Premier Plus rooms

Yarmy

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone has stayed in the Premier Inn Plus rooms ? If so did you think it was worth the extra money ? I'm looking to book a 6 night stay on the south coast in September and think it was around £10-£15 extra per night for the Premier Plus rooms.

Thanks

HouseMartin567

I’ve stayed in one. Higher floor, better coffee machine, green & blacks chocolates, and a rainfall shower.

I thought it was ok for a one off. Personally wouldn’t pay £60-£90 extra for a 6-night stay, but everyone values things differently so may be worth it to some.

KxMx

I like them, you get a mini fridge, 2 bottles of water, ultimate wifi included (in some hotels), more spacious, sometimes though they only have a tiny shelf and hanging area as storage, other times a generous amount of shelving. 

They can vary between hotels. 

Grumpy_chap

HouseMartin567 said:

I thought it was ok for a one off. Personally wouldn’t pay £60-£90 extra for a 6-night stay,

So, I am not familiar with the Premier Inn "Plus" option so cannot say whether I'd think it good value or not, but my thinking is the opposite way round to HouseMartin.

If I go away for one night, it is arrive, freshen up, out to eat, back to sleep, shower, breakfast, go.  Hardly anytime in the hotel room so there could be very basic facilities or the most amazing facilities and I won't have noticed the difference, so long as the room was clean, dry, functional.

If I go for a week long stay, then there is every possibility that at some point I might be in the room for longer, so the extras like the hospitality tray become more beneficial.

Rosa_Damascena

Working in the public sector, I often have the "privilege" of staying in Premier Inns whilst away for work. Actually they are fine, nothing much to complain about and are universally spacious and comfortable (beds and bathrooms) albeit far from luxurious. What doesn't suit me is the lack of a fridge - so whilst there are tea and coffee making facilities I don't drink it 24/7 as I would as home because I dislike using the milk supplied in capsules.

Very few Premier Inns have Premier Plus rooms, if I had the option I would upgrade every time!!

Yarmy

Thanks, as I'm staying for a few nights I think I'll give the Plus room a try. Having a fridge in the room maybe useful. 

I've stayed at this particular Premier Inn before but the rooms were starting to look a bit worn round the edges. I think they had a refurb last year and now seem to have some Premier Plus rooms.

Vitor

- think it was around £10-£15 - 

100% worth it for that additional fee, once it goes over £25/night then harder to justify. Even if you book Plus, still worth requesting an end-of-corridor room to minimise noise.

DullGreyGuy

Rosa_Damascena said:

Working in the public sector, I often have the "privilege" of staying in Premier Inns whilst away for work. Actually they are fine, nothing much to complain about and are universally spacious and comfortable (beds and bathrooms) albeit far from luxurious. 

You've not stayed in a Hub or Zip location then? They are far from spacious! 

That said, I actually like the Hub when travelling as a solo traveller, couldn't imagine sharing such a small room/bed with the Mrs. Its tiny but clever and perfectly fine for a few nights. 

Grumpy_chap said:
If I go away for one night, it is arrive, freshen up, out to eat, back to sleep, shower, breakfast, go.  Hardly anytime in the hotel room so there could be very basic facilities or the most amazing facilities and I won't have noticed the difference, so long as the room was clean, dry, functional.

If I go for a week long stay, then there is every possibility that at some point I might be in the room for longer, so the extras like the hospitality tray become more beneficial.

I fully agree in principle the only flip side is that you may consider £30 worth a punt for one night but can add up to a more material number if you are staying a week or more. 

It does somewhat depend on the reason for travel, sometimes I'll go for a 1 night trip on business where it's unlikely that there will be post work socialising. In some cases you are in the centre and its an interest place so you go out exploring, in other times you are on the edge of town with nothing of interest in walking distance so may spend the evening in the room. 

Smith2001uk

Stayed in one yesterday in Nottingham. my main reason was it was the only rooms that had Air Con. when i booked it we had those heatwaves so didn't want to risk it. As others have stated, it was £5 extra for me and with the nicer shower, freebee's (coffee pod machine) i'm very glad i got it. The air con was excellent too. 

Yarmy

I stayed in one of the hubs in London for a couple nights as one of my friends has used them when he visits there and suggested trying them.

It was ok for a short stay, but it was just myself, I wouldn't want to stay in one for more than a couple of nights. Having said that the location was quite good so didn't need to use the tube too much. My friend said that there used to be more of a difference in prices between the hubs and the regular PI's when he first started using them than there is now

Savvy_Sue

We use PIs quite a lot, it's the first place I look when I just want a one-night stay somewhere, just the two of us, and one of my siblings has used the Hubs which they say are fine for just one but they wouldn't want to share with anyone. 

If we needed more than one room (as we did when DS2 got married) then I'd definitely welcome extra space. On that occasion, we had one of their accessible rooms, and that's where we tended to meet up - bring your own mug and chair while we decide what we're doing next!