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Palisader posted:Question here, I reserved a room at the Hilton in DC for the week that includes July 4th, for just over $100 night. I'm not gonna show up and have the rate suddenly increase on me, am I? I booked directly. Why would you expect it to? That has never happened to me before after 100+ hotel stays. I guess if you didn't get a confirmation email or something there is no real "guarantee", but as long as your reservation is in their system I'm sure they wrote down what price they quoted you and will honor it.
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Murphy Brownback posted:Why would you expect it to? That has never happened to me before after 100+ hotel stays. I guess if you didn't get a confirmation email or something there is no real "guarantee", but as long as your reservation is in their system I'm sure they wrote down what price they quoted you and will honor it. Because I'm paranoid and have literally not stayed in a hotel since I was 20. I do have a confirmation email though, so it's all good. Now I need to go and find something else to worry about.
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Jun 4, 2015 15:13
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As long as your have the confirmation you're fine. If it's a prepaid reservation, if your credit card is no good they might cancel. Depends on the hotel, everyone is different. But that's the only thing I can think of that might affect a reservation this far out.
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Jun 5, 2015 05:18
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You could worry about Hilton bedbugs, and how they might get in your luggage and follow you back home. Start thinking up some zany ideas for how to combat this?
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Jun 6, 2015 01:41
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Try aluminium foil, I'm pretty sure bed bugs can't crawl over metal so if you place this over the bedding and under your luggage you should be good
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Jun 6, 2015 03:29
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Use a luggage rack. Don't put your luggage on the bed, floor, or against the wall. But bedbugs aren't really an issue in most reputable hotels. Cases happen, but almost all chains have good pest control policies in place that prevent it from spreading from guest to guest. My hotel, along with lost I know about have the dog come regularly to find stuff. Personally I worry more about clothing stores. I always wash or dry clean new stuff before I put them away at home. Here in NYC it was a big deal in some of the midtown stores.
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Jun 6, 2015 05:34
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Can we talk about AirBnb or similar services at all? In any case, I'll bring my experiences up as a sort of a Hotel/Motel apology. Yes, Airbnb is cheaper. Yes, you can become friends with the host, which pays off splendidly if you need to stay in that city again. Yes, you can end up staying in some particularly cool places. BUT at least hotels have a sort of consistency of what they expect from you and vice versa that AirBnb does not have. When you're paying to stay in people's places, professional and personal can lead to an extraordinarily awkward blur. One vacation my friend and I booked basically through it because we were cheap students travelling around. The first place was a fantastic bargain - a stylish apartment in Paris - and things seemed to get better because the host was leaving town and said she'd accommodate us anyways. Yey! A full apartment to ourselves! She tells us to pick up a key from her neighbor - fine, although a bit of a pain to coordinate - and we enter. A bit shabbier than the pictures, but oh well. But then a girl comes out of another room and surprises us. Apparently she has a long term tenant that she didn't bother to tell us about. WHY she didn't leave the key with her rather than a neighbor (again, interacting with the neighbor, both checking in and out, was a huge hassle), or you know, tell us, we don't know. She also did not leave enough toilet paper for three girls for five days, and we're reduced to using napkins. Also she had this weird towel in the bathroom that smelled like urine she labeled for "personal" use that jutted awkwardly against your knee when you sat. Bad. Anyways, the worst part is when we leave, she left us a terrible review, saying we broke antique glasses, cooked a lot and didn't scrub the pans, and yanked a light switch out of the wall, asking my friend 70 dollars in damages. We did none of that except cook, and we scrubbed everything cleaner than we found it. O_O The next place was super awkward because we started eating at the kitchen table and the owner basically yelled at us and told us to eat in our rooms. This led to a depressing, but hilarious set of circumstances where my friend sat on a 15 euro cake by mistake because there was no space in the tiny room to really put food. It got everywhere. I tried to clean it up, but man, what a stupid rule. They awkwardly also went to bed at 8pm, and didn't get up till 10 am, so we were left sneaking out with flashlights to use the bathroom, while their dog kept barking at us to play. We left an hour early and sat in a tea room with all our luggage rather than stay a minute longer. The third was super nice, except the lady obviously wanted a personal connection, but wanted to do it by discussing homeopathy and music, something my friend couldn't really talk about. She also had an old friend staying unexpectedly, so we felt very awkward getting in the way. Between both of those, and the fact that we cooked, I could tell she wasn't quite happy with us so I headed her off by writing a spectacular review (which, to be fair, the place WAS awesome otherwise). She private messaged me afterwards saying basically she was going to give me a poo poo review because she felt like we didn't "connect" with her enough, but my nice review changed her mind. Thank God. Lessons learned? -Get a hotel room, you cheapskate -If you insist on being a cheapskate, at least rent the whole apartment so you don't have to deal with the capriciousness of hosts -If you insist on being a bigger cheapskate, if you rent just the room DON'T cook, for chrissakes. -If you insist on being a cheap piece of poo poo and cooking, read the fine print of the posting, ingratiate yourself in advance, and travel alone, goddamn it, so you can become their BFF and won't get mad at you for not knowing how they like to wash one particular bowl. -Reviews are lies. Balqis fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jun 6, 2015 |
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Jun 6, 2015 16:17
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When you get home leave your luggage outside in the sun if you can then immediately wash all your clothes. The heat from the sun and the washer/dryer will kill off any bedbugs that might've come home with you.
