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Travelodge SuperRooms Benefits
1 - Lavazza Coffee Machine
I love Lavazza Coffee and was excited at the prospect of a Lavazza coffee machine in our room. In reality though, there is a very limited choice of capsule and you're only given two which seems a bit stingy. The capsules we were given were Lungo Dolce (which Steve and I wouldn't drink) and an espresso which I know isn't to everyone's taste. I really think there should be a much larger selection or you should be able to pick up a couple of capsules of your preference at check-in. There are loads of coffee shops on the hotel's doorstep and I'd rather spend the extra cash buying freshly ground coffee to my liking from one of those if I'm honest.
This showerhead is supposed to provide a range of experiences (eg rainwater) and while it was nice, it wasn't the best power shower I've ever been in. I noticed that the boys' standard room was just a bath - a shower is a deal breaker for me and another reason I'd book a SuperRoom in future. There's also a new bathroom design and they're a little more stylish than the standard rooms.
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| SuperRoom bathroom |
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| Standard bathroom |
3 - Choice of pillows & USB charging
In a SuperRoom you have the choice of firm or soft pillows which I really appreciated. There's also bedside sockets with USB charging. Steve and the boys didn't have sockets by their bed in their room and were fighting over the plugs in their room. I would probably pay £15 just for sockets by the bedside - it makes such a difference!
4 - Higher Quality Furnishings
In a SuperRoom you are provided with a comfortable armchair, decent hairdryer, full-length mirror and the furnishings just seemed of a higher standard overall. You can see the difference in the design when you compare the photo of our SuperRoom and the boys' standard room below.
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| Travelodge SuperRoom |
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| Travelodge Standard Room |
5 - 32" Wall-mounted LED Samsung TV
Our SuperRoom had a wall-mounted TV and the desktops were a lot fresher overall. This frees up much more space on the desktop too.
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| SuperRoom TV |
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| Standard Room TV |
In future, I would definitely book a SuperRoom over a standard room. For just £15 more, the shower, hairdryer, higher level of comfort and sockets next to the beds really were worth it. I also can't help but think that this is a sneaky way for Travelodge to get extra £ out of their customers for upgrades that they should be carrying out normally though? Hmmmm. What do you think? Would you pay an additional £15 to stay in a SuperRoom?
Disclosure - we booked and paid for our room ourselves.
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A basic travel lodge room without a shower, ive never know it. seems to me that travelodge are upgrading some hotels and trying to recoup some cash. A shower is a deal breaker for me too, did it mention it when booking? Im not sure id pay the extra when bot spending much time in the room, generally we book travelodge on city breaks and are out and about all day and surrounded by amenities.
ReplyDeleteNo I didn't mentioned it as knew there was one in my room (the super room). I've stayed in Travelodge in the past where there haven't been showers too so this one isn't unique. I think I'd always check in future.
DeleteI’ve never stayed in a Travelodge that didn’t have a shower so that would be a reason to upgrade for me, although it would feel like I was ‘forced’ into it. It’s also really annoyed me the last few times I’ve stayed in them not having a socket at the side of the bed, especially as they always used to have them before the re-design a few years ago. Again the £15 extra would be worth it but again I’d feel I was being ripped off as this was something you used to get as in all standard rooms but now it’s only available in their “super” rooms.
ReplyDeleteI think EVERY room should have a socket by the bed!
Deleteit really annoys me that hotels dont accommodate for families of 5, i often feel that it would be fairly easy to fit an extra body in but its obviously more lucrative for the hotels if us larger families are forced to book to rooms, rant over haha x
ReplyDeleteI think I'd prefer them to have a few rooms in each hotel that accommodate families with more children. Like you, we have three and now the littlest 'counts' on booking hotel rooms it really is prohibitively expensive for us to stay even in Premier Inn and Travelodges.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I love the Super Rooms I was not a fan of TL before but the rooms are now so stylish and comfortable x
ReplyDeleteI have to say I was never a fan of TL but I love the new Super Rooms they are so stylish and totally worth the extra x
ReplyDeleteFor 15 pounds I'd definitely upgrade - if it was half the price, there's nothing I couldn't live without for a cheap and cheerful break, especially if you're not in the room much, but things like sockets by the bed are so useful. And I would hate not to have a shower.
ReplyDeleteWe went to legoland the week before you and stayed in the Premier Inn on Uxbridge Road in Slough for two nights. It was 75 pounds the first night and 55 the second though the family room we had was very much like your Super Room for quality. Definitely the nicest Premier inn we've been to. There is a big Sainsbury's next door and a bus stop just a little further up Wellington street on the opposite side and we just got a return to legoland for about 6pounds each. My 3 year old loves the bus and enjoyed looking at Windsor and the castle on the way. I think it took about 30 mins on the way there though the way back was longer due to rush hour.
ReplyDeletewe always choose to stsy in Premier Imns, i find them much better, especially as we also need two rooms always. mich x
ReplyDeleteI think these Super Rooms are no better than a basic Premier Inn room, How they can call it a Super Room with a 32 Inch TV is beyond me, most Premier Inn rooms now have 42 Inch flat screen Samsung TV on the wall and all the extras you get, they have or you can ask for at Premier Inn, so Premier Inn works out cheaper
ReplyDeleteAll Travleodge hotels have showers in even the basic rooms. They also have hair dryers etc. The coffee machine isnt there its a kettle and packets, but thats the ONLY difference and to a non coffee drinker like me thats perfect. No need for plugs at bedside as forces you to get up if across the room, which is exactly what i do at home anyway. Also, difference for super room is near £40 not £15 so is totally not worth it. Shame on you being too stingy to let the lads have a super room too, your experiment, you should take the cheap room!
ReplyDelete1 - you can clearly see in the photo, the basic room does not have a shower.
Delete2- the difference was definitely £15, would you like me to send you my bill to prove it? I have no need to lie.
3 - yes, shame on me for booking a hotel room and taking the kids to LEGOLAND 🤣🤣🤣
Booking the Travelodge Bristol Filton for two of us. Basic room is £63. Super Room is £116! Almost twice the price. From your comments its not worth it.
ReplyDelete(If you really want a larger room then specify the Accessible rooms. I don't do this as it might be wanted by a wheelchair user but they are larger and on the ground floor.) Lisa x