Originally Posted by
kymbakitty
Margarita girl--was that for a week's stay or just a one night charge? If you only stayed one night, you may not know the answer.
I don't think that $23 is too much if it is for the entire stay, but if I stayed a week, which is often the case, and the charge was $23 per day, then I could go out and buy a small refrigerator for less.
I never use the shampoo, soaps, NEVER EVER their coffee....and I would suspect that I am paying a small portion toward those amenities. When I'm traveling for business, I never even bother with the housekeeping. I use my towel for a week (I do at home, why would this be any different) and if I need more washclothes, which is the only thing I ever really need more of, I stop a gal in the hallway and get a couple more. So I'm not so sure "everyone" would be paying for this "service" (microwave) if she were not charged.
Most hotels that I have been to that do not have a refrigerator already in the room, do have a few in housekeeping for guests to use. I can't remember being charged as a Diamond. But if they don't have any available (other guests have already requested them), then there simply are none available and I just have to wait until one becomes available or use the old ice in the sink routine.
Dawn
I have always though about starting a hotel chain that is a la carte pricing, and reading your response it seems like a good concept. It would be similar to what the airlines are now doing already.
The barebones price would include only the room, make your own bed, no fresh towels, etc.
Extra charge for daily maid service.
Extra charge for a "toiletry kit"
etc., etc.
I think it might fly.
Regarding the charge for the fridge - I wonder if you could have gotten away with no charge if you said you needed it for "medication".