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It beats sleeping in lay-bys

Advantages: Handy for the motorway without being noisy
Disadvantages: OK for an overnight stop but not really where you'd want to spend TOO long on a roundabout

We thought my friend Alex would never get married. He passed 35, 40 and 45 and was still a single man, albeit one with a live-in girlfriend for the last few years. So when he called and said he was getting married there was no way that we were going to mi ...

koshkha 06.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Holiday Inn Express Taunton M5, Jct 25, Taunton

Diamond review  Holiday Inn a Refrigerator

Advantages: Reasonably priced, well appointed hotel. Convenient Location
Disadvantages: Poor staff communication and complaint handling

And so it came to pass that I found myself in need of a room to stay in the environs of Alton Towers so that I could go to the Ciao meet. The suggestion had been made that we all try to book ourselves in to the Holiday Inn, Stoke on Trent since there wer ...

CareBear 25.10.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Express By Holiday Inn, Stoke-on-Trent

Diamond review  Bog Off

Advantages: Clean, Good food, reasonable rates, decent facilities, great location
Disadvantages: Staff communication

After the last Ciao meet and the wonderful (not) hotel that we all remember so fondly I was relieved to find the words 'Holiday' and 'Inn' on the community page as the suggested hotel for the Alton Towers meet. I have stayed in more Holiday Inn Hotels tha ...

Cheekychicken 23.10.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Express By Holiday Inn, Stoke-on-Trent

Standards, At What Price

Advantages: The Holiday Inn, Middlesbrough is pet friendly and has friendly staff generally and the breakfast is good
Disadvantages: standards are deceptive with several different tariffs that are not made explicit while rooms are down graded to match the price paid

Do not be deceived into thinking that a good price at a branded hotel chain means the expected standard. In their advertising for The Holiday Inn, Middlesbrough they actually use an executive room for their publicity with no reference to the fact that the ...

clairejones 15.03.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Express By Holiday Inn, Stoke-on-Trent

Good, easy place to sleep.

Advantages: Friendly staff, non-intrusive, comfortable.
Disadvantages: No Frills!!

I have been to the Express Inn, Stoke-on-Trent a number of times now. I went a first time with a large group of friends and we continue to go back. Cost The prices range significantly between £30 - £70 and as far as I can tell you get pretty much the ...

cheekie83 29.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Express By Holiday Inn, Stoke-on-Trent