Hotel in Detail:
A modern and cotemporary styled hotel, the Travelodge City Airport opened in December 2005.Onsite is a good sized fully licensed bar on the ground floor which is open until 1 am. There are 2 lifts giving access to all floors. Although the hotel does not offer left luggage facilities you can use the facilities at City Airport which are charged at a reasonable rate.
This hotel has a Bar Cafe onsite serving all meals of the day along with alcoholic beverages. Breakfast is a buffet with full cooked breakfast an option.
WiFi internet service can be picked up in this hotel.
Due to security considerations it is not possible to store luggage at the hotel.
Smoking is not permitted throughout hotel.
Lift to all floors.
Travelodge provide standard facilities across their UK chain in order that the customer knows what to expect at each hotel. Standard facilities include King-sized bed and duvet (in most hotel's), spare pillows in wardrobe, En-suite bathroom with shower, Remote-control colour TV, Tea and coffee-making facilities, Direct dial phone, Internet access and In room films.
Onsite standard facilities include a 24 hour reception, breakfast served (charge) and a drink/snack vending machine. Lodges offer express check-in facilities and no need for check-out.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: DLR Station: London City Airport 0.2 miles (0.3 km), Railway Station: Woolwich Dockyard 1 miles (1.6 km), Tube Station: North Greenwich 1.8 miles (2.9 km), Motorway: M11 Junction 4 6.3 miles (10.1 km).You will find the Travelodge London City Airport enjoys a great location. Opposite the airport runway and just over half a mile from Excel exhibition centre. This part of London is to the far East, less than 3 miles from the Docklands and canary Wharf, some 5.8 miles from the City of London and 7.7 miles from the centre of tourist London. This redeveloped part of London links to the capital via the mono-rail system known as the DLR. However transport links by road are good and its an easy journey to most places by taxi or car. The train ride into central London takes around 35 minutes. The Olympic Park is less than 4 miles from this location to the North. Although the very immediate vicinity has little to offer the surrounding areas are far more lively with various amenities. The hotel is just on the North side of the River Thames while nearby on the south side are the Millennium Dome (1.9 miles), Royal Observatory Greenwich (2.7 miles), National Maritime Museum (2.7 miles) and Cutty Sark ship (2.8 miles). The 60 acre Gallions Reach shopping park is just 1.3 miles away on the North East corner of the airport. The nearest crossing point on the Thames is the Woolwich Ferry, which is a free service for pedestrians and vehicles and runs from early morning till evening. The alternative is the Blackwall Tunnel which is open 24 hours.
Wireless Internet: 30 minutes internet access is complimentary (no charge), 24 hours is £3, 1 week is £12, 2 weeks is £20, 1 month is £35
Parking: available onsite (fee) (for use while resident only)
Bedroom Numbers: 5 floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.1 out of 5 by 1034 past guests
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 397 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.1 out of 5 from 1034 reviews)
More hotels from this chain
If your first option for an alternative is again the Travelodge chain take a look at these closest alternatives:
Travelodge Excel: is 0.3 miles (0.5 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 82% and rates start from about £46.
Travelodge London Docklands Central: is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 82% and base rates begin at about £49.
Travelodge Stratford Hotel: 3.1 miles (5.0 km), rated at 80% and with rates from around £40.
Travelodge Aldgate East: 5.0 miles (8.0 km), rated at 56% and with rates from around £48.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 82% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 72%. Therefore this hotel is well above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole. Travelodge Hotels across the chain average 79% so this hotel is just above the average rating for Travelodge hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 544th from 853 London hotels, 8th of 39 Travelodge Hotels, and 165th of 315 three star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar type of hotel (size, rating) nearby (0.4 miles, 0.7 km) would be the 3 star Fox Connaught London ExCel,
with rates that start from about £98 and which has a 71% guest satisfaction rating. The Fox Connaught London ExCel also offers: free WiFi.
We can also suggest a cheaper options nearby which would be the Travelodge London Docklands Central. 2.1 miles
from the Travelodge City Airport (3.4 km), has scored 80%
from former guests and has rates from around £49. Can we suggest something with a higher guest score? We suggest the 3 Star Premier Inn Docklands Excel seems like a possible option. The Premier Inn Docklands Excel is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) away. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 90%.
Local hotels analysed:
The closest fifty hotels around this area (1 Connaught Road, E16 2FA postcode) that are listed on this website cover a 3.8 miles (6.2 km) radius. The numbers for each star rating are 3 five star hotels (average rating 87%), 17 four star hotels (average rating 81%), 22 three star hotels (average rating 79%), 6 two star hotels (average rating 61%) and 2 one star hotels (average rating 62%). The highest rating in the area goes to Premier Inn Docklands Excel (3 star) and also the Premier Inn Greenwich (3 star) (both joint top with 90%).Base Rates: We look at what the average base rates are for the area and by star rating. These rates do not take account of offers and short term deals so are just a guide.
For the fifty local hotels we hold base rate data on 46 of them. If we look at the average for all hotels in the area (nearest 50) we get an average base rate of £87 per night. The lowest rates are at £40 at Travelodge Stratford Hotel (3 Star, 80%) and highest base rates of £291 at Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel (5 Star, 87%). Averages for each sector of star rating: Five Star average: £199, Four Star average: £100, Three Star average: £65, Two Star average: £32 and One Star average: £52.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank Travelodge City Airport 18th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 6th (joint) for the 22 three star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 9th of 46 (4th of 21 three star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 8th of 46 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (Cart And Horses Hotel Stratford was top).