I booked this hotel about 2/3 months in advance, for a 1 night stay at the start of april 2008 and managed to get an excellent online price of £29 for a double room. Hotel was easy to find, very central, in the town centre and about a 10-15 min walk from the train station. When we arrived at the hotel we were told that we could not check in untill 3pm and there was not anywhere we could leave our luggage "for safety reasons" although we was advised that just down the road there was a "ymca" which offer a service where they can either hold your luggage for £1 for up to 24 hours in a room behind reception (not open to public, for staff only) or u can use a large secure locker at a cost of £3 for up to 24 hours. So we dropped our luggage here untill time to check in and also used these ymca facilities the following day after checking out at 12 noon as we was not travelling home untill late evening. In comparison you can pay £10 for an early check in at 12noon at the travel lodge but compaired to the price we paid for the ymca that seemed extremely expensive. The ymca is open 24 hours a day and the luggage storage facilities are very reliable and safe so if you need somewhere to store luggage when the travelodge dont let u..the ymca down the road is highly recommended. We stayed on a Thursday night so cannot comment on the noise levels during typical clubbing hours (weekends) although the only noise we heard at all during our stay was the sound of the birds tweeting in the morning. Our room was easy to find, clean, had a working tv, radiator, kettle, all the bathroom necessities etc and you could request a hairdryer or iron from reception if needed. We needed extra pillows and the recpetionist was more than happy to fetch these for us. Overall i would say the hotel is basic, yes in the sense there is no cafe, restaurant or anything and the rooms are also very basic, although clean, have everything you need really, is very central and ideal if you basically want somewhere to sleep at a very affordable price in the town centre. I would advise booking online, as the room rate on the day was £69ish for the thurs night or £86ish for the fri, where as we managaed to get it for £29 for the thurs night by booking online a couple of months in advance! Any questions..send us a message!
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