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Hotel Travelodge Montreal Centre
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50 Rene-Levesque Boul WMontreal, QC H2Z 1A2
(514) 874-9090
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
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- Wi-Fi:
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8 reviews for Hotel Travelodge Montreal Centre
8 reviews in English
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Review from Kimberly H.
Barrie, ON
2/12/2012
We only checked the Yelp reviews after booking this hotel (if I had read the other reviews before, I probably would have booked somewhere else). Upon arrival we were a bit apprehensive because of what others had said, but I didn't think it was as bad as previous reviews, especially considering the price. This review is rated 3/5 mainly due to the location and price ($56/night on weekends in the winter for one double bed). Definitely the place to stay if you're on a tight budget.
Positives:
Price -- super cheap. You would be very hard-pressed to find another hotel for this price in this area.
Location -- great downtown location. Right around the corner from the Metropolis, China town, the subway stop, rue Sainte Catherine and about a kilometre from the train station.
Customer service -- Both receptionists were very friendly and helpful, even when you stumble back into the hotel at night after being at a bar for a few hours ;)
Free WIFI -- it was a little difficult to get connected, but once you have the connection, it works fine - even on my old beast of a laptop.
Free continental buffet breakfast -- It's a pretty sparse breakfast (cereal, toast, croissants, coffee, tea, juice, some orange slices), but it's free! lol
Negatives:
Parking is extra.
There is definitely a bit of a damp, musty smell to the room.
You have to pay for local calls.
Cable TV was fuzzy (but when you're in Montreal, why would you be watching TV anyway?!)
Super small shower. The smallest shower I've ever seen anywhere. It was very difficult to scrub up without touching the shower curtain or tiles :S When I was done towelling myself off, I noticed a very long black hair on my stomach... I'm a redhead and Joel has short hair... so not sure if it came off the towel or the shower somewhere *barf*Comment from Ahmed E. of Hotel Travelodge Montreal Centre 3/6/2012
Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to provide us… More » -
Review from Kevin W.
12/21/2011
Don't expect much and you won't get much.
It was a bed and the price was right. -
Review from Coty S.
Updated - 7/8/2011
I have to update my review for this Travelodge. We recently stayed here again, and it was completely disgusting. The only good thing, was that there was climate control. Other than that:
-The room stunk of wet dog.
-Early in the morning, I would awaken to the smell of cigarette smoke, even in the hallway.
-The complimentary breakfast was disgusting. The bread was hard and dry.
-The wifi did not work, even in the lobby. So I was forced to use my cell phone to check my email, which cost me about $80 in fees.
-The television barely recieved five random channels at a time, they would fade in and out.
For over $100 per night, this place is a total dump. There are many better hotels in the area to stay at that are cheaper.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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1/30/2010
We must have come after the renovation because we had nothing here but excellent experience and… Read more »
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Review from Robert G.
1/17/2012
Staying in downtown Montreal can be expensive, and this is probably one of the only affordable recognizable chain names in the city's core. And that's where it stops.
The rooms are extremely spartan, the case goods are non-existent (shelving instead) and the bathrooms have a tiny shower compartment (not a tub-shower combo). Then, you have to deal with parking. It was so expensive that I found free street parking about 4 miles north of the hotel and used the Metro to park/pick-up the car. Overall, this hotel is kind of dismal. On the flip side, for a reasonable price, you get an excellent breakfast on the 2nd floor mezzanine and the location, at Boulevards Rene-Levesque and Saint Laurent, is about as good as it gets...you can walk to many of the downtown attractions in this phenomenal city. Caution: the price can climb when there are special events in town. At that point, it's way better to stay in the suburbs at a nicer hotel and have a rental car...and you just about break-even. -
Review from Graeham M.
Toronto, ON
7/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
upon entering our sleeping quarters at Travelodge I couldn't stop the sinking sensation that slowly spread throughout my body. The room was habitable, yet barely so. Had we been paying a nominal fee normally associated with a low-end budget hostel in Nicaragua I would have been ecstatic, yet here we were in Montreal, and due to lack of available inventory we were essentially relegated to paying $130/ night for a room with rickety wrought iron bunk beds, a grainy 11 inch TV perched at a neck straining level in the far corner of the room and an indeterminate stench that permeated throughout.
