Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
I certainly don't walk into a hotel room and say, "Ooh, look, an in-room safe! I've really moved up in the world."
I think it's less that and more to avoid someone thinking: "You'd think that a 4-Diamond hotel should have an in-room safe".
Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
I've skimmed through AAA's checklist of requirements for each diamond level. Numerous additional items are required at each level above the previous. Most of them are nit-picky things that few travelers use or care about most of the time.
I once worked in a hotel that attempted to move from 4-Diamond to 5-Diamond. I agree that some of the requirements were rather silly. The one I remember as being ridiculous was crown moulding. I can't recall if that was a 4-Diamond or 5-Diamond requirement. To this day, whenever I walk into a hotel room, I always look up and check.