http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/ Authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/#comment-114532 Europe A La Carte Blog » Blog Archive » Why bother with User Generated Reviews? Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:32:52 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=214#comment-114532 [...] by reviews. For a special occasion I do want to stay somewhere with a bit of character. Last year I booked a hotel for our wedding anniversary which received good reviews but we thought our room was pretty awful.  [...] [...] by reviews. For a special occasion I do want to stay somewhere with a bit of character. Last year I booked a hotel for our wedding anniversary which received good reviews but we thought our room was pretty awful.  [...]

]]> http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/#comment-40442 Europe A La Carte Blog » Blog Archive » £15 and £26 rooms at Travelodge UK - ideal for a budget break Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:29:36 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=214#comment-40442 [...] stayed at many Travelodges over the years. Probably the best was the newly built Harrogate Travelodge  located in centre of Harrogate, where I stayed earlier this year. Some of the [...] [...] stayed at many Travelodges over the years. Probably the best was the newly built Harrogate Travelodge  located in centre of Harrogate, where I stayed earlier this year. Some of the [...]

]]> http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/#comment-1891 karen Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:57:45 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=214#comment-1891 I see that my score of 4 out f 10 for the Lodge Hotel has been added to the reviews but none of my comments, I wonder why? If I saw a low score in a review I would be interested to ready why that guest had given such a low score. I see that my score of 4 out f 10 for the Lodge Hotel has been added to the reviews but none of my comments, I wonder why? If I saw a low score in a review I would be interested to ready why that guest had given such a low score.

]]> http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/#comment-1820 karen Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:21:35 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=214#comment-1820 Thanks for your comment, ZRF. I take your point about assuming that a historic hotel building will mean that the hotel will be wonderful. I probably should have been suspicious that there were no photos of the interior of the hotel on the website. Even then they could use their best room for the photos. I think sometimes you do want to stay in a hotel with character but that doesn't always mean old I have seem some stunning modern hotels. Thanks for your comment, ZRF. I take your point about assuming that a historic hotel building will mean that the hotel will be wonderful. I probably should have been suspicious that there were no photos of the interior of the hotel on the website. Even then they could use their best room for the photos. I think sometimes you do want to stay in a hotel with character but that doesn’t always mean old I have seem some stunning modern hotels.

]]> http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/one-up-for-travelodge/#comment-1819 ZRF Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=214#comment-1819 I sometimes think that English people have a fixation with 'old' meaning 'wonderful'. In fact my experience has been that, as here, 'old' too often turns out to mean 'mind-blowingly awful'. I sometimes think that English people have a fixation with ‘old’ meaning ‘wonderful’. In fact my experience has been that, as here, ‘old’ too often turns out to mean ‘mind-blowingly awful’.

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