Each room will have twin beds that can be pushed together to create a double, a bathroom with a power shower, free wifi, a TV and air conditioning.
Whitbread, the company who own Premier Inn, say the rooms will measure 8.5m square and billed them as "basics done brilliantly".
Breakfast is served in a "large communal area" which "transforms into a bar in the evenings".
The first hotel is set to open in Cardiff's Roath district early next year.
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Whitbread's CEO, Alison Brittain, said the intention was to fill a "niche in an under-served market".
She wants Zip to be "attracting those guests who are on a particularly tight budget but still expect and deserve the basics done brilliantly".
Six of the rooms have had been on sale to customers "for many months" as a trial.
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Premier Inn standard rooms are double the size of the new 'pods'Credit: ReutersPremier Inn managing director Simon Jones said customers were "happy to compromise on location or some extras if they are paying a fantastic price for their room".
The first Zip hotel is due to open in the Roath district of Cardiff in early 2019, while the second is set to be in Southampton.
Historic Drake’s Island off Devon coast goes on sale for £6m – and could be transformed into Caribbean-style hotelHotels will certainly offer you discounts for long-term bookings - phone around and find out. A friend of mine did that for a while for work. Whether it makes financial sense is another question.
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24/09/17 - 10:20 #9
Its worth asking but others have said you will probably have more luck with a B&B where the owner has more flexibility.
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24/09/17 - 10:22 #10
Premier inn are better
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24/09/17 - 10:24 #11
Travelodge is the one of the most depressing places I've stayed in.
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24/09/17 - 10:34 edited 24/09/17 - 10:37 #12
Welcome to the life of consulting as a lot of consultants do, one guy I work with was sent on a contract lasting a couple of months and Premier Inn was the hotel he chose due to proximity to the client
Spent about 3 1/2 months living there weekdays, going home to his family weekends.
I think he booked the first two months in one go, getting a special rate, the next month in one block at the special rate, the final few weeks ad-hoc
You should speak to the hotel's reservations people directly rather than through a web site which also takes a booking fee and have no interest in offering a reduced rate
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24/09/17 - 12:39 edited 24/09/17 - 12:40 #13
I think the B&B option sounds a lot more sensible, or even one of those holiday apartments that you can book for a week or a month, as long as you need.
ETA: At this time of year a B&B is going to be cheaper than it would be in peak season. Where I live, in Bath, we have a lot of people who rent out very nice holiday apartments, which obviously aren't leased - you just rent it for as long as you need as if you were holidaying.
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24/09/17 - 12:52 #14
Laurel1ne wrote: »
Welcome to the life of consulting as a lot of consultants do, one guy I work with was sent on a contract lasting a couple of months and Premier Inn was the hotel he chose due to proximity to the client
Spent about 3 1/2 months living there weekdays, going home to his family weekends.
I think he booked the first two months in one go, getting a special rate, the next month in one block at the special rate, the final few weeks ad-hoc
You should speak to the hotel's reservations people directly rather than through a web site which also takes a booking fee and have no interest in offering a reduced rate
how very depressing and yet representative of our "live to work" culture.
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24/09/17 - 12:55 #15
JimmyRustler wrote: »
Laurel1ne wrote: »
Welcome to the life of consulting as a lot of consultants do, one guy I work with was sent on a contract lasting a couple of months and Premier Inn was the hotel he chose due to proximity to the client
Spent about 3 1/2 months living there weekdays, going home to his family weekends.
I think he booked the first two months in one go, getting a special rate, the next month in one block at the special rate, the final few weeks ad-hoc
You should speak to the hotel's reservations people directly rather than through a web site which also takes a booking fee and have no interest in offering a reduced rate
how very depressing and yet representative of our "live to work" culture.
Unfortunately it goes hand-in-hand with our 'desire to eat' and 'pay the bills' culture
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24/09/17 - 12:58 #16
tealady wrote: »
AaaaaHaaaaahhhhh
Talk Like a Pirate Day was last week....
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24/09/17 - 13:01 #17
muggins14 wrote: »
JimmyRustler wrote: »
Laurel1ne wrote: »
Welcome to the life of consulting as a lot of consultants do, one guy I work with was sent on a contract lasting a couple of months and Premier Inn was the hotel he chose due to proximity to the client
Spent about 3 1/2 months living there weekdays, going home to his family weekends.
I think he booked the first two months in one go, getting a special rate, the next month in one block at the special rate, the final few weeks ad-hoc
You should speak to the hotel's reservations people directly rather than through a web site which also takes a booking fee and have no interest in offering a reduced rate
how very depressing and yet representative of our "live to work" culture.
Unfortunately it goes hand-in-hand with our 'desire to eat' and 'pay the bills' culture
those two things are quite easily doable without having to spend 5 days a week in a travel tavern
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24/09/17 - 13:14 #18
JimmyRustler wrote: »
muggins14 wrote: »
JimmyRustler wrote: »
Laurel1ne wrote: »
Welcome to the life of consulting as a lot of consultants do, one guy I work with was sent on a contract lasting a couple of months and Premier Inn was the hotel he chose due to proximity to the client
Spent about 3 1/2 months living there weekdays, going home to his family weekends.
I think he booked the first two months in one go, getting a special rate, the next month in one block at the special rate, the final few weeks ad-hoc
You should speak to the hotel's reservations people directly rather than through a web site which also takes a booking fee and have no interest in offering a reduced rate
how very depressing and yet representative of our "live to work" culture.
Unfortunately it goes hand-in-hand with our 'desire to eat' and 'pay the bills' culture
those two things are quite easily doable without having to spend 5 days a week in a travel tavern
Well we don't know the OP's circumstances - perhaps he likes his job and it pays well and he feels the situation is worth it, perhaps the alternatives aren't that attractive (taking a lower paid job elsewhere in a less satisfying job). Who knows. Everybody's circumstances are different.
I'd be worrying more about the people who are living on nearly nothing, forced to work zero hours, etc. than somebody who has a job which means they can afford to even consider staying in a hotel long-term.
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24/09/17 - 13:44 #19
p_c_u_k wrote: »
Yes, I know it sounds very Alan Partridge, but it's a genuine question.
Yes, many times for work.
At one point, I spent 16 continuous months living out of hotels. Including nearly 6 months in "The Midland" in Manchester, 2 months in a Marriott in York, a month in The Hilton in York - I couldn't face going away on holiday for nearly 2 years after that.
As well as other stints which included three months in what was the Carlton Highland in Edinburgh.
I'd recommend that you find the email address of hotels (not just Travelodge etc) that are convenient for where you want to stay and make direct contact with them - you'll get a very good deal direct with them if you block book for months at a time.
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24/09/17 - 14:05 #20
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuN7kOW7iwoMudbox wrote: »
tealady wrote: »
AaaaaHaaaaahhhhh
Talk Like a Pirate Day was last week....
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24/09/17 - 15:47 #21
Many homeless people in Peterborough have been forced to live at Travelodge for extended periods because they were evicted from their homes to make way for homeless people from Barnet. Make sense of that if you can.