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Jun 6, 2015 16:48
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Malcolm posted:You could worry about Hilton bedbugs, and how they might get in your luggage and follow you back home. Start thinking up some zany ideas for how to combat this? I have an aunt who is a GM for a Hilton and have been given many stories and advice about bedbug avoidance.
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Jun 6, 2015 18:14
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You're all set then, have an awesome stay in DC man!
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Jun 6, 2015 19:12
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:When you get home leave your luggage outside in the sun if you can then immediately wash all your clothes. The heat from the sun and the washer/dryer will kill off any bedbugs that might've come home with you.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:41
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Thanatosian posted:It had better be really hot where you live for this to work. You need to hit 115-120 degrees (46-49 degrees celsius) for several hours in order to kill the fuckers. Direct sun on a summer afternoon can get your suitcase pretty nice and toasty.
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Jun 7, 2015 00:08
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Why do people fumigate and steam-treat all their poo poo when they could just leave it outside in the sun for a few hours? Seems like people are wasting their money on professional poo poo unnecessarily.
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Jun 7, 2015 00:16
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One suitcase that may or may not (likely may not) have bed bugs is different than your whole house. If you're really that paranoid sure go ahead and cook your suitcase.
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Jun 7, 2015 00:24
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:One suitcase that may or may not (likely may not) have bed bugs is different than your whole house. If you're really that paranoid sure go ahead and cook your suitcase. If you're paranoid, don't bring your luggage home.
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Jun 8, 2015 06:30
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:One suitcase that may or may not (likely may not) have bed bugs is different than your whole house. If you're really that paranoid sure go ahead and cook your suitcase. Just keep your house outside geez
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Jun 8, 2015 15:36
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Balqis posted:She also did not leave enough toilet paper for three girls for five days, and we're reduced to using napkins. Why didn't you go out and buy some?
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Jun 8, 2015 20:54
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A few years ago, I stayed with friends at a hotel Milford, MI. Having learned what to look for from the old GBS or maybe A/T hotel stories thread, once we settled in I checked under the beds in hope of finding money or drugs that had been left behind. What I found was a used condom and a black plastic bag like you typically get from a liquor store filled with DVDs. Half of them were gay porn, the other half were porn of women squirting (I guess the previous guests had diverse taste.) I brought the bag down to the front desk to see the attendant's reaction, quietly informed him of what I found, and after receiving a flurry of apologies from both him and the GM we spent the next 45 minutes at the bar with all drinks on the house while our room was thoroughly cleaned.
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Jun 9, 2015 03:19
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Ms Boods posted:Why didn't you go out and buy some? It was a Sunday. It may seem crazy, but a reality of French life is that no stores are conveniently open on Sundays.
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Jun 9, 2015 06:46
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Balqis posted:It was a Sunday. It may seem crazy, but a reality of French life is that no stores are conveniently open on Sundays. Makes perfect sense with the explanation! (I've been to Paris on numerous occasions -- and yep, there are still some civilised places in Europe where even the shopkeeps are allowed a day off  .)
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Jun 9, 2015 07:03
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Balqis posted:She also did not leave enough toilet paper for three girls for five days, and we're reduced to using napkins. Balqis posted:It was a Sunday. Balqis posted:five days Five Sundays in a row, my worst nightmare 
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Jun 9, 2015 08:30
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Captain Bravo posted:Five Sundays in a row, my worst nightmare Five Sundays with Frenchy
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Jun 9, 2015 12:23
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Captain Bravo posted:Five Sundays in a row, my worst nightmare gently caress's sake, I didn't even register that. I blame everyone but myself. But then again, Sundays in the olde worlde do pass slowly, which can be lovely, albeit not if you need to wipe your arse. On the other hand, the landlady did leave them a rag onna stick. My worst hotel experience was any time I stayed at a hotel with my ex: any tiny bit of noise from another room, even normal stuff you'd expect to hear, he'd be down the phone screaming at reception to 'do' something about it. He once demanded of me, when I was booking a room, that I actually book five -- ours, and the ones around, above, and below it. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoy travelling on my own these days. As for venues themselves: got to the destination, long drive back to where I'd gone to university, tired, couldn't wait just to chill, only to be told that the fairly decent hotel where I'd booked had been overbooked, so they were going to put us in their affiliated hotel just down and opposite the road. The difference between these two hotels was like if the first one was a business-style Marriott or something and the other was a by-the-hour drug 'n' hooker dive. This hotel was locally notorious for drug deals, people randomly firing guns, finding the occasional unwanted newborn in the rubbish skip, &c. Everything in town was booked up (I forget why -- something going on locally), so we had to stay at the Dennis Hopper Memorial Motel one night before moving on to get something comparable to the original booking. The original hotel refused to reimburse us, so we paid like $200 for a night in a $35 night hotel, at least until I phoned up Visa to get the charge removed.
