Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Why do you say that?
There's little consistency at any Wyndham brands, especially post-Covid.
But prior to Covid, I stayed at several Travelodges that were quite good, with good hot breakfasts. But I picked them on the basis of reviews.
Meanwhile, I stayed at other Wyndham brands, like Ramada and MicroTel, that seemed much worse at those particular locations that those Travelodges. But that doesn't mean that there weren't other locations which were better.
Post-Covid, their breakfast staffs have decreased, and so the breakfast offerings have been diminished. But I'm seeing this problem at other brands in other programs too, brands which used to have a good hot breakfast now have next-to-nothing grab-and-go breakfasts, because of staffing problems.
I have stayed in several new built Microtels that seemed fine at that time although extremely basic, but looking at the cheap construction of the exterior and interior, it seemed to me that it was likely that conditions would deteriorate within 5-10 years. So some of the inconsistency that we tend to see can be inevitable given that the owners probably didn't build a cheap hotel only to sink tons of money into necessary maintenance. And you're right, post-COVID, lots of lower-end hotels, across many brands, have trimmed their adjunct services to a bare minimum.
On a side note, although Travelodge here in the US can be very poor, Travelodge in the UK, a company unaffiliated with Wyndham, isn't really considered bottom of the barrel. Their hotels are of more consistent quality but remain in the realm of "value" properties.