To be fair I should mention that a continental breakfast and WiFi were included in the rate, yet the WiFi was unreliable and at breakfast we were forced to forage for the few remaining scraps of fruit and other miscellaneous breakfast items deemed unpalatable by previous hotel guests. A good ole hangover breakfast it was not!
On a more positive note-the staff were incredibly friendly and did try and do their best to offer directions, tips on the city... However you should avoid staying here unless it is absolutely necessary. -
Review from Darren M.
Ottawa, ON
11/25/2010
I stayed here last weekend and was quite surprised by this place but not in a good way.
I know where the Travelodge sits on the hierarchy of quality hotels but after staying at this location I felt as if this brand dropped a few spots on that list.
The check in process wasn't terrible but they did require the additional $100 in case you trash the room. When I got to my room I was shocked at the size of it. I didn't need anything big or fancy but the thing was tiny.
Worse yet was the bed which was as comfortable as the stained carpet probably was to sleep on. The unit was clean and they offered decent bathroom products along with an in room coffee maker.
I was out with friends quite late and got back to my room to hear the people next to me just having a normal conversation but I could hear every word they were saying through the paper thin walls.
I checked out easily and left town wondering if Travelodge's head office knows what they have in this downtown property in one of the busiest tourism cities in North America.
A big let down. -
Review from tman s.
12/24/2008
This is one of the cheapest.. ugliest places to stay in mtl especially with the area that it's in. Also if you have kids with you please try to stay somewhere safer. The rooms are from the 60's also not been renovated in years...
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Review from Rob R.
8/29/2010
Have I ever stayed at a worse hotel than this? Maybe in Eastern Europe after a trucker i hitchhiked with dropped me off there. Ok, i didn't really hitch hike through eastern Europe, nor stay at sketchy hostels, but you get the point.
This hotel has nothing more going for it than its location, and maybe some friendly reception desk staff. The hotel is located about 10 minutes walk from the hip / shopping center area (Rue St. Catherine) and 7 minutes walk from Basilica Notre Dame and the Old Port. All of the rooms are tiny (yes i had the pleasure of trying out two rooms within 4 hours), smelly, and not clean. In the first room, which was not ready at 11 am and was still being cleaned, was not clean what so ever. The sheets on the double bed were simply made but not changed. It was visible that someone had slept on them previously. The pull out sofa was missing pillows (they were not in the closet nor the dresser).
Unhygienic conditions are a good enough reason to complain and switch rooms. The attendant at the front desk offered to either give me new sheets have me put them on or put me in a different room with 4 separate beds (2 bunk beds). While the sheets were clean, everything else was dirtier. The metal string by which you turn a lamp on, was all covered with slimy and sticky dirt and the carpets weren't the cleanest either. The carpets in the public areas such as hallways and elevators, were extremely dirty and seemed to never have been cleaned. Because of the smell and poor laundry detergents, my friend had an allergic reaction and began to both cough a lot as well as itch intensely (hopefully this wasn't bed bugs, which have come to be everywhere recently.) To make matters worse, there were loud shrieks, yells, and glass bottles breaking in the room next door. After 3.5 hours of hell, we decided to get up and leave. The receptionist which had moved me rooms earlier in the night refunded all of my money including parking, as if he knew of the conditions and this was standard policy. When packing the car up in the underground garage, two young adults (in their early 20s) just randomly showed up there, swearing, cursing, and smoking right underneath the hotel, in the parking garage. As i was checking out, the 2 guys just randomly walked out through the emergency exit door, which is designed to be closed most of the time. I think they were outsiders, not staying at the hotel, but maybe just crashing a party or something.
Refunding brings me to the next point, of paying for your room. Usually at all normal hotels you provide a credit card, which is charged upon check Yout for the hotel rate plus any expenses (restaurant, business center, etc.) Here they placed a pre-authorization for the entire sum of that 1 night's stay plus $100. Why the extra hundred still baffles me. Also for some unknown reason to me, the receptionist upon check-in also made a hard, carbon copy of the card, as if to double charge. With the pre-authorization deleted i immediately had to close that card down to avoid future fraudulent charges. Tube pre-authorization receipt had all pertinent information to stealing one's credit card.
If you would like the convenience of being close to all of Montreal's famous areas, as well as closing your credit card after your stay, then by all means stay here. For just a little more, you can rent Marriott's Residence Inn, which is clean, comfortable, and has good breakfasts.
Overall grade, D+ for location' and the friendly and happy staff at the reception desk.
