Post by sherri on Jan 26, 2018 8:31:26 GMT
Good news for those of us who don't stay at 5 star all that often.
I saw this on a site about hotel rooms.
*A study by Travelmath found that not only is the average hotel room dirtier than a home, aeroplane and school, but that 3-star hotels were much cleaner than 4-star and 5-star hotels.
*Think twice before drinking from glasses in a hotel. An investigation by Fox News found that glasses in hotel rooms were not being properly cleaned, with employees using potentially unsafe chemicals to spray glasses, wipe them and put them back. (I've always been a bit suspicious they probably don't clean them between guests if they look clean)
* According to Jacob Tomsky, author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, if you book a discount room, you’ll get a discount experience. You’ll be the first to move hotels if they’ve overbooked and you’ll get the worst room. This is because hotels want to save their best rooms for loyal guests and big spenders. (I don't know that this is necessarily so. A couple of years back, I booked a week in Cairns on Groupon -a discount online site, they sell lots of stuff including travel deals. The whole place was a discount hotel but we got the upscale rooms as promised in the deal, ground floor, next to the pool.)
* A hotel maid confessed in an interview with Trivago that cleaning staff will occasionally use the guests’ toilets. “Sometimes… we use the toilets in the guest’s bathroom, but only if we are super busy and don’t have enough time to go to the staff toilets,” she said. “It is something we are not supposed to do, but many do it anyway.” (Seriously, would this bother anyone? If other guests have used the toilets, what difference does it make if the cleaner does? I am sure he/she would then clean it)
I saw this on a site about hotel rooms.
*A study by Travelmath found that not only is the average hotel room dirtier than a home, aeroplane and school, but that 3-star hotels were much cleaner than 4-star and 5-star hotels.
*Think twice before drinking from glasses in a hotel. An investigation by Fox News found that glasses in hotel rooms were not being properly cleaned, with employees using potentially unsafe chemicals to spray glasses, wipe them and put them back. (I've always been a bit suspicious they probably don't clean them between guests if they look clean)
* According to Jacob Tomsky, author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, if you book a discount room, you’ll get a discount experience. You’ll be the first to move hotels if they’ve overbooked and you’ll get the worst room. This is because hotels want to save their best rooms for loyal guests and big spenders. (I don't know that this is necessarily so. A couple of years back, I booked a week in Cairns on Groupon -a discount online site, they sell lots of stuff including travel deals. The whole place was a discount hotel but we got the upscale rooms as promised in the deal, ground floor, next to the pool.)
* A hotel maid confessed in an interview with Trivago that cleaning staff will occasionally use the guests’ toilets. “Sometimes… we use the toilets in the guest’s bathroom, but only if we are super busy and don’t have enough time to go to the staff toilets,” she said. “It is something we are not supposed to do, but many do it anyway.” (Seriously, would this bother anyone? If other guests have used the toilets, what difference does it make if the cleaner does? I am sure he/she would then clean it)