Days Inn South Mimms, South Mimms

Advantages: Convenient locations. Fixed price per room
Disadvantages: Lack character of older hotels

...There is growing competition for Britain's traditional lodging industry with the entry of budget hotel chains into the UK market. One of the recent entrants is the US company,Days Inn,and although a relative "new kid on the block",they are already making waves.Although not the cheapest they do offer quite high quality accommodation for your money. Most of the Days Inn hotels are located near to the main Motorway network which make them locationally convenient for taking a city break or visiting a theme park. Their current network of hotels include : ***Days Inn Sheffield South ***Days Inn Basingstoke East ***Birmingham Days Inn ***Days Inn Warwick North ***Days Inn Derby South ***Days Inn South Mimms ***Days Inn Leicester Forest East ***Days Inn Bristol West ***Days Inn Swindon East (Membury) ***Days Inn Bradford South... Read review

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Advantages: Clear, bright, comfortable, efficient
Disadvantages: Not the most attractive of locations, need ID if you pay cash

...= Since you have to pay in advance, check out need involve nothing more than dropping your key off. However, since my train back to Manchester wasn't till the afternoon, I was pleased that the hotel offered a secure room where I could leave my bags until I was ready to leave town. Collecting them later went without a hitch. The afternoon the day after I checked out, I got an email asking me to fill in a feedback questionnaire. As an incentive, if I filled in the survey I would be entered into a draw to win a 3 night stay at a Premier Inn of my choice. The survey, (unlike all too many Ciao surveys, but that is another story) was quick to fill in, showed you how much of the survey you had done and I could see the logic behind the question. One thing that emerged from the survey was that Premier Inn offer a good night's sleep or your... Read review

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Advantages: Close to both terminals, clean, friendly staff, value for money
Disadvantages: Food in restaurant average quality for above average price, no machines selling toiletries.

...On our recent trip to Las Vegas, we had to fly from London Gatwick. Living in Wales, driving up on the morning of the flight would have been fraught and not very pleasant, so we decided to do the decent thing and splash out and treat ourselves (!) to a night in a Premier Travel Inn. Our reason for choosing this hotel was simple, we had stayed here last year and we knew the location of the hotel and we had had a good stay in this hotel so why not come back again for a place to lay our heads? This time, however, we had more time to spend in the hotel, due to using Virgin Atlantic's twilight check in service at 3pm the day before our flight.. LOCATION: Despite it's name, it is actually closer to the North Terminal at London Gatwick, situated about 5 minutes off the A23 and about 7 minutes drive from South Terminal car parks... Read review

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