Spanish Room Mate hotel chain offers free WiFi to go

For those who need their Internet while travelling, a Spanish hotel chain is offering a brand new free service, allowing guests to access the Internet not only in the hotel, but also while out and about in Spain.

The new service was started on Monday and is being offered by Room Mate hotels under the title "WiMate".  According to the company, it lets people access the internet wherever there is coverage 24 hours a day. 

Anyone booking online can reserve this service, and by hooking up to a small mobile router, guests sat 11 of the Room Mate hotels in Spain can access the Internet, using six different devices including laptops and iPads. 

A spokesman for the company said that guests can even use the gadget when travelling between participating hotels.  So, if you stay at a Room Mate hotel in Toledo, and then travel to Barcelona, staying in a Room Mate hotel there, the device travels with you, for the upmost convenience.

"One of the big problems when it comes to travelling is the lack of (internet) connection and the high fees you pay on the road," said Room Mate Hotels founder Kike Sarasola in a statement.

"With this service we are offering our customers an essential service and a new way of travelling," he added.

At present the service is available at Room Mates Hotels in Toledo and Barcelona, but the company does plan to roll out its WiMate services in its other Spanish hotels at a later date.