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Jun 9, 2015 15:03
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Captain Bravo posted:Five Sundays in a row, my worst nightmare Hehe, we didn't realize it was Toilet: Total Apocalypse until Sunday. Since we were leaving Tuesday, very early, and I'm ridiculously cheap (see me using AirBnb) we just decided to rough it for a day or two, using napkins and toilet paper from bars like crazy people. Note that I am the worst sort of cheap: one who does not mind 15 euro cocktails but will not spend 4 euros on a three pack for a crazy lady who obviously just uses a pee rag. Balqis fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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Jun 9, 2015 18:34
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Balqis posted:using napkins and toilet paper from bars like crazy people. Crazy like a fox. 
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Jun 9, 2015 19:49
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TunaSpleen posted:Also, now I'm curious as to what hotel employees think of convention attendees--not for mundane poo poo like dentistry or ornithology, but comic and anime cons where costumed teenagers are shouting memes in the hallways. Also, I've been working night audit for close to a decade now. There may be something wrong with me.
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Jun 10, 2015 10:09
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Helter Skelter posted:
There is. I've been overnight MOD for 6 months and I feel like shooting myself in the face every morning. Probably cause I don't actually DO much other than some random paperwork for 30 minutes and hang out in the lobby or talk to the front desk.
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Jun 10, 2015 11:26
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I have a bit more than half an hour's worth of paperwork to do every night, but I'm also the overnight front desk agent (which seems common at most small to mid-sized places around here) so that's not the only thing I'm dealing with overnight. Still a fair amount of downtime, but I like the quiet (not quiet often means obnoxious drunks in the lobby or noise complaints) and usually don't have a problem keeping myself amused. Beats working retail, in any case.
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Jun 10, 2015 13:04
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I'm on my 7th year in July....
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Jun 10, 2015 13:10
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Balqis posted:Hehe, we didn't realize it was Toilet: Total Apocalypse until Sunday. Since we were leaving Tuesday, very early, and I'm ridiculously cheap (see me using AirBnb) we just decided to rough it for a day or two, using napkins and toilet paper from bars like crazy people. Why wouldn't you just take toilet paper from the bathroom
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Jun 10, 2015 14:51
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Why wouldn't you just take toilet paper from the bathroom Do you mean the bathroom at the apartment which I already said ran out after three days? Or the toilet paper I took from bars, which I already mentioned in the post you just quoted?
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Jun 10, 2015 14:57
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Balqis posted:Do you mean the bathroom at the apartment which I already said ran out after three days? Or the toilet paper I took from bars, which I already mentioned in the post you just quoted? yes
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Jun 10, 2015 15:07
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Balqis posted:Do you mean the bathroom at the apartment which I already said ran out after three days? Or the toilet paper I took from bars, which I already mentioned in the post you just quoted? I mean why would you take napkins if you were already taking toilet paper
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Jun 10, 2015 15:38
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I mean why would you take napkins if you were already taking toilet paper Because the napkins were on hand and sufficed until the first bar run?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:26
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Let's really drill down on this, people. We want diagrams, flow-charts, a timeline. Who knew what when about what paper products, where were they procured, and how were they used. There may be unk-unks. Let's spitball some of those. I'm thinking maybe there was a bidet, and that's why there wasn't much toilet paper. Just throwing that on the fire to see how it floats. Anyone else have an idea to run up the flagpole and kick around for awhile until it blossoms?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:30
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Did you place the toilet paper in the over or under position, and how do you wipe your butt?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:34
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Obdicut posted:unk-unks Why is this a thing. The thing it's supposed to stand for is the same number of letters, why do people need a baby-talk term for it?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:51
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Murphy Brownback posted:Why is this a thing. The thing it's supposed to stand for is the same number of letters, why do people need a baby-talk term for it? Unknown-unknowns is not the same number of letters. What are you thinking of?
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Jun 10, 2015 18:51
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Obdicut posted:Unknown-unknowns is not the same number of letters. What are you thinking of? Unknowns. Unknown-unknowns is redundant and I think we can all agree that "unk-unk" sounds silly.
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Murphy Brownback posted:Unknowns. Unknown-unknowns is redundant and I think we can all agree that "unk-unk" sounds silly. But how else will we differentiate between the things we know we know and the things we know we don't know and the things we don't know we don't know and the things we don't know we know and oh look my head's gone firmly up my rear end oh my now isn't that lovely....
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