird womanly evil powers or somat as she was lovely before that day:eek::rotfl:

chickmug

pinkcandyflossprincess wrote: »

my cousin lives in glastonbury btw! must admit i prefer street and clarks shoe village and eating at the weatherspoons for breakie and tea, tis a bargain i tell ya:rotfl:

sorry you didnt like glastonbury, maybe wrong time of year try totnes in devon if you like the whole hippy thing, lots of nice shops and tea rooms..travellodge in torquay now as well;)

must admit our trip was for my daughters 13th as she asked to go to clarks shoe village so we did staying at the travellodge and she spent the whole 2 days stomping around inbetween claires acessorys then deciced it was crap:eek: that was the day she turned into an evil teen as well..i swear the tor drew her in for some weird womanly evil powers or somat as she was lovely before that day:eek::rotfl:

I like Starbucks coffee at Street but the shopping village is not my kind of place. Now Totnes is one of my favorite places of all time and we may move to there as I have friends in that area.

chickmug

flea72 wrote: »

so to avoid this, i now tend to only book lodges that have opened recently

How I can find out the age or is it a case of telephoning the individual Travel Lodge?