Travelodge 'family rooms' for adults

mad_rich

Hi folks

I'm looking for hotel rooms for 5 people near Stansted Airport. All adults, all wanting separate beds. (We're friends, but we're not that friendly!)

It seems really difficult to find a guaranteed twin (as in separate beds) room, and nearly impossible to find a triple.

Has anyone here stayed in a Travelodge family room as adults? On the website, this seems to be a double bed + 2 pull-out singles, with a max occupancy of 3 adults. Would two of these rooms work? (It does look tight in the pictures, but it's literally only a pit-stop on the way home from hols.)

The Premier Inn seems to only do rooms with a double + sofabed, so we'd need 3.

Any other recommended (budget) hotels in the area?

balletshoes

a bed and breakfast might suit better if you are all set on having your own bed - personally, as you say its just to get your head down on your way home from the airport, I'd go with 2 family rooms at a travelodge or premier inn.
my girls are 14 and 15, we've stayed in travelodge and premier inn family rooms recently, I'd say the travelodge room we had was tighter for space than the premier inn (and the travelodge gives you camp-style put-up beds as the extra beds in the family room, which are narrower than the pull-out versions you get in premier inn, in my experience).

Mrs_Soup

A family room is a double, a single which is the sofa and a pull out bed. My children complain bitterly about the discomfort of the singles, they are also on the narrow side but if you like a very solid bed two of these should be fine. Those in the single beds will be a lot less comfortable than those who get the doubles.

mad_rich

Thanks.

Not too keen on a B&B, only because the flight gets in at 2345. By the time we've collected bags and fetched the car it's going to be very late.

I'm erring towards the 3 rooms at Premier Inn

Gloomendoom

Can't you just make a wall of pillows on the doubles?

Never used to bother when I was a yoof. Usually too far gone to care who else was in the bed.

duchy

Love the wall of pillows idea ....except travelodge pillows aren't exactly plump or plentiful.

Really though why is a double such an issue for literally a few hours-If you are indeed adults who would feel uncomfortable undressed in a bed with another adult of the same sex -stay dressed.....I agree the travelodge would be really uncomfortable but their rooms are so cheap why not just book enough rooms . Personally I'd try the Days Inn just before Stansted in preference to travelodge though.

Or travel as late as possible and sit up in the airport http://www.sleepinginairports.net/list.asp?region=1&country=United+Kingdom&prov=England&city=London&terminal=Stansted#.VZ4_KPlViko