Andicuri Inn, Oranjestad

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: Basic

...I was bored one evening last week and as I sat flicking through a Travel Inn directory, I worked out that in the last ten years, I have stayed at over 30 different Travel Inns. After that sobering thought, you would think that I might have a few things to say about Travel Inns – and you’d be right. THE CONCEPT Whitbread Travel Inns were first set up in the 1990s, in a direct move to open up the hotel accommodation market. Working on the same simple principle as American motels, The Whitbread Group wanted to provide a chain of instantly recognisable hotels, where things were kept simple, functional and cheap. The concept has been a huge success with over 300 Whitbread Travel Inns now in operation and countless competitors such as Travelodge and Premier Lodge coming on to the market. Travel Inns are without a doubt, very consistent... Read review

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Advantages: Economical, clean, modern, good value for money
Disadvantages: No hotel car park

...LOCATION Jurys Inn Nottingham is located between bridge over the river and a water channel on the London Road , southeast of the city centre, close to the railway station and within a two-minute walk of the tramway system. First Impression On arrival to the Jurys Inn in Nottingham city centre, me and my partner were greeted by a modern, quite impressive looking, 8-floors high building. Although the building looks a little unfinished, the reception area looked spotless and shiny marble flooring as well as dimmed lightning and colour scheme added to a very glamorous look. The receptionist welcomed us and checked us in in a fairly informal manner. Unfortunately, we were not given any directions on how to get to our room, where the hotel facilities are or any restaurant/bar opening times. FACILITIES Car Park The Inn didn... Read review

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Advantages: cheap at first glance
Disadvantages: not really cheap, overall insufficient product & service quality

...Some writers have commended the Holiday Inn for its excellent service at very reasonable prices. A look behind the scenes of the brand policy, products and pricing shows however a very different picture. Holiday Inn is in fact often more expensive than the competition and provides a low degree of service for the price. The problem with the perception of HI is that most people only know their lowprice HI Express chain and have little to say about HI's other brands and products. All five opinions posted on HI before mine only discuss the merits of HI Express, but that's just one of four HI brands. That's also Ciao's mistake, they should have created a category for each brand/chain separately. The Holiday Inn Group consists of four brands of Hotels: ~ the classic Holiday Inn Hotels, 4-5 Stars ~ the upmarket Holiday Inn Crown Plaza... Read review

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