33 years old (in body if not mind), and living in Edinburgh. A keen interest in cycling, cars, spor...
33 years old (in body if not mind), and living in Edinburgh. A keen interest in cycling, cars, sport, design, writing and movies. And marzipan. Can't get enough of that stuff...
Member since:03.11.2003
Reviews:64
Members who trust:6
When it comes to 'budget' hotels you know exactly what you want. A comfortable bed in a clean room in which to put your head on the pillow for a night. Anything else is really an added extra.
Being from Newcaslte originally, but living in Edinburgh, I travel down fairly regularly and find that staying outside the city makes it easier (and quicker) to get to. And when I'm only down for a night, with a friend, to go to a football match... Well you don\'t really need anything fancy do you?
We booked our night in the Premier Travel Inn because it's near the airport and so has a good road link to drive to it, and because it is handily located just across the road from a Metro station making it easy to get to the city centre.
Booking online I selected a twin room, with two full breakfasts, coming in at a grand total of £75.
The hotel is situated right next to the Wheatsheaf Pub, and after an initial confusion about which car park we go into (it turns out you can use either) we rolled up to the reception desk, with a very friendly welcome, and found the booking had been recorded perfectly.
Strangely I had to pay straight away, rather than on leaving, but 2 minutes later and we were in the room.
What can you say about a Premier Travel Inn room? Basic but comfortable just about covers it. The two beds were large enough (I'm 6'3") with plenty of room round about, and a large desk with big TV (with all terrestrial channels) and coffee & tea making facilities. The bathroom, again, was perfectly clean, white-tiled, with a shower over bath. And again it was of a very good size.
As we came and went (out to the match, back, then out again, then back in in the small hours) every member of staff we came across was perfectly friendly and chatty. The night passed quietly, not a whisper heard from the Metro line as it started up in the morning.
The only problem of the stay came with breakfast. Again our booking had worked perfectly, but the breakfast is served in the pub next door, meaning a walk out into the cold first thing in the morning. Secondly, the newspapers we had requested weren't outside the door in the morning, and there weren\'t any in the breakfast room either.
Breakfast itself was a generous full English, seemingly cooked to order rather than fetched yourself from a buffet. You could, however, pick up as much toast and coffee as you wanted.
The morning after loses a star to this review, unfortunately, and next time we're going to consider staying at the PremierTravel Inn right beside the airport. Sure the walk to the Metro is longer, but you get breakfast in the same building, and plenty of papers to read.
But if you\'re after a comfortable room, with friendly staff, and ease of getting into Newcastle city centre, for a reasonable price, you could do worse than this particular hotel.
How helpful would this review be to a person making a buying decision? Rating guidelines
A short drive or easy Metro ride from Newcastle Airport, this Premier Inn hotel is also a ... more
15-minute Metro trip from Newcastle city centre. Enjoy free parking and an on-site pub.The Premier Inn Newcastle Airport (South) is beside Callerton Parkway Metro...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
very helpful by (92%):
helpful by (8%):
