W Hotels - No More Free SmartWater
Sep 11, 2014, 5:52 pm
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W Hotels - No More Free SmartWater
Am I the only one whose noticed that as of last week, it's now $5/bottle for SmartWater, when it used to be free?!
Sep 11, 2014, 6:30 pm
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Complimentary Water by Brand
Sep 11, 2014, 7:49 pm
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IME it was a small Fiji
Sep 11, 2014, 8:12 pm
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Sep 11, 2014, 9:08 pm
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I've never received any complimentary water in the rooms at W. They always have outrageously priced bottles of either Fiji or Voss in the rooms.
Sep 11, 2014, 9:35 pm
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I've found that if I book (or get upgraded to) a suite, then they have some complimentary bottles of Fiji in the rooms. But the standard rooms do not.
Sep 11, 2014, 9:42 pm
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I recall free bottles of water plus Fiji bottled water for charge at W Hong Kong.
Sep 11, 2014, 10:49 pm
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I may have gotten a free bottle of smart water once, but that was definitely an exception to my normal experience.
Sep 12, 2014, 12:37 am
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i stayed at 9 different w hotels/resorts.
iirc, w samui, bali and hong kong offered complimentary fiji water in room.
iirc, w samui, bali and hong kong offered complimentary fiji water in room.
Sep 12, 2014, 5:44 am
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Sep 12, 2014, 6:40 am
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Free SmartWater at the last LM I was at. 2 bottles. Not sure if this is a published benefit or not...
Sep 12, 2014, 8:36 am
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The only places I remember seeing free water in Ws were in locations where people tend to avoid drinking the local tap water.
Sep 12, 2014, 8:38 am
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The Ws I've stayed in all have water piped directly into the room.
Sep 12, 2014, 8:45 am
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W istanbul, bali, hong kong, barcelona, montreal, mexico city to name a few offers compli. water as well, suite or non-suite. Just that theres more water on the suites.
Guess this free bottled water is property specific on W's. Just like the westin camino real 'used' to charge bottled water, now they offer 2 for free.
Guess this free bottled water is property specific on W's. Just like the westin camino real 'used' to charge bottled water, now they offer 2 for free.
Sep 12, 2014, 10:01 am
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W Union Sq NYC, W Scottsdale and W San Diego. All had free water (in addition to the $5 or $8 bottles) in their standard rooms last time I visited.
And I have first-hand experience with their standard rooms since none of them offered to upgrade me to their suites. :\
And I have first-hand experience with their standard rooms since none of them offered to upgrade me to their suites. :\