Not so Premier Travel Inn

Hello there. I though for my 19th review that I would diversify into something else instead of the plethora of secret agent DVD's that I've reviewed up to now, so here goes of a review into new territory….. mobile switched off please.

The Premier Travel Inn is situated on North Street; and is an office block conversion; North Street is notorious as being one of the busiest roads in Brighton as it is the main bus route for the majority of the services for the area. But on the flipside it is handy for the Lanes, the Beach and the Pier which are 2 and 5 minutes away by foot respectively. So, on that front, that cannot be faulted at all as this is nice and central.

I was pleasantly surprised by the style and décor of the rooms. All have enough space to freely move about with the standard walk in shower facilities present. The beds are doubles, and I have to admit are very, very comfortable to sleep on.

The room is equipped with the standard array of electrical items, Hairdryer, Kettle, Satellite TV/ Radio combi, trouser press, and air con controls. Also full length mirror, plenty of shelf and case storage is available. In fact this is really the standard short stay check list with furniture and facilities with a gear towards the business user; as the room does have an Internet facility, as well as a work table for the laptop user.

Other facilities include a bar, where the prices are a little bit above that of the pubs in the surrounding area. This is a good place to meet for some drinks before moving on. A wide selection of beers and wines are available as well draft lagers and liquers.

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If you leave your car there you will be paying by the hour. For a 24 hour stay it can cost in the region of £25. Okay if there is 4 in the group to share the expense, but expensive if a couple or on your own. We even checked out the other Car Parks within a 10 minute walk, give or take a pound or so all are about the same price. The Theatre Car Park has all modern CCTV cameras covering all areas and is secure enough, so it will do the job. But as an alternative I would recommend parking in Churchill Square as that is only 6 minutes walk away and is more of a modern car park then this one which is of seventies concrete design.

When I arranged my Birthday I booked the rooms in January for the last weekend in July as the year before I could not get anything after April. You also have to be aware that if Brighton has conference taking place across a week or weekend then to find a hotel room will be nigh on impossible, so booking early is a must if you want to stay here.

After being told in a rude manner by the Hotel that I was not able to alter the booking at all as it was a standard two night stay because it was the height of the season. I was not prepared to lose £130 and after a frantic search round the people who said no I was able to collar someone to attend. Name of the booking changed over the phone. Problem sorted. Phew!

Brighton is always a busy place and in the Summer even more so, the Hotel itself is going to be full of people on Stag do's and Hen Parties. If you're not out celebrating it may be wiser to stay somewhere like the Preston Park Hotel which is a little further out of town and away from the hustle and bustle of the area. I think in hindsight that having an external facing room was not to my best advantage; my friends who had a room facing the back of the building were rudely awoken at 5.30 am when all the glass bottles from the bar were placed in the skip (at once!), one of them got such a shock from this he nearly hit his head on the ceiling as he jumped out of bed and managed to wake everyone on that side of building as well.