Creating new iPhone app/Website re: HOTELS
 

I’m a web/mobile developer who travels frequently for mostly pleasure (rarely business). As I’ve become more seasoned in travel & moved up in tax brackets I realize I am becoming more picky with how I travel. I’m ok with how I book my flights, i.e. kayak and choose my seats, i.e. seatguru, choose my restaurants, yelp/opentable/food spotting, but I’m more and more dissatisfied with my hotel experiences. For example, I recently booked a winter get away at The Ritz Carlton/Lake Tahoe and just assumed with a hotel of this magnitude I shouldn’t have to worry about certain things. I was wrong. This is becoming more and more the trend with me it seems.

So I guess my question is, “is anyone else out there experiencing a serious pain point with regards to hotels (online or in physical hotel) that you would like to see fixed?” In other words, what are your pain points if anything? I just want to know before I start building a mobile app/website if I’m just too much of a diva or if others are experiencing a need as well?

OK, I've got one.

I have a heck of a time finding "junior suites" suitable for three adults on hotel websites. Even in hotels that have such facilities, I really have to dig to find them.

My husband and I like to travel with a single male friend. Years ago, we would book two rooms and try to get connecting rooms. Some years back, we ended up in a "junior suite" and really liked it.

The typical junior suite has a king or queen bed in one area, then a pull-out sofa bed in a semi-separate sitting room. That suits our needs just great. We pay a bit more for one room, but not for two separate rooms.

I would really like a fast and easy way to identify hotels with junior suite type rooms, suitable for three adults.

We like junior suites so much that even when my husband and I travel without our friend, we still seek them out. It's nice to have a semi-separated area if one wants to read and the other wants to sleep.

Thanks for the speedy reply. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. True, insightful, hotel travel annoyances.

thanks again.

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Obscure2k
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Room categories are not the same even in hotels within the same chain. I would like to see an app that categorizes by square feet and view, as well as package, instead of name.. at least build an app that can reorganize to such a list.