Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
.....Jury's still out on the food bistro.....
My son and I enjoyed a couple of dishes from the bistro at the Courtyard LAX. Couple of burgers, chicken quesedillas. Tasty, fresh. Simple.
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
.....Marriott neither of the TVs switched to HDMI properly when used with my iPad...I learned a few tricks I'm not supposed to know....
I think I know part of this trick. Couldn't get my laptop to recognize the TV as a second monitor. Eventually figured it out (not complicated, just need to be sure there are no inputs that conflict with the HDMI :-)
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....Connecting rooms are a joke.....
Have to agree with this. Every time I forget to remind the front desk that I don't want a connector, I get one. One time the man in the next room had the TV so loud I had to go knock on his door to ask him to turn it down. Turns out he'd fallen asleep.....whaddayagonnado?
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....Sometimes the florescent bulbs buzz loudly.
Not to mention they're bright when they're on and might keep you awake
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....Why is it necessary that both bars of soap get replaced EVERY day?...
I actually see this as a sign of less penny-pinching; something of an anecdotal piece of evidence that the hotel is making a little money. I definitely noticed a couple of years ago that the soap (neither bar, mind you) was replaced at any point during a stay for what seemed like several months.
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....It's not uncommon to find a letter from the manager in the room informing me of maintenance most often having to do with water it seems.....
Call ahead and ask. If there's maintenance, try another hotel. Or maybe another chain?
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....Forgot not to flush once and oops - water is off for remainder of evening. Seems like properties have not received proper maintenance for a long time and now Marriott is trying to play catch up across the entire hotel chain. Since I travel extensively I tend to encounter a lot of these properties.
Where in the heck are you staying? I know Courtyards are everywhere, and I've stayed in very few, relatively speaking, but I can't say that I've ever seen one that's had plumbing issues like this.
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
....PPV TV. *I* should get paid to rent a movie. Prices are outrageous, they're not HD and in fact look terrible because they're stretched for the flat screen TVs....
Can't argue with you on this one. Bring a DVD/Blu-Ray from home/redbox, do that HDMI cable trick and there you go....HD movie on an HD TV.
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
.As far as staff is concerned -- no complaints. Staff is generally great everywhere I stay...
Ditto.
Originally Posted by
RhoadWarrior
.....Is anyone else feeling this?
Can't say that I feel your pain.