Bletchleyite
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To be fair some Travelodges are utterly awful and none are what I'd call nice. Out of respect for your staff it might be better to at least allow Premier Inn unless the difference is utterly swingeing - the two are like chalk and cheese. Travelodge is often poorly maintained and dirty, whereas Premier Inn rooms are usually* to the standard of a Marriott or similar, you just don't have the extras like a gym/pool and trouser press.
I think it's at least right that business travel should offer a quality of accommodation equivalent to at home (remember it's not, for most, a free holiday, but rather an impingement to start with), and while homes vary most professionals will have a far nicer bedroom than most Travelodges.
At least we don't have the American practice of making people share rooms on work trips here. I would flat refuse to travel if anyone even suggested that.
* Give or take some very old ones, but they are progressively being refurbished, and even the old ones aren't bad, just a bit, er, old.
Getting to Glasgow for 9am on Monday 20th June
Just thought I’d open this up to the forum in case I’m missing anything. I need to get to Glasgow City centre by 9.00am on Monday 20th June. I live in Milton Keynes ideally placed on the West Coast mainline, normally this isn’t a problem and I would head down to Watford the night before and...
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For (e.g.) the Old Bailey, RCJ, Central London County Court (Gee St), etc - Travelodge Farringdon £89.99 for tomorrow Wed June 1st, Kings Cross Royal Scot £99.99, London Central City Road £109.99. Lots near Snaresbrook (for the Crown Court) under £100, cheapest £73.99 at Chigwell 2.5 miles away. We get, shall I say, 'senior' types moaning about the 'standard' of the within-budget accoms, but this is pretty rare.
To be fair some Travelodges are utterly awful and none are what I'd call nice. Out of respect for your staff it might be better to at least allow Premier Inn unless the difference is utterly swingeing - the two are like chalk and cheese. Travelodge is often poorly maintained and dirty, whereas Premier Inn rooms are usually* to the standard of a Marriott or similar, you just don't have the extras like a gym/pool and trouser press.
I think it's at least right that business travel should offer a quality of accommodation equivalent to at home (remember it's not, for most, a free holiday, but rather an impingement to start with), and while homes vary most professionals will have a far nicer bedroom than most Travelodges.
At least we don't have the American practice of making people share rooms on work trips here. I would flat refuse to travel if anyone even suggested that.
* Give or take some very old ones, but they are progressively being refurbished, and even the old ones aren't bad, just a bit, er, old.
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