Originally Posted by
azcoyote
Make sure the windows close completely. The whirrr and whistle of the wind is annoying.
+1. I'll generalize it to say "properly functioning windows." I want to be able to open it to get fresh air and then fully close it when I'm done. I get why high-rise hotels don't have windows you can open but it seems like half of the suburban (2-3 story) hotels I'm in have crappy windows that either don't open fully or don't close tightly.
Originally Posted by
mecabq
Are you serious? You must be a very slight sleeper if the "noise" of one sheet of paper being slid under the door wakes you up. I feel sorry for you. In my opinion, the lack of express check-out in most places outside the U.S. is the real pity. It's a real time-saver.
I suppose that a newspaper clumsily dropped could cause a "thud," though I luckily haven't had that experience, as far as I can recall.
Agreed - I like getting the bill under the door. Regarding newspapers, I do understand at a high level why so few hotels put them outside the hotel room door anymore. (I think I've received one or two this year in 25-30 nights in FS Starwoods and Marriotts.) Since I always have lounge access I can usually *find* a newspaper when I want one. But I wish they'd at least leave a small stack of them near the elevators on each floor.
Again, I know newspapers are an obsolete technology and I understand why hotels aren't buying and distributing hundreds of them per day throughout their buildings...but the hotel environment is the one place I still like to touch and feel one once in a while.