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A fellow FTer and I just had a huge awesome suite in New York. The maid comes in for turndown and brings bottled water. My FT friend found it pretty funny that we had this big suite and I'm asking the maid if there's a charge for the water. :o It's become almost automatic for me to expect some outrageous water charge though. I saw Voss in one of my hotel rooms for $12 for the small bottle. I can tote my own, thanks.
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Does anybody not drink tap water anymore? This bottled water thing has gotten out of hand...
Here is an interesting article: ...bottled water sold in the United States is not necessarily cleaner or safer than most tap water, according to a four-year scientific study recently made public by NRDC. NRDC's study included testing of more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water. While most of the tested waters were found to be of high quality, some brands were contaminated: about one-third of the waters tested contained levels of contamination -- including synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic -- in at least one sample that exceeded allowable limits under either state or bottled water industry standards or guidelines. (Later in the article, it goes on to say:) In fact, about one-fourth of bottled water is actually bottled tap water, according to government and industry estimates (some estimates go as high as 40 percent). And FDA rules allow bottlers to call their product "spring water" even though it may be brought to the surface using a pumped well, and it may be treated with chemicals. more, see: http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/nbw.asp |
No I don't.
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Originally Posted by steve100
Does anybody not drink tap water anymore? This bottled water thing has gotten out of hand...
By the way, if I had it my way, I would drink good old New York City tap water anytime over any other tap or bottled water. That is by far my favorite water in the universe! |
Originally Posted by Canarsie
The bottle makes it convenient to carry the water anywhere and everywhere.
By the way, if I had it my way, I would drink good old New York City tap water anytime over any other tap or bottled water. That is by far my favorite water in the universe! |
But you know of course that Chicago year in, year out (since the 50's) is consistently ranked number one in the world for large city drinking water. :D
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True, but we know how voting works in that town ;)
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Tap water is fine with me. Though some cities consistently have bad tap water (e.g. Vegas).
If I want a bottle to go, I certainly won't take the $5 bottle from the hotel room. |
Originally Posted by steve100
Does anybody not drink tap water anymore? This bottled water thing has gotten out of hand...
^ ^ Anyone who wanted to write an anthology of 20th century marketing would do well to name it "Bottled Water." |
Originally Posted by Doppy
Though some cities consistently have bad tap water (e.g. Vegas).
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Originally Posted by obscure2k
Would you mind clarifying? I have no idea what you are talking about. BTW, welcome to FT.
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Definitely not. I usually stop at a convenient store or drugstore or gas station to stock up on a few bottles of water before checking in at the hotel. If there are comped bottles of water in the room, then that's a bonus. And agree with some of the other posters that there are some cities where the tap water is just nasty.
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Bottled Water
Who drinks water? I just find the local 24 hour convenience store, pick up a 6 or 12 pack of my favorite beer and drink that instead!
Beats overpriced water any day of the week! Perhaps when you get kidney stones you might think otherwise. |
We drink the bottled water in hotel rooms if it's out on the bureau and is free. We were staying at the Albergo Cesari in Rome last August and it was hot so that bottled water sitting out on the bureau was tempting. But with it was a card stating that only the first bottle of the guest's stay was free. Bizarre? The remainder of the week we "had" to look at the bottle everyday and ignore it. This is a medium priced hotel. Perhaps they assume that the first night you are there you haven't had time to go out and buy your own. In that case, it's a thoughtful gesture. But it left us with a rather sour [and dry] taste in our mouths.
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Staples is selling 1/2 liter bottles of water for 18cents a bottle. I'm sure that a large chain like Starwood or Hilton or Marriott gets it even cheaper. It is just plain old good marketing to give this to their customers at a really low expense.
(Here is the link to Staples: http://www.staples.com/products/Spot...29/default.asp ) |
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