Stayed for two nights from Sunday 17th Aug - Mon 18th Aug 2008. Arrived at 13.45pm on Sunday. Couldn't check in until 3pm unless we wanted to pay a £10 early check-in fee. We didn't so took our luggage back to car (which is on level 9 of the adjacent car park, the same floor as travelodge reception). Went for lunch and came back to check-in about 4pm. It wasn't a problem, but think this is a new policy as often get to hotels earlier than official check-in time (including Travelodges) and if rooms are ready its not usually a problem. I had booked the short 2-day break for myself and husband on the £19 pre payment per night per room deal knowing this particular Travelodge and its location as stayed there in January 2007 with friends on a similar cheap deal.
I didn't particularly find the male receptionist welcoming on any occasion we attended the reception desk. He did his job but seemed irritated that he was being bothered by us or anyone else at the desk. We had no remote control in our room, its not that we are too lazy to change tv channel manually but we felt the need to report there was no remote incase we got sent a bill if they claimed it was there when we entered our room. We didn't know whether it was a Nokia or Phillips so we had to find that out ourselves. Therefore we didn't get the remote at time of reporting it as we were on our way out, and later on when I mentioned it, he came with me to my room and then took remote from another room. I was a little confused but we got a remote and it stayed in our room throughout our duration. On our return to the hotel having been out on our 2nd day. We couldn't get our card to work. The lady on reception said although we were booked in the room for 2 nights the person issueing the card (male receptionist as previously mentioned) had only given access for one night. Its lucky we returned back in the afternoon as otherwise to access the hotel we would have had to use the dodgy carpark stairs and go up 9 levels to go in through main reception.
I did remember that due to the hotel being in the centre of Ilford and next to the activities of the evening (cinema, bowling, food outlets) that it can be noisy. personally I don't mind traffic noise while I'm trying to sleep, but my husband found it noisier than the time before (he thinks we were staying higher up and therefore further from the noise on the previous visit). I found the bed comfortable but he didn't.
I actually think Travelodges are exceedingly good value when paying the £19 per room per night.....maybe even £29, but I'm not sure they are ever worth £50 - £60.
Also need to remember you have to pay in the attached carpark, but I think that was good value as we arrived at 13.45 on 17th and left at 11.00 on 19th. You have to remember to give your carpark pass to reception to scan so that you don't pay between 5pm - 9am, but it cost £7.70 for almost 2 days. (this compares to £15 a day in Nottingham!). If we could have been bothered we could have paid £6.50, as 'lost' tickets are charged at £6.50 a day. We could probably have lost our ticket and I doubt they would have checked we'd been there nearly two.
Room 116 which we stayed in was clean, big and light. I couldn't see anywhere to adjust room temperature but it was just right for me anyway.

Having stayed at both many budget hotels and good hotels alike I generally rate my stay by how comfortable the stay is. The hotel is in a good location in Ilford town centre, next to a Cineworld cinema. We booked 4 rooms for a family function. Each room was at the front of the hotel which was on the main road, which sounded more like the M25. We had to use the sofa bed for our daughter. She couldn't sleep due to the road noise so I swapped with her. The noise was intense and keep me awake all night. The room, bed, shower etc. are all ok. Take your own shampoo, irons etc. as the room literally has nothing. There were a few tea/coffee sachets in the room but we had to ask for a kettle and only 50% of the lights had bulbs in them! Car parking is free for travelodge guests at the multi storey which links directly to the hotel reception. Beware if you arrive before 5pm or leave after 9am you will be charged for the parking at the standard car park rates which could make your cheap hotel rate a little more expensive as we learnt. If you have to stay at this place insist for a room which overlooks the back of the hotel (where the car park entrance is) or is as far away from the main road as possible. Better still, there is another travelodge in Ilford which is not too far from this one. You're better off trying there if you want a half decent nights sleep.

Myself and my partner went to london for a long weekend and stayed in this hotel. I booked online a couple of weeks in advance and got a family room (double bed, and bed sette) for £25 per night. You know what you get with these hotels, spacious clean room, onsuite with bath and power shower, colour tv and coffe making facilities...............what more do you need for a couple of nights away. There is a ncp car park attached which you can access directly to the hotel from level 9. Next door there are a couple of restaurants, Nandos and Frankie and Bennys. Within 2mins walk you can reach ilford centre where there is an array of shops, bars, eateries. Roughly 5mins walk away there is ilford tube where roughly every 10mins there is a train that goes straight into liverpool st station, central london, this takes about 20mins. All in all for £25 you cannot moan about anything. I had no problems with the hotel whatsoever.
The only thing i will agree with is the area irself is a little intimadating, i experienced no issues when accessing / leaving the hotel or walking from the tube nack to the hotel (even at 1am in the morning!!!!), but i did feel slightly at unease - although as i said i didnt experience any issues.
All in all for a weekend in london this hotel is ideally located, and for £25 you cant go wrong...................if i was going back to london i would definatly stay again.

Was working in Stratford and was therefore booked into the Ilford Travelodge. A few semi-issues that for the visit were not a problem due to the length of stay and the fact that the hotel is budget.

The room itself was a family room on the third floor and as I was travelling alone, I had plenty of space. There was a single, small soap supplied. The TV had tuning issues and the room retained a smell of previous occupants smoking, through the duration of my stay, but this was overall budget accomodation. Tea/coffee facilities available (in fact, had two kettles for some reason!).

Throughout the night there was traffic noise (window closed) from the A118 (Winston Way) alongside the hotel, which may be an issue for light-sleepers. The free parking from 5pm - 9am at the next-door Brittania multi-storey was good, but make sure you get your ticket validated by reception before you return to your vehicle.

The property itself needs some maintenance; lift(s) bouncy, light-fitting covers missing and wallpaper in corridors peeling, to refresh it.

The staff on reception (when I found it!!) were helpful and I was asked how my stay was on checking out, which was nice.

Wireless access is available but charged by card or vouchers.

Overall, the experience wasn't brilliant and wasn't terrible, as this was relatively low-cost. Travelodge just need to open their wallet and make some impovements