jcwoman

Actually, I'm American and I agree with nfh on this. I have lived in apartments with fixed showerheads and had to clean the shower by filling a cup with water and using that to rinse the walls. When we remodelled our master bath, we made sure to install hand-showers in both the shower and (separate) tub. I think it's one of those amenities that sounds like silly luxury if you've never used one, but once you have you can't go back to the old way.

Plus it makes a fantastic dog wash!

I'd love to see a year to year comparison summary of all of these hotel peeve surveys to see if things are improving over time.

Andyman61

Loudmouths in the room next door.
Loudmouths in the hallways- especially between the hours of 10:00 PM- 7:00 AM
Other people's hair on floor, shower, wall, toilet
Bedspreads
In room air conditioners (This is the #1 Pet Peeve)
"Free" Breakfast that includes powdered eggs and cheese made from vegetable oil
dirty carpets
curtains that have been hanging around for too long
Showers that contain shampoo, soap and conditioner dispensers
Blowhards at the check-in counters that tout "I am Platinum/Gold/Diamond/Excalibur/Magnesium and I deserve blah, blah, blah and I should be treated better because I travel and I am so wonderful and better than you and all these others because I am blah, blah, blah"


All you whiners whining about outlets- really?

BarbiJKM

Windows that don't open.

KevinDTW

These are mine as well, and I'd also add people who SLAM doors at all hours. Is it so hard to understand that you're in a hotel, with other people trying to sleep or work or whatever very close nearby?

jcwoman

I have one I just thought of, but not sure how to describe the problem well. When I travel alone I prefer to do room service than get a single table in a restaurant. I hate room service trays that weigh 15 pounds and are so wide it's hard to hold in one hand while I open my door to put it out in the hall. The problem is compounded by rooms where there's no place to set it near the door so I have to hold it while I open the door. Compounded again by doors that are so tightly sprung that it almost shoves me out as I put the tray down in the hallway.

I'm always tempted to just leave the tray in the room but I don't know if that would be disrespectful to housekeeping the next morning.

JamesZ

Tied between flakey WiFi that keeps dropping connection - and - lack of power outlets near the bedside.

marbleskies

.... who deliberately ignore the Do Not Disturb sign and knock on your door yelling "housekeeping"! They only want to quickly get their job done and do not care about your needs. This happens so often I will quickly go answer the door and take their name and call the front desk to report the incident to a manager. I have taken to requesting a refund due to my belief the hotel mgmt condones the practice. And, I have been getting compensation for my efforts.

califcajin

Am I the only one who ever notices this? My pet peeve is sheets and bedmaking. When hotels, including high end full service properties, are too cheap to use fitted sheets. They use a flat sheet on the bottom, which never stays tucked in. Or, housekeeping makes the bed so that the bottom flat sheet is not centered, and one side does not even begin to be long enough to tuck in. And when using said flat sheets instead of fitted, both sides (sheets and comforter) are totally tucked in, so that when you pull the top sheet and comfortor back, the bottom flat sheet comes untucked as well. And now I have to partially make the bed before I can get in it!

LTBoston

Along those lines, something that I encounter frequently when traveling internationally is not having an outlet to plug a hair dryer into anywhere that's remotely near a mirror.

cynstalker

Charging for wifi; only one bathrobe in the room when there are 2 guests; not enough towels; and no top sheet on the bed when there is a duvet. And I do like slippers.

pilotwife

Parents who let kids run down the hall and talk loudly

Slamming of room doors

People who walk with heavy feet in the room above me

Opensecret

1. Lack of comfortable work station with sufficient power outlets (I bring my own wifi so that's not usually an issue for me)

2. A dozen or so pillows on the bed that I have to shove aside to sleep

3. Plumbing glitches (shortage of hot water, dysfunctional shower diverter, poor shower head, etc.), surprisingly common even at high end hotels

bswislow

Hotels that serve Pepsi products exclusively. No Coke.

Figgie

I absolutely hate it when the air conditioning shuts off during the night. I wake up hot and sweaty and have to get my spouse up so he can figure out how to get it turned back on. Then it shuts off in another hour or so and I have to do that again.

jspira

Great peeves so far.

Please don't forget to take the poll:

Poll: What are Your Biggest Hotel Pet Peeves?