Each time I visit a travelodge I experience a certain level of anticipation. Of course, there are the usual concerns: will it be clean? Will there be enough coffee and tea, milk? Will it be quiet? What is the view from the window? Are there people in the next room?

But I also experience another type of anticipation: how will the room compare to the previous room I stayed at? Will the two pictures be on the wall, or missing? Will the bed coverings be the same? What size will the room be - and how will this effect the resulting images?