Most smoker-friendly hotel chain?
May 9, 2017, 9:06 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 2,400
Then staying 1 night at King Kamehameha. Last time I could not even smoke in the parking lot, had to go out on the sidewalk. Then on to the Hapuna Prince. They say they have "designated" smoking areas. Such a huge property, I hope it doesn't mean half a mile up the hill by the road.
May 9, 2017, 11:37 pm
#17
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Yiron, Israel
Programs: Bates Motel Plat
Posts: 68,921
I am surprised that no chain sets aside one hotel in each city where it has multiple properties and advertises that in that particular hotel smoking is allowed in all the rooms.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
May 10, 2017, 1:12 am
#18
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 2,400
I am surprised that no chain sets aside one hotel in each city where it has multiple properties and advertises that in that particular hotel smoking is allowed in all the rooms.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
http://www.no-smoke.org/download.php...hotelrooms.pdf
May 10, 2017, 3:49 am
#19
Suspended
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
I am surprised that no chain sets aside one hotel in each city where it has multiple properties and advertises that in that particular hotel smoking is allowed in all the rooms.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
I suspect that it would be booked solid throughout the year even if it were somewhat over-priced.
Even if only 10% of travelers want smoking rooms, this hotel would have such a monopoly on them that it would have to turn down reservations.
I got to talking with one of the reception staff about the difficulty of find smoking rooms, and she told me that their smoking rooms are booked solid every single night of the year, even when the rest of the hotel is virtually empty.
This is clearly a business opportunity that hotels are missing.
May 10, 2017, 4:40 am
#20
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Yiron, Israel
Programs: Bates Motel Plat
Posts: 68,921
Not nearly as simple as that. Complex local and state laws dictate smoking in hotels. Here is a good chart that shows what and where.
http://www.no-smoke.org/download.php...hotelrooms.pdf
http://www.no-smoke.org/download.php...hotelrooms.pdf
It does show what percentage of rooms hotels/motels in various places must save as non-smoking rooms but I believe that could be worked around by taking two adjacent buildings, put them under the same hotel name, and make all the rooms in one of those buildings non-smoking and allow smoking in all the rooms in another building.
Last edited by Dovster; May 10, 2017 at 5:00 am
May 28, 2017, 12:09 am
#22
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 6
I put up with states that have statewide bans requiring hotel/motel rooms to be 100% no-smoking(i.e. Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota), by asking for a 1st floor room near the exit so I can easily go out for a smoke. Not a huge fan of traveling to those places, but what can you do?
May 28, 2017, 3:33 am
#23
Suspended
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
That is just fregging insane. No smoking on even a balcony? Screw that, I just wouldn't stay there if they go as far as that!
I put up with states that have statewide bans requiring hotel/motel rooms to be 100% no-smoking(i.e. Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota), by asking for a 1st floor room near the exit so I can easily go out for a smoke. Not a huge fan of traveling to those places, but what can you do?
I put up with states that have statewide bans requiring hotel/motel rooms to be 100% no-smoking(i.e. Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota), by asking for a 1st floor room near the exit so I can easily go out for a smoke. Not a huge fan of traveling to those places, but what can you do?
Jun 13, 2018, 11:17 am
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,140
It appears the whole Hilton chain is going non-smoking ... new Thread here for Hilton-specific discussion >>> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smok...n-smoking.html
Jun 13, 2018, 12:11 pm
#25
Suspended
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
It appears the whole Hilton chain is going non-smoking ... new Thread here for Hilton-specific discussion >>> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smok...n-smoking.html
Wyndham and Choice are about the only options these days. Sooner or later, motel style rooms with outdoor corridors will be the only option.