Skipping housekeeping for 2000 points?
Dec 14, 2011, 6:51 pm
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Dec 14, 2011, 7:53 pm
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The LV Hilton gives you a $10 a night and last weekend for a three night stay I paid $155 tax included. In all honesty I would be fine with just a $5 voucher there since the rates are so cheap but wouldn't go for any lower.
Dec 14, 2011, 8:21 pm
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Yeah 2000 seems like a lot. I think 500 for an HI, 1000 (or $10 food vouchers)for WA or full service hilton or conrad and 750 for other brands a night would be fair.
The LV Hilton gives you a $10 a night and last weekend for a three night stay I paid $155 tax included. In all honesty I would be fine with just a $5 voucher there since the rates are so cheap but wouldn't go for any lower.
The LV Hilton gives you a $10 a night and last weekend for a three night stay I paid $155 tax included. In all honesty I would be fine with just a $5 voucher there since the rates are so cheap but wouldn't go for any lower.
Dec 14, 2011, 10:00 pm
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I encountered this with a Sheraton in Vancouver, BC in 2010.
It was a certain point amount for each day you declined. I can't recall what the amount was (I want to say 500 but it may have been less, had no status and SPG activity isn't showing my history that far back). For a 4 night stay we declined cleaning until after the 2nd night for the points and then declined for the 3rd night for a few more. You obviously can't decline cleaning after your final night.
Would be great if every hotel in every chain did something similar.
It was a certain point amount for each day you declined. I can't recall what the amount was (I want to say 500 but it may have been less, had no status and SPG activity isn't showing my history that far back). For a 4 night stay we declined cleaning until after the 2nd night for the points and then declined for the 3rd night for a few more. You obviously can't decline cleaning after your final night.
Would be great if every hotel in every chain did something similar.
Dec 14, 2011, 10:07 pm
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I've never received points, but I generally only want service every 2 or 3 days. I have the 'do not disturb' on my door the other days.
I completely recognize that the 'green' label is cost-saving marketing. It saves huge amounts of money by not washing linen and towels every day.
Mrs. PITUK prefers daily service, because it is a treat when we stay in hotels for pleasure, especially on multi-day stays.
I think that points are a fair deal for not having the room serviced and would take it every other day or so.
Dr. PITUK
I completely recognize that the 'green' label is cost-saving marketing. It saves huge amounts of money by not washing linen and towels every day.
Mrs. PITUK prefers daily service, because it is a treat when we stay in hotels for pleasure, especially on multi-day stays.
I think that points are a fair deal for not having the room serviced and would take it every other day or so.
Dr. PITUK
Dec 14, 2011, 10:08 pm
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Dec 14, 2011, 10:32 pm
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People like you will make it work for me. As an added benefit to everyone more time might be spent cleaning each room. That's a win for everyone.
Dec 15, 2011, 6:16 am
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Dec 17, 2011, 12:27 pm
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A little off-topic...but it seems to me that the housekeepers come in even if the "Do Not Disturb" sign is on the door. While I appreciate the bed being made, I abhor when towels, soaps, and shampoo are changed out. Just about every hotel I stay in (not just Hilton) have signs posted with instructions. No matter what, my towels are always "refreshed", old soap/shampoo removed and replaced, and sheets changed.
Give me a break!!! At home, I replaced my towels every about 4 days (8 uses), soap only when it's done, and change the sheets once a week. I hate when the hotel thinks it's a "service" to replace every day.
Give me a break!!! At home, I replaced my towels every about 4 days (8 uses), soap only when it's done, and change the sheets once a week. I hate when the hotel thinks it's a "service" to replace every day.
Dec 17, 2011, 2:39 pm
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Dec 17, 2011, 4:55 pm
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"Keep your filthy hands off my Dopp kit!" Maybe I'll get a few cards printed up... 
I would absolutely LOVE this program. I hate it when housekeeping comes in and rearranges things on me, touches my dop kit, and uses potentially dirty rags on the surfaces that I have disinfected.
I've never run into that program but you can bet I'd take the 2000 points. Afterall, I'm doing just that for no points right now.
I've never run into that program but you can bet I'd take the 2000 points. Afterall, I'm doing just that for no points right now.
Dec 17, 2011, 7:55 pm
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I have seen this in different forms across various Hilton and Starwood properties. Some offer a straight 500 points per night you decline house keeping and some offer a $5 card that you can use at various hotel cafes, restaurants or you can convert them in to 500 points if you like it at the end of your stay.
Dec 17, 2011, 8:22 pm
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I have seen this in different forms across various Hilton and Starwood properties. Some offer a straight 500 points per night you decline house keeping and some offer a $5 card that you can use at various hotel cafes, restaurants or you can convert them in to 500 points if you like it at the end of your stay.
In fact, I'd say 500 Starwood points are closer in value to 2000 Hilton points than to 500 Hilton points!
(Starwood poitns are "calibrated" completely differently than any other hotel program. That's why, among other things, they can do airline transfers 1:1, whereas all other hotel programs do at best 2.5:1 and usually 4:1 or even worse.)