Travelodge London City Airport

As someone who doesn't normally stay in travelodge hotels, I was very impressed.

We chose this hotel on the basis of its location as we were flying from London City Airport the following day. The hotel is only 5 minutes walk from the DLR stop (10 min with luggage!). Even at night the walk felt safe as it was well lit.

Check-in was quick and efficient and we were given a room on the top floor. Security at the hotel was very good as you needed your room key to open the door to the lift area.

The room was large with plenty of room for luggage/bags etc. As we were on the opposite side of the hotel to the Airport, we heard no aircraft noise. The room was also very clean.

Overall, an excellent hotel for London City Airport.

My travels seem destined to acquaint me with the totality of Travelodges in London, and this time it was City Airport's turn.

Honestly the only functionality I can see to this hotel is, a clean, cheap and safe place to sleep if you are not planning to do anything in central London that evening or the next morning. Not being able to check in before 3 PM, the idea of venturing back onto the tube at rush hour was not appealing: and you'd be hard pressed to go anywhere the following morning and get back to the room before the 12 o'clock checkout.

There is literally nothing in the area around the hotel except a petrol station with a small shop. Nearest Tesco was Canary Wharf and after reading what others have written about the hotel food, I went there around 7 to have a pint and pick up some snacks for the room. But the travel connections are unappealing. There is a bus stand directly in front of the hotel, but buses pass infrequently and then it's 15 minutes to Canning Town Tube/DLR, with a further ride onto anywhere worth going.

There are (usually) more convenient options at the same price and within the same chain.

Having said all that - room was the usual clean, comfortable travelodge, and I did get an excellent night's sleep, so... thanks!

.. you get what you pay for.

I was looking for a hotel conveniently close to London City Airport so I could easily catch an early morning flight. It is located 5-10 minutes walk from the airport (depending how fast you walk); but too close to take a taxi. However, not a pleasant walk, mostly along dimly lit footpaths and under railway bridges. I wouldn't recommend it at night to people with a nervous disposition.

I checked into the hotel about 7pm. Only one person on reception, and a queue of 5-6 people which it took about 20 minutes to process. Not sure why but the check-in process was very slow. When I got to my room the first thing I noticed was the smell of wet carpet; seems like someone had tipped the contents of the kettle onto the floor. Under normal circumstances I would have asked for another room, but was in a hurry to go out to an evening function and could not afford time to wait in the reception queue for another 20 minutes.

When i got back to the hotel later that evening (about 11pm) my card key no longer worked. Again only one person on reception and only one person in front of me, but it took 10-15 minutes to "process" him (part of the problem was that the hotel had run out of card keys) before I could get my card key re-set and to get into my smelly room.

The best thing I can say is that the reception staff are very polite... I guess they have to be to placate frustrated guests.