Hotels: "Please help us save the environment"
Jul 11, 2015 | 12:18 pm
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Hotels: "Please help us save the environment"
I'm not opposed to reusing towels, but hotels never have anywhere to hang them so they can properly dry. The hand towel is the only occasional exception to this rule. If I can't hang it up, then it's going on the floor.
Jul 11, 2015 | 12:26 pm
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Jul 11, 2015 | 12:58 pm
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Jul 12, 2015 | 9:43 am
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As my grandma use to say, I don't mind that you lie to me but I do mind you thinking I'm dumb enough to believe it.
Thier only motivation is cost savings and there is nothing at all wrong with that. But wrapping into a green guilt trip is annoying in a first world problem way.
Thier only motivation is cost savings and there is nothing at all wrong with that. But wrapping into a green guilt trip is annoying in a first world problem way.
Jul 12, 2015 | 2:37 pm
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My favorite day to ask for fresh sheets is on the first day of my stay. I've had dirty sheets enough to want a change ASAP.
However, even though don't ask for fresh linens daily, I'm always somewhat suspicious when I do. I'll manage to get some sort of make-up on them. Not too much, but enough to be visible. A little eyeliner on the towels, some foundation on the sheets just to make sure I can tell if they're really changed.
However, even though don't ask for fresh linens daily, I'm always somewhat suspicious when I do. I'll manage to get some sort of make-up on them. Not too much, but enough to be visible. A little eyeliner on the towels, some foundation on the sheets just to make sure I can tell if they're really changed.
Jul 12, 2015 | 2:48 pm
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Try 9 Pubic hairs
on the sheets at the Days Inn in Anderson SC
Jul 12, 2015 | 2:50 pm
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Eyeliner and stuff doesn't come out (as per what I've read about bleaching and hotels hating the fact that people use their face towels to remove makeup)
Jul 13, 2015 | 2:40 am
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The cost savings for the hotel is not just water and detergent, it's also labor. I would guess that labor is the biggest expense, given that the sheets and towels aren't just washed, the maid folds them and makes the bed as well. This has nothing to do with the environment, and I feel insulted when I see those placards in a hotel room. If I'm in a hotel, it means I'm on vacation, which means I insist the sheets and towels be changed every day. If I got a discount on the room rate then it would be a different story but we know that isn't the case. 
Jul 13, 2015 | 2:49 am
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Jul 13, 2015 | 8:10 am
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The former Las Vegas Hilton, at least for a time, did exactly that- you got a $10 credit per day, good at some of the hotel eating establishments, for each day you reused towels, etc. (only valid for multi-night stays, of course!)
Jul 13, 2015 | 4:02 pm
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Jul 13, 2015 | 5:07 pm
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Jul 13, 2015 | 5:42 pm
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Jul 15, 2015 | 10:55 am
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No. It's a luxury I allow myself in hotels only. Maybe I'll consider saving them the money when they can provide me with light bulbs that don't require me to carry my own bulbs so I can read in their rooms. Maybe.
Jul 15, 2015 | 11:11 am
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