Holiday Inn Watford Junction UK

Stayed January 2019

What is your Priority Club status?

Spire Elite.

Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?

Yes.

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?

Booked a standard and upgraded to King. Given a couple of drinks vouchers as well in lieu of extra points.

How are the rooms?

Spotlessly clean. It seemed to have been very recently refurbished. Very comfortable King-Sized Bed. Overall my room was huge and very well appointed. Usual HI unguents in the bathroom. One of them new-fangled coffee pod machines in the room, which once I sussed it out, made a decent coffee. For technophobes there is a kettle and instant coffee/tea try in the room as well.

How is the exec. lounge?

There isn’t an executive lounge at this hotel.

What was good and what was bad?

The hotel is just a minutes walk from Watford Junction Railway Station, so handily located if using the train.

The hotel car park costs £6.00 per night and is ‘policed’ by ‘Parking Eye’. Make sure you type the correct vehicle registration into the LCD pad at reception as some people in front of me at reception had obviously had a previous situation where they had tapped in the wrong registration number and got a £100 bill from Parking Eye.

Has a large hotel lounge/bar/restaurant with an outside eating area in summer.

Small weight training gym on the first floor.

Very friendly and helpful staff.

Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?

Decent value and yes I would return. (I have previously stayed at the HiX located on the other side of Watford Junction and this hotel knocks the spots off the HiX).