Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

The chocolate or miniature dessert can be a very nice little treat.

My most important expectation is that turn down be done after I have left for dinner. I find it ridiculous to return to my room in late afternoon and find it darkened for the night. Plus, it's pointless to do it before I've taken my bath or shower when dressing for dinner. If the room was done in the day when I was away, it doesn't need a second housekeeper to come through before I've even returned to the room myself. I feel the same way when I check in during the late afternoon and discover that the turn down service has already been done. This is an obvious cheap way for hotels to cut housekeeping costs while maintaining the pretentiousness of doing a useless turndown service that's even counterproductive and annoying.