Hotel room improvements

What is the biggest source of hotel room layover frustration?

  • Bright rooms/poor curtains

    Votes: 6 6.1%

  • Electric plugin locations/quanity

    Votes: 27 27.3%

  • Uncomfortable bedding

    Votes: 18 18.2%

  • Inadequate bathroom counter space

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ambient noise

    Votes: 17 17.2%

  • Poor climate control

    Votes: 31 31.3%
  • Total voters
    99
Slow internet or a connection that frequently drops, and poorly accessible outlets are my biggest pet peeves.
I hardly watch the TV but I've noticed some are very dim, probably because of too much use and outdated
 
Cheap toilet paper. I'm not stealing the cheap stuff.

Coffee pots in the bathroom. I figure the maid had her clean the toilet gloves on when she placed fresh cups.

Outdated porn movies to choose from.

Any hotel where the name starts with Trump.
 
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AAPalmTree said:
First thing I do is unplug phones in the room. Second thing is figure out how to get the continuous fan on the heat/AC. Third, is jam towels or pillows at the base of the door (some of you might have done this in college for different reasons) for sound proofing. Last, I build a fort.
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First thing I do is lose my pants.

It started as a way to make my laundry last a little longer, now it’s pretty much a subconscious reaction to walking in a hotel room.
 
XJT actually had some really great overnight hotels, especially the long overnights. Climate control during winter was always an issue but other than that, not too bad.
 
My peeves:

Weak a$$ shower. #1 with a bullet.

Bad A/C

Noisy

No outlets.

No morning food.

Zenith "Radiation King" alarm clocks that burn as bright as the sun, and are wrong, and you can't set them correctly
 
cezzna said:
Biggest pain in the ass is the phone. Who needs a damn landline in a hotel room?
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You need to be able to call 911. Not everyone (shocking) carries a cell phone, and not every locality has decent tech to locate a cell phone on a 911 call. Not such a big deal when you can tell dispatch where you are, but when you're under duress or unable to speak, that life line will save you.

What kind of pain does the hotel room phone cause you?
 
killbilly said:
You need to be able to call 911. Not everyone (shocking) carries a cell phone, and not every locality has decent tech to locate a cell phone on a 911 call. Not such a big deal when you can tell dispatch where you are, but when you're under duress or unable to speak, that life line will save you.
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What kind of side hustle are you doing on the layover or what hellhole is the company laying you over that this would be an issue?

The only phone that'll most likely save me if I keel over is the phone on the wall next to the crapper in the bathroom. Unfortunately, that only is available at our LAS and GPT layovers.
 
Anyone ever had hotel security break into your room it do a welfare check because you aren't answering your phone. Then, as they were leaving, say "crew scheduling wants you to call them". Happened to me in the OAK Marriott a few years ago.
 
Cptnchia said:
What kind of side hustle are you doing on the layover or what hellhole is the company laying you over that this would be an issue?

The only phone that'll most likely save me if I keel over is the phone on the wall next to the crapper in the bathroom. Unfortunately, that only is available at our LAS and GPT layovers.
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It's not me. It's the law in some states. Sorry - I didn't make that clear. I'm citing reasons WHY it's like that.

@Bob Ridpath could probably tell you a few more current stories than I could. I've been out of the 911 business a long time.
 
DE727UPS said:
Anyone ever had hotel security break into your room it do a welfare check because you aren't answering your phone. Then, as they were leaving, say "crew scheduling wants you to call them". Happened to me in the OAK Marriott a few years ago.
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Nope. I did have security come up and make sure my room wasn't on fire. It was about - 11F outside and zero humidity. I was dried out and cracking. I turned the shower on full hot and the steam felt so good before I got in I laid down to enjoy it for a minute. Then I fell asleep.
 
poser765 said:
Nope. I did have security come up and make sure my room wasn't on fire. It was about - 11F outside and zero humidity. I was dried out and cracking. I turned the shower on full hot and the steam felt so good before I got in I laid down to enjoy it for a minute. Then I fell asleep.
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Sounds like the XJT RAP overnight. The place was creepy as all hell and always cold and dry inside.
 
SeanD said:
Sounds like the XJT RAP overnight. The place was creepy as all hell and always cold and dry inside.
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Alex Johnson? I stayed there a couple years ago, and it was awesome...love hotels with character, and with a drinking club on the roof!
 
SurferLucas said:
Alex Johnson? I stayed there a couple years ago, and it was awesome...love hotels with character, and with a drinking club on the roof!
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Character? You would have loved our buffet overnight at the last place I worked. Lot of honeymoon suites. Place also looked like it was decorated by an old mofia wife.
 
SurferLucas said:
Alex Johnson? I stayed there a couple years ago, and it was awesome...love hotels with character, and with a drinking club on the roof!
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That's the one! It definitely was a cool place but also had a creep factor to it. Apparently, one of the rooms is haunted. The show Ghost Hunters had just filmed there the week before. The Irish bar attached to it was awesome. The club was closed when I was there.
 
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