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Hotel horror stories are a dime a dozen. What can and should you do and how do you spot hotels from hell? If the hotel you’ve booked is terrible, do you stick it out or move to another one? Please list some of your experiences and if you’ve been able to get a rebate, how did you do it?
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Glenn Cox had planned a trip to Orlando to watch the next Space Shuttle launch, but when liftoff was postponed, he found himself holding a hotel reservation with some surprise restrictions. His room at Orlando Airport SpringHill Suites by Marriott was completely nonrefundable, to be exact.
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Since the beginning of this year, there have been a lot hopeful murmurs about the return of business travel after a precipitous decline over the last two years. Now we’ve got even more proof that business travelers–especially those from small and medium sized companies–are seeing growth opportunities and taking more trips.
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Smith Travel Research is out with another look at the U.S. hotel industry. They reported decreases in all three key measurements during February 2010. The occupancy rates are hovering just over 50 percent. Average daily room rates are now well under $100 at US$97.12. Those factors add up to a revenue per available room number of only $52.19.
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While many of the lower-cost and mid-cost hotels do not charge for Internet connections, the most expensive still are charging for connections to the Web. But the days of Internet access are numbered. The only question is when will the charges be totally eliminated.
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Some luxury hotels are more memorable than others. Some hotels focus on personal service. Others provide expansive panoramas. Santa Fe’s Inn of the Five Graces provides an unforgettable lodging experience surrounded by exceptional art, an experience that cannot be found anywhere else.
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The American hotel industry has economically suffered again during the first week of January. This decrease in occupancy, hotel rates and revenues shows a continuing slide in tourism spending.
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United Airlines, Continental Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeking an antitrust waiver so they can coordinate flights with each other.
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The hotel industry is suffering through the economic downturn just as the airlines are, but the weeping and wailing coming from hoteliers is nowhere as shrill as that heard from the airlines. Perhaps it should be. The Smith Travel Research hotel data doesn’t show any sort of recovery in the hotel sector.
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Should wireless Internet access be free at hotels? A vast majority of guests think so, and now a UK-based blogger is ratcheting up the pressure on hotels to free their Wi-Fi signals once and for all.
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