In two of my four stays since reaching Platinum, my arrival "gift" was a small snack bag and two large bottles of water. To top it off, my Springhill Suites room came with yet a third bottle of water.

Why must Marriott give plastic bottles of water as a "gift"? It's incredibly wasteful, as the tap water in a large number of countries (U.S., Canada, Singapore, most European countries, etc.) is perfectly fine to drink. As Bill Marriott champions the greening of Marriott hotels, I would like to see a change in the approach towards the unnecessary use of plastic bottles that I would guess are rarely recycled in these hotels.

Come on, Marriott, be a trendsetter and reduce or eliminate bottled water.

NI
p.s. I successfully traded my useless Platinum arrival gifts for something more tasty.