Premier Inn + WIFI

Semple · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:38

I've just booked a room at a premier inn in Portsmouth. Although the hotel states that wifi is available, it doesn't say whether its free or how much it costs.

Anyone used the wifi at a premier inn hotel before?

rpstewart · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:40

If I remember right it's pay Wi Fi. Can't remember the cost though

Theophany · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:41

It's never been free at any Premier Inn I've stayed at, though it's possible these kinds of things might be at the discretion of management?

rypt · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:42

£10 for the whole day or something, or like £5 for an hour or 2

Marshstyles · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:42

every hotel ive been in you have to pay for it

Sp00n · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:43

£5 per hour, £12 for the day. Article is couple of years old but it's still possibly relevant:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/20...ison-low-cost-premier-inn-travelodge?page=all

MikeHiow · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:44

Not much help, but I just booked a room at a Travelodge in London and Wifi was £10 for 24 hours, or £5 for 60 minutes.

Viper² · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:49

http://www2.travelodge.co.uk/wifi/

Ev0 · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:49

Been in a fair few hotels that have had free wifi, however a premier inn isn't one of them.

As said it's about a tenner for 24 hours.

robgmun · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:49

rpstewart said:
If I remember right it's pay Wi Fi. Can't remember the cost though

If you have to ask then you can't afford it

Semple · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:52

Sp00n said:
£5 per hour, £12 for the day. Article is couple of years old but it's still possibly relevant:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/20...ison-low-cost-premier-inn-travelodge?page=all

Thanks for this

Viper² · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:53

Viper² said:
http://www2.travelodge.co.uk/wifi/

lol just realised that I looked for Travelodge instead of Premier Inn. Mega fail.

a1ex2001 · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:53

WiFi charges at uk hotels are truly ridiculous and the premier inn is no different its a profiteering scam just like the breakfasts. Was amazing to have free access in Vietnam and Cambodia in every hotel last summer.

RomanNose · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:54

There are ways of "obtaining" free access.
Points to Man in the middle.

Viper² · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:55

a1ex2001 said:
WiFi charges at uk hotels are truly ridiculous and the premier inn is no different its a profiteering scam just like the breakfasts. Was amazing to have free access in Vietnam and Cambodia in every hotel last summer.

Agreed. Best thing to do is get a decent phone and buy a 3G sim card then turn the phone into a router.

Sin_Chase · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:58

Vodafone PAYG dongle worked out far cheaper for me over the period of a week, faster also.

VeNT · 23 Feb 2011 at 14:06

most of them are opp a mcdonalds
just use theirs!

Masterdog · 23 Feb 2011 at 14:16

If you only want it for a bit, you can get half an hour (or 20 mins, I forget) for free (a sort of trial thing). Should be enough time for most hotel-based web browsing activities that I can think of.

LizardKing · 23 Feb 2011 at 14:17

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mrk · 23 Feb 2011 at 14:37

LizardKing said:
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http://blog.rootshell.be/2007/03/22/dns2tcp-how-to-bypass-firewalls-or-captive-portals/

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