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Travelodge Will Slash Room Rates to £9 This Week

Where: United Kingdom

We know US hotels are getting despo these days (desperate, that is — in case you're not hip to the abbreves) and chains are slashing room rates in an effort to lure you into their rooms. Things are just as tough across the pond: According to the Telegraph, the average price of a hotel room in Britain fell to its lowest point in four years at the end of 2008, and the economy has been rough on hotel operators across the UK — bad news for them, but good news for you: rates are going down. Way down.

Wallet-friendly chain Travelodge is the latest to hop aboard the rate-kickback train and, starting Thursday morning, they'll be launching a sale offering 50,000 rooms across Britain at £9 per night (about 13 USD), and 100,000 more rooms will go on sale for £19 (about 28 USD) a night. Also, you'll be able to snag rooms for 10 euros at the chain's three Spanish properties (in Madrid and Barcelona).

Per the Telegraph:

The sale kicks off at 6:00 am on Thursday and will be available for stays between August 27 and November 30, including over the August Bank Holiday and the autumn half term break.

For US folks, 6 am Thursday over there is 1 am Thursday morning (so, like, Wednesday night, really) on the East Coast. The sale will go live here.

[Photo: AP via Telegraph UK]