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Travelodge Covent Garden

Back in late 2009, my colleague Rajul appealed to Travelodge to offer free WiFi – and it seems the powers that be were listening (albeit it took a little time to take action), as the chain has just become the first budget hotel brand in the UK to offer free WiFi to its guests. It’s [...]

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It is hard to find value for money in an intrinsically expensive city like London.  But however tempted you are, you may regret blindly choosing the cheapest hotel! To illustrate the pitfalls, check out the darkly humorous “Worst 10 hotels” on TripAdvisor.  As you’ll see, 7 of the worst 10 UK hotels are in London! [...]

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Regular readers of this blog will know I’m an admirer of Travelodge (more on the £19 room promotion near the bottom of this article). They’ve never paid me a cent to promote them.  All they’ve done is give me good value for money as a customer. Ironically, I was won over gradually as I spent [...]

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From July 6th to October 14th 2009, the so-called “Fourth Plinth” on Trafalgar Square – usually reserved for Kings and Generals – becomes a space for “living art” in artist Antony Gormley’s “One and Other” project. Gormley is inviting citizens from all over the country – or indeed anyone living in the UK – to [...]

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