Travelodge London Covent Garden

The basics were OK, the bed,TV and bathroom all worked. As I checked in as a single I got a very small single room. The AC unit was broken and looked like it hadn't produced any cold air for years and was very dirty. The ceiling was stained with leaks from above and the room needed a makeover. The bathroom was spotless, clean and modern. For L105 a night would I go back - No. I would try somewhere else despite the great location. London Underground is fast enough to get you anywhere around the areas within 15mins

There are two sister hotels within sight of eachother. We stayed at the one with family rooms (bigger than those in some other travel lodges I've stayed in). IMO, it's not actually in Covent Garden but on the junction of High Holborn and Museum Street. It's much easier to find straight down the main road from Holborn Station, too.

This is a great location. Less than a five minute walk will take you to the Shaftesbury Theatre, British Museum and Tottenham Court Road. A few more minutes will take you all of the way down Drury Lane as well as to Covent Garden. Great public transport links. Easy access from Euston, St Pancras and Kings Cross. NCP adjacent.

Prices vary a lot. Their website quoted L45.50 for Friday and L99 for Saturday. However, if you tried to book a two night stay it charges the higher rate for both nights. Easy way around that was to make two booking as part of the same transaction and get your room key revalidated before mid-day for the second night. No problems but a bit of a naughty trick on their part. Breakfast buffet was L7.50 but the kids ate free (cereal, fruit salad, fruit juice, hot drinks, cooked breakfast, cake, croissant, etc).

Already planning our next trip.

There are two Travelodge hotels at this location, one with double rooms and one with family rooms and I was staying in the family hotel in High Holborn. The Holborn and Covent Garden tube stations are on the same tube line as Paddington station which is useful if you arrive by train. The staff were really friendly and the room basic and clean which is as expected and a reasonable size with bath and shower. There are Sainsburys and Marks and Spencers grocery stores within a few minutes walk. Less than five minutes walk to Covent Garden, Shaftesbury Theatre, Royal Opera House and the British Museum. Ten minutes walk to Oxford Street and a little further to Piccadilly. Also within walking distance of Harrods although it will take about forty minutes but a very interesting route passing Fortnum and Mason, Hatchards (lovely book shop) Buckingham Palace etc.