Jun 29, 2015, 8:55 pm
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This thread covers the 2015 Hotel Pet Peeves poll, conducted by Frequent Business Traveler magazine in conjunction with FlyerTalk.
The results of the survey are in and online here:
Slow and Expensive Internet and Insufficient Electrical Outlets Top Hotel Pet Peeves List for 4th Year Running
Please take part in the discussion below and talk about your favorite peeves or add peeves including those that weren't touched upon in the results.
Next year's poll will be created using input from the current year's discussion so please do contribute in the thread.
The results of the survey are in and online here:
Slow and Expensive Internet and Insufficient Electrical Outlets Top Hotel Pet Peeves List for 4th Year Running
Please take part in the discussion below and talk about your favorite peeves or add peeves including those that weren't touched upon in the results.
Next year's poll will be created using input from the current year's discussion so please do contribute in the thread.
What Are Your Top Hotel Pet Peeves? The 2015 Frequent Business Traveler Survey
Jun 30, 2015, 9:50 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: DL PM, 1MM, DL SC, Kimpton Inner Circle
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my top peeve isnt even on the list. Check in is at 3pm. You show up at 5pm and the room isnt ready. Is it just me or is this starting to happen with more frequency? You have to be out by 11am or noon, no exceptions or you get charged extra. Yet its rare that a hotel will voluntarily discount anything off the first night even though you have to wait until 5 or 6pm to get in your room. It usually takes a big fuss to get anything out of them for the room not being ready
Jun 30, 2015, 9:58 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 616
Lack of accessible power outlets have been an issue lately. I just stayed at a place that had no power outlets near the desk and only one outlet on one lamp on a nightstand. There was a power strip behind the dresser with the tv on it. It was a pain to plug in my laptop. .
I also hate shampoo that is either impossible to open or hard plastic so it's difficult to get out of the bottle. I've also run into bathroom light switches on the outside of the bathroom more often lately too.
I also hate shampoo that is either impossible to open or hard plastic so it's difficult to get out of the bottle. I've also run into bathroom light switches on the outside of the bathroom more often lately too.
Jun 30, 2015, 10:29 am
#18
Join Date: May 2005
Location: YOW
Programs: AC-SE100K MM, BA-S HH-D, MB-G LT Sil, IHG-Plt, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 3,803
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Jun 30, 2015, 1:40 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NYC and SFO
Programs: UA 1MM (former 1K, Delta Platinum))
Posts: 1,244
The first time I stayed in a fancy hotel was in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in my twenties. I was mortified when we came back to the room to find a corner of the bed spread turned down, with a chocolate valentine placed on the bed.
I didn't realize they always did this; I thought it was because we were having sex on the balcony.
I didn't realize they always did this; I thought it was because we were having sex on the balcony.
Jun 30, 2015, 4:18 pm
#22
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Chessington World of Adventures
Programs: BA SILVER!! (After 7 years of trying...)
Posts: 205
"Are you lying your head on an uncomfortable pillow in a hot and dirty hotel room right now where you are not yet able to read this because the Internet service provided to you by the hotel — for which you paid too much money — is excruciatingly slow? The battery power is almost gone on your portable electronic device because of the inadequate amount of electrical outlets in the room, most are hidden and difficult to reach — if they are not already in use..."
Jun 30, 2015, 5:07 pm
#23
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YVR
Programs: AC*SE MM, Marriott Titanium, National Executive
Posts: 1,586
- Not enough outlets to recharge all my gadgets
- No outlet near the bed to recharge my phone and use it as an alarm clock
- No way to plug my laptop into the TV (HDMI - when they bolt it into the wall so it does not allow access to the back).
Jun 30, 2015, 6:39 pm
#24
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Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
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Jun 30, 2015, 8:57 pm
#25
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: HH Diamond, GHA Titanium
Posts: 1,961
The best part of this experience? The front desk couldn't give me even a ballpark time as to when the room would be ready, and refused my request that they call me when it was. All they would say is "check back with us later." Dafug?
Last edited by shuigao; Jun 30, 2015 at 11:48 pm
Jun 30, 2015, 11:40 pm
#26
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: RSW
Programs: Delta - Silver; UA - Silver; HHonors - Diamond; IHG - Spire Ambassador; Marriott Bonvoy - Titanium
Posts: 14,185
One hotel where if you have your Do Not Disturb sign out at roughly noon, they shove a paper under the door that you'll get no housekeeping unless you let the front desk know (promptly) that you aren't waiving it for the day, period.
Another hotel, where unfortunately I have to stay at times, pretty much writes off rooms without any warning at all around 11:30 - noon-ish. Your loss ...
Another hotel, where unfortunately I have to stay at times, pretty much writes off rooms without any warning at all around 11:30 - noon-ish. Your loss ...
Jul 1, 2015, 12:11 am
#27
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: FAT
Programs: AA LT GLD, AS 75K, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 181
I agree 100%. It takes almost two hours to charge an iphone from 1% to 100%. When I also use my phone as an alarm clock, I don't want to spend two extra hours in my hotel room just to charge my phone when there is no outlet next to the bed - I want to do it while I'm asleep.
Jul 1, 2015, 12:17 am
#28
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Sydney Australia
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Jul 1, 2015, 12:26 am
#29
Join Date: May 2010
Location: FSD
Programs: BAEC, Delta SkyPesos, VS FC, SQ KF, AA, HHonors
Posts: 1,884
The first time I stayed in a fancy hotel was in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in my twenties. I was mortified when we came back to the room to find a corner of the bed spread turned down, with a chocolate valentine placed on the bed.
I didn't realize they always did this; I thought it was because we were having sex on the balcony.
I didn't realize they always did this; I thought it was because we were having sex on the balcony.
Jul 1, 2015, 12:46 am
#30
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bangkok or San Francisco
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And if the TV in the room is a smart TV just screen share your laptop.