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| Above, the Blake Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Hotels, motels, motor lodges and national park lodges. I've stayed at all of them. Some were great and some were just terrible.
Last year, I stayed at Charlotte, North Carolina's Blake Hotel for the Mad Monster Party convention. It was generally a nice place, but I had to wonder about the seven-foot mirror that stood on the floor propped up against the wall instead of being mounted on the wall. I heard this was the case in every room. Hope Charlotte isn't prone to earthquakes.
Another time, we (my family) checked into a hotel late at night only to find people sleeping in the room we were assigned to. This happened another time in Sacramento. When we told the woman (who looked a lot like Beulah Ballbreaker from Porky's) at the front desk, she grabbed a machete and ran up to the room. I pitied the poor man who was sound asleep in the room over his rather rude awakening.
Condé Nast Traveler has an article with 18 suggestions for the hotel industry that would make peoples' stays much more satisfying. And they are only "the basics" at that. As an example: hotels have been acting like the airlines (or is it vice-versa?) in charging fees for every little thing. This is covered in number two on the list. I have found that Japanese hotels are not "fee-prone" as U.S. hotels.
There is one item that I am surprised isn't on the list: the overpriced food at hotel restaurants.
To view the list of 18 suggestions, go here.
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