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aww3583
Saw this coming a mile away. There’s pros and cons. The door seals were TSA-style security theater anyways. But the relentless drive to the bottom line is undeniable.
In the past year, I’ve stayed at Hamptons who never stopped breakfast and never stopped housekeeping. I stayed at a DT who handed me a giant black garbage bag at check-in and said “come back if you need another”. I was at a Homewood last week that was out of all toiletries except shampoo.
I’m checking into a resort Embassy Suites on 7/5. Prior to selling out for the duration of our stay, rooms were going for $400+/night. I’ll be interested to see what level of service we get.
My wife and I just completed a five night stay at the Homewood Suites in Lansdale, PA. While housekeeping was on request, we only asked for it on two of the four nights. The cleaning was thorough, as was the hotels response to a short list of deficiencies that we found at check in.
The only shortfall in “amenities” was that the hotel was out of bath soap, but there was plenty of hand soap available.
The breakfast was what one might have found pre-Covid 19, except that the hot items were served by a hotel staff member.
We make this trip at least four times a year, and have previously stayed at a Homewood property in Bucks County, or a Marriott RI in Willow Grove. The Lansdale property has them both beat hands down, although this admittedly was our first time at that location.