Re: Pet hates in hotels
There are some good ones in this thread:
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ssion/what-annoys-you-about-hotels-29896.html
My contribution in that thread:
There are some good ones in this thread:
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ssion/what-annoys-you-about-hotels-29896.html
My contribution in that thread:
- "double beds" that are made out of two single beds with a horrible split down the middle.
- "Resorts" with resort fee add-ons that aren't properly disclosed.
- $1/night added to your bill for the "charity of the month"
- Advertised feature (eg Gym or Laundry) not being operative.
- Airconditioning that allows smells from a next door room to enter your room.
- Bathroom basins / baths without a plug (and no other way of retaining water in them).
- Bathrooms that make you contort to use the toilet or hop into the shower.
- Bathrooms that smell of mould.
- Bathrooms with poor ventilation.
- Beds that creak.
- Being called by the hotel advising "Checkout time is X", 10 mins before check-out time.
- Being put in a smoking room (in Asia particularly), where you asked for a non-smoking room. Of course this tends to happen straight after a cigar smoker has been staying.
- coughroaches, bed bugs and other vermin.
- Courtesy calls from reception after you've checked in (and asleep) asking how things are.
- Credit card surcharges.
- Doors that don't safety latch correctly.
- Early check-outs at a hotel (eg 10am), but that time isn't reflected in allowing earlier check-ins (eg 4pm check-in).
- Elevator noise all night long.
- Expired electricity test tags.
- Extortionate internet costs.
- Guest Information books that aren't up to date.
- Having billing for restaurant meals/bar incorrectly charged to your room. (How hard is it to enforce checking???).
- Having to chase up for a receipt rather than being given one.
- Having to follow up on frequent stay points that haven't posted.
- Hotels not being able to find your booking when you check in.
- Hotels that photocopy your ID.
- Housekeepers ignoring "DND" signs.
- Housekeeping (or other hotel staff) who steals items from your room.
- Housekeeping calling to advise you have a DND sign on the door, and asking when would you want your room serviced.
- Housekeeping leaving your door (or balcony door) ajar after room service
- Housekeeping not checking again later in the day if there was a DND sign on the door.
- Housekeeping not cleaning room until 4pm or later [or before 10/11am]
- Housekeeping that forgets to replace towels or similar (ie takes one but doesn't replace it).
- Inconsistent water temperature in shower / no pressure.
- Lack of powerpoints that are accessible. A room needs them spread around so that no matter where you are you can get power.
- Laundries that charge strange amounts (eg $2.30 - 2x$1. 1x20c, 1x10c) for a wash.
- Metal chairs on balconies above scraping as they move over tiles.
- Minibars with motion sensors.
- Mysterious charges added to your credit card after your stay.
- Mysterious incorrect mini-bar charges.
- No security peephole on room door.
- Other guests stealing your DND sign.
- Paying $12 for a beer at a hotel bar.
- Poor internet speed.
- Pump pack soap/shampoo.
- Reception staff that gawk when you walk past.
- Room keys that aren't coded right, or expire early.
- Rooms not ready at check-in time.
- Rooms that don't have a desk.
- Rooms that have brilliant views of ... a brick wall.
- Saggy beds.
- Signs that advise how much you're going to be charged if you steal the kettle.
- Slow lifts.
- Small European hotels where even one piece of luggage is hard to fit.
- Toilets that don't flush properly.
- TV Remotes which are very crusty.
- TVs which aren't much bigger than my laptop screen.
- Tvs with poor reception / poor range of channels.
- Hotel fire alarms at 4am requiring evacuation. [actually anytime...but bright early is the worst]
- Taxi "mafia" hanging outside of hotel, and hotel staff receiving kick-backs from the scam.
- Hotels that still use keys (with the associated "huge keytag")
- Having to use intercom to enter hotel after hours (where they could have installed swipe access instead).
- Having your door nearly beaten down by a drugged up idiot who feels wronged by something bizarre.
- Ground floor rooms that back onto carparks (headlights in particular!)
- Noisy air-conditioning.
- Mould in air-conditioner.
- Drinking glasses that have been wiped clean by housekeeping using the same rag as they just cleaned the bathroom with.
- Housekeeping not servicing a room.
