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Travelodge seem to have gone downhill since they started offering very cheap prices. I guess they have to cut corners somewhere if they can offer a room at £19 or sometimes even less a night.

We have not used one for a little while - the various reviews on several sites have put me off.

Premier Travel Inn seem to be a lot better but they are more expensive.

Pippa
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You're right Pippa. We defected to PTI long ago but decided to retry Travelodge lured by the offer of 2 nights for the price of the one it would have cost at the PTI.

I've given up on Travelodge now as I don't want to be flagged up as that "hbrac trying it on again for the possibility of some compensation". All complaints were bona fide.

Many years ago when the kids were small and we took a family room at the Travelodge I pulled out the sofa bed only to find the bottom sheet still bearing the signs of someone's sexual activity !! I won't go into more detail so as not to put anyone off their brekkie.

It's all cost cutting as you say and putting services out to tender at the cheapest rate they can find by people who couldn't really give a damn.

The receptionist at Gt Dunmow was very helpful and understanding and we had a long chat where the end comment was "I have just handed in my notice because I want to be able to run my own team and have control over the way I want things done.... properly". Nuff said.
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Perhaps you may also like to copy your report on to our reviews page for this hotel ... please click here.

David :wave
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I use a lot of 'motel' hotels, and they include PTI and Travelodge.

I have become more and more disenchanted with Travelodge, because low prices seem to combine dirty rooms and unhelpful service. I too found to my displeasure that the Travelodge at Great Dunmow charged for parking, and the food offered was cold and of a poor standard.

I even got offered a room at Manchester's Sportcity Travelodge that had no bed in it, and when I did get a room, I was disturbed by the carpet fitters at 8 am asking if they could come and do my room. (It did have carpet in it when I stayed in it, but they were upgrading all the carpet in the hotel.) The breakfast was cold and greasy, and the chamber maid had not replaced the sanitary bags in the bathroom, and one had been used. I spoke with the manager, and explained that I was not after a comp stay, but felt they needed to be informed of their shortcomings. I also had an evening meal which was a disgrace to the name.

I simply will be voting with my feet in future.
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Alsacienne

If you haven't done so already, it would be appreciate if you could post a review of both those hotels.

luci :wave
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Not sure if either of you were using the travelodge at Great Dunmow for Stansted airport. If so then perhaps you would like to use this b&b which gets great reviews if you need to stay near Stansted again. I live in Suffolk so am only 45 minutes away from the airport!

http://www.thepussywillow.co.uk/index.htm

Pippa
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No Pippa we weren't but I'm sure that your link would be of great help to somebody flying from Stansted.We were visiting family not too far away. Our first choice was unavailable as the proprietors had stopped doing B&B so we thought that a saver deal at the Travelodge would mean money saved. Well it did fulfill that criteria and I wasn't expecting a 5* hotel but when even the most basic conditions are sadly lacking ........ :que
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I'll certainly post some reviews Luci, but it was at least a year since I stayed at these hotels ...... promise to add them during the week to come!
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Review posted David but it doesn't appear.Has it to be checked first?
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Many thanks, and yes, there is a short delay while it is pending approval.

David :wave
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Thanks Luci.I just got a email from Travelodge asking me to rate my stay there :yikes
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