I can't imagine that 99% of business travellers really care about this issue in any meaningful way. I certainly don't. What I do loathe, however, is the family dynamic wherein the parents have "checked out" and the kids are maniacs (yelling, running, dropping food, hoarding plates full of stuff, etc). Let's face it, all of us hate that sort of behavior and it's nothing more than a reflection of the parents.

Many of us who've been at this game for decades sometimes conflate the two and that's certainly not fair. I see mostly well behaved kids and attentive parents, and -- for that -- I'm grateful.

Like others here, I, too, am baffled when I see a grown man come staggering into a Sheraton lounge in tattered sweat pants, the t-shirt he slept in, and hair shooting in all directions. But, I see it just about every single time these days. It's becoming the new norm, I'm afraid.