Jun 10, 2008
The ultra-cheap chain of brand-new Travelodge Hotels is found not simply in Britain but in Ireland and Spain
A bargain that can make all the difference on your next trip to Britain is the Travelodge chain (www.travelodge.co.uk) of 300 brand-new properties scattered about London and through the rest of the British Isles (including Ireland and Northern Ireland), and charging an average of £60 a night per room (with July/August sales cutting that price in half). £60 feels like $60 to the British, though the current poor exchange rate converts the amount to about $120 for the American visitor. Still, it's an awesomely low price to pay in England for a new room with private bath. Some fifty new Travelodge hotels per year are currently being built, and the recent acquisition of the chain by a rich Dubai investment firm will probably speed up and increase the number of new builds.
I neglected to mention in my recent discussion of Travelodge that the chain is also found in Spain, particularly around Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, where a typical high-season room price is €55 to €59, or about $86.35 to $92.63, an even better price for lodgings in these popular cities. Currently, you go to the same website as for the British properties, but simply insert the name of the Spanish city in which you're interested.
Because this is a highly efficient organization that can confirm bookings through the web, you'd be well advised to seek advance reservations at Travelodge on your next trip to Britain, Ireland or Spain. And though the chain hasn't yet gained too much of a presence elsewhere on the continent, there is the start of a Europe-wide expansion that is currently reflected in five or six Travelodges in the port cities along the English Channel in France. Travelodge is a big budget development, growing more significant with every month, and the name is one to which cost-conscious travelers will pay more and more attention in the years ahead.
(Britain's Travelodge has no connection or association with America's Travelodge chain).
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I neglected to mention in my recent discussion of Travelodge that the chain is also found in Spain, particularly around Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, where a typical high-season room price is €55 to €59, or about $86.35 to $92.63, an even better price for lodgings in these popular cities. Currently, you go to the same website as for the British properties, but simply insert the name of the Spanish city in which you're interested.
Because this is a highly efficient organization that can confirm bookings through the web, you'd be well advised to seek advance reservations at Travelodge on your next trip to Britain, Ireland or Spain. And though the chain hasn't yet gained too much of a presence elsewhere on the continent, there is the start of a Europe-wide expansion that is currently reflected in five or six Travelodges in the port cities along the English Channel in France. Travelodge is a big budget development, growing more significant with every month, and the name is one to which cost-conscious travelers will pay more and more attention in the years ahead.
(Britain's Travelodge has no connection or association with America's Travelodge chain).
Write and read comments about this post.
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