In the