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Footprints on the ceiling: Hotel secrets spilled

August 18, 2007 by Neil Maclean 

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I wonder how many hotel PR’s would be relaxed about the blogosphere if they thought staff were writing about their guests’ filthy habits on a near-daily basis.

Hotel Chick (via the VacantReady hotel industry blog) does this and more in a forthright blog, which pulls back the covers on - no, you probably don’t want to know. It’s certainly a warts and all (and warts are the least of it) picture from the room cart.

Many of the rooms she tackles at check-out seemed to have been turned into some sort of a dirty protest over the course of just a couple of days, but in terms of ordure hitting the fan, that will be nothing compared to when the management find out about Hotel Chick’s blog.

In the meantime, count me subscribed. It’s great to hear such a candid view from the trenches.

Many people like their job. Being a filthy pig ruins our day.
Seriously. If you take a pee, be courteous and lift the toilet seat. If
you brush your teeth, try not to spray it all over the mirror. If you
eat food, throw your trash in the proper bin and not on the floor. When
you see a rubber mat for the tub, put it IN the tub and not rolled up
on the back of the toilet. If you see a small rag, the size of a
handtowel somewhere near your bathtub, it’s made for the floor, so you
don’t drip water everywhere. Understand, even though our shoes say
skid-free we can slip and injure ourselves on YOUR water.

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    Hi,
    I had the most horrible experience traveling in the Southeast. I've stayed at 5-star hotels and I've stayed at 2-star hotels, and this experience topped the icing on a cake. Many of the hotels I am familiar with such as Red Roof Inns, Quality Inns, Ramada, etc. and many others are own and operated by people from India. I've never stayed at a hotel and was treated like a second rate citizen. I am female and the males from India do not respect women (even in America) and as you can probably tell where I'm going with this. Imagine my outrage when I questioned my bill. The young manager was male from India and he thought I was going to "submit" to him. He was wrong. I will never stay in another Knights Inn or Travel Inn. I travel often in the Southeast and have had some pleasant experiences with the owners that were from India, but I was checked in by the women. Has anyone else out there had any experiences (personal or business) in visiting any establishments that were owned and operated by people from India? I curious to see because I think there is a growing problem with America involving the way we are treated by the males from India.
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    Thanks for commenting.
    I am afraid, I can't offer a female perspective but one of my regular London hotel stops is Indian-owned and they are great people.
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    Thanks for the link. Lordy, what I go through to make ends meet!
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