Travelodge check in policy?

[grams]

(My wedding night at Newcastle Airport Premier Inn turned out to be a taxi ride and a night in Cramlington. Overselling is industry wide)

Unlike Travelodge, the Premier Inn T+Cs don't mention relocation, so unless the terms were different in the past this was a breach of contract (or the Newcastle hotel was on fire).

Missing from the other tale of woe is a phone call to the hotel reception on the night - making sure the staff on duty know is the only way I'd expect to guarantee a room for a late arrival.

(oddly the PI T+Cs explicitly tell you to do this if you plan to arrive after 11 pm, for vague reasons about reception doors being locked)

[Ben T]

I think the cooked breakfast at a PI does need to be ordered

It doesn't, it's just kept warm in tureens under a lamp. You can pay for it in advance, which they would like you to do, but you can just walk-up and pay on the spot and it costs no more,which is what I always do.
Poached eggs and porridge are the only things that are cooked to order.

[telstarbox]

And veggie sausages

[aidan.f]

You can have porridge as part of a cheaper continental.

[Ben T]

You can have porridge as part of a cheaper continental.

can you really, that's good to know...I often just want something hot, it's almost certainly much hotter than what passes for bacon and sausages in there 

[Diesel]

Checked in at 0630 at a Travelodge in May. Didn't plan to be that late but they didn't bat an eyelid!it was fine but I should have phoned ahead

A Premier Inn was annoyed when I checked in at 0400 on another night but it was still fine, again better to phone ahead

[hellymedic]

You can have porridge as part of a cheaper continental.

can you really, that's good to know...I often just want something hot, it's almost certainly much hotter than what passes for bacon and sausages in there 

Certainly can at Premier Inn.
No idea about Travelodge.

AIUI the 'Continental' option is £6.99 and Premier option is £8.99.

The extra £2 buys a lot if that's what you want. I'm not a cooked breakfast person and my modest breakfast does not really justify £7.