Originally Posted by Yaatri

A fan on the ground means more work for housekeeping, which means bigger tip. No way.

In most cases a ceiling fan does a god job. But sometimes you do want a blast of air, directed straight at you, when ceiling fan is handy.

Originally Posted by Westcoaster

I have asked for this in many hotels and surprisingly few have fans available for guests to use. They tell me that guests steal them. I offer to put a deposit down if that helps but if they don't have any fans then a deposit won't make one magically appear. On one occasion I called Housekeeping to see if they had any fans and the nice guy said that they weren't supposed to loan out the one they had but he'd bring it up anyway. Naturally he got a very nice tip. (And yes I believed what he told me as the front desk had already told me very abruptly that they didn't have any fans for guest use. I called Housekeeping hoping to hear a different answer.)

If we're on a driving trip we stick a floor fan in the trunk and haul it in to the hotel if needed. Really makes a difference.

Returning to the topic of this thread, the instructions for entering VIP mode made all the difference in the world when we stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Every morning before we left I'd turn the temperature up so we wouldn't get found out. At night I'd get the room nice and cool. Same thing at an Atlanta Hilton Garden Inn. There maintenance had to come in the room on short notice and the guy knew right away what we had done. He just smiled and said "You must stay in Hiltons a lot." Nice man.