I'm not going to start off by slagging off Peterborough but I was perplexed when I found out that every hotel in Peterborough was jam packed on a Wednesday night?!?!? Why???

Anyways, that left me with the only option of the Travelodge Central, and given that I was on a business trip and therefore not paying myself I was less than impressed. And therein lies the first question, if every hotel in town is full how did they fit us in no problems, and what's more why did I not see (or even hear!!) a single other guest during my stay???

Ok, so the hotel is just off what seems to be the centre of Peterborough but at night it seemed a little desolate and I was less than keen on venturing out.

Check in was fairly quick, although the guy just stood there looking at me until i asked him if i could have the key, which he responded to by saying i had to pay first?? I've never paid at check in before but hey ho it's not my money so I handed my card over and he charged me the £50 for the room. The reception is about as sparse as anywhere else in the hotel although it did have a Stella Artois vending machine?!?

I made my way to the room and I was actually impressed by the fact that the corridor to the room was also accessed using the key card, a feature I only normally see in the more expensive hotels. I guess that is possibly because in this case reception is on the 1st floor so you can actually access the hotel without going past reception.

The room was just about as basic as it gets, bed, TV, kettle although i was bemused by the amount of space in the room. I can't figure why they couldn't have utilised the space much better but to the left of the bet there was just a big patch of carpeted nothingness about 8 foot wide??

The bathroom was again about as basic as it gets, toilet, sink, shower over bath and a bar of soap.

To it's credit I have to say that the Travelodge was very clean.

Given the option, unless perhaps I was on a lads night out, I wouldn't stop in a Travelodge. It's cheap but certainly not cheerful. If you want a "no frills" bed for the night and don't want to spend a lot of cash then this is for you, but just don't expect much.

Overall, yes good value for money but for £50 I'd probably try find a decent little B&B instead.

We stayed at the Travelodge Peterborough Central for 1 night on Friday 22 Dec 2007.
We booked a Family room as from experience you always get a bigger room and a sofa too.
As this Travelodge is new, everything in the room was working and spotless and because of that it is hard to fault.
However, just be aware of the noise outside the hotel as there are 2 nightclubs across the road. We were on the top floor (4th) and could hear loud and clear everything outside until around 4am. If you get a room facing the back it may not seem to bad though.
The hotel do warn you of the noise on the website though and if you are there mid week it should not be too bad at all.
Staff were friendly and helpful.
All in all it's a good base in the middle of the city and if you get the cheap rates on their website you are really getting a bargain for such a central hotel.