Premier Inn

[furball]

It looks as though Premier Inn have twigged that cyclists are looking for bike friendly accommodation so it's now a marketing campaign
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/why/bike-friendly.html

They also get a bit cocky and offer tips for cyclists.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Will be off in a while to spend most of my week in a Premier. No bike though.

 

[Brandane]

Travelodge are also good for cyclists. Not sure if they have any official policy as such, but I have never had a problem with taking a clean bike into a room, and I have stayed in quite a few.

 

[Profpointy]

Quite amusing that the tips include "what to pack in your ruksack". For all that it is a good thing, and quite clever marketing as premier inns are likely underused on weekends. A win-win as they say

 

[Andrew_P]

If you pre book enough in advance they are excellent Value too. £29 a night mostly. The only downside I have come across are a lot of them are used by Road Worker/Builders in the SE travelling from all over the UK. Nothing particularly wrong with that other than the smell of takeaways, mud, and busy bar etc. The main thing they make it hard to catch a bargain Mon-Thurs as they must block book them way in advance.

Always clean tidy and fairly well equipped. Only criticism would be no empty fridge and most of them are really hot. They are everything Travelodge should have been and have left them behind. Even re-modelled Travelodges feel like a blat back to the 90's

 

[Slick]

Will be off in a while to spend most of my week in a Premier. No bike though.

I feel your pain as I can spend the odd week in there and find the menu can get a bit samey after a while.

I started a thread about taking my bike in to the Premier Inn some time ago which even included a couple of pictures, if memory serves. There's a few who make claims then mutter under their breath when you try to make use of their claim but they are genuinely very welcoming to cyclists. Birmingham did offer to store my bike in a locked room behind reception but didn't bat an eye when I insisted on taking it to my room.

 

[Slick]

 

[mjr]

Travelodge are also good for cyclists. Not sure if they have any official policy as such, but I have never had a problem with taking a clean bike into a room, and I have stayed in quite a few.

They do but don't publicise it as well as Premier Inn.

Beware that "hub by Premier Inn" don't allow bikes. Their central London ones suggest you lock up on the street outside!

 

[Drago]

Fair play to Premier Inn. Apart from the advertising it costs them little or nothing. The only downside is having to share a bed with Lenny Henry.

 

[subaqua]

Fair play to Premier Inn. Apart from the advertising it costs them little or nothing. The only downside is having to share a bed with Lenny Henry.

It seems Dawn French twigged that too.

 

[jay clock]

[QUOTE 5107552, member: 259"]ln fairness, there's not enough space for a bike (or anything else really!) in them. The beds are still good though, which I do like about Premier Inn.[/QUOTE]
my experience of Premier Inns is huge rooms. Even the Shoreditch one was a decent size

and they are great with bikes

 

[Cycleops]

These budget hotels are almost as good the ones you do bird in in Norway.

 

[steveindenmark]

I wouldn't knock them. Its a big step forward for cycle touring. If only trains could see the same business sense.

 

[Blue Hills]

Fair play to them, though I did note this:

"We welcome clean bikes with dirt-free tyres"

What sort of bike tour is that going to have been?

Though as long as they can offer secure stowage I'd be happy - I wouldn't want to muck up a room/carpet.

 

[ColinJ]

Fair play to them, though I did note this:

"We welcome clean bikes with dirt-free tyres"

What sort of bike tour is that going to have been?

One where you clean your bike in a Premier Inn car park... ?