David Horne

Mark Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Jim Ley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > On Thu, 4 May 2006 00:37:04 +0100, "ALAN HARRISON"
    > > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >>Last interview I had - which reminds me I must chase them for the
    > >>expenses! - I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express. It was a bit dearer than
    > >>the
    > >>Travelodge but rather more like a "real" hotel with a breakfast buffet and
    > >>fuller room facilities.
    > >
    > > Lots of travel lodges have a breakfast buffet, it's pretty good (well
    > > the one in farringdon is, my regular travel lodge is opposite my
    > > former local and the best in the country greasy spoon where they still
    > > remind me of the order I actually want when I'm still too asleep to
    > > remember the right adjustments, so I never use that one (and wouldn't
    > > use the others unless someone else has pre-paid it)
    > >
    > > What other in room facillities are you missing?
    >
    > The bigger ones have breakfast buffets, the smaller ones tend not to have
    > anything except a reception. Even when they do have a breakfast served it's
    > something like �7 which is crazy IMO. Instead I usually buy the prepacked
    > bowls of cereal from the garage, 89p each. Cheap? Me?

I've stayed at the one in central Ilford, and it has the breakfast
'bag.' However, there are plenty of cafes nearby, who'll do a decent
fry-up for around 4 quid, and you cheaper (and healthier!) options are
available too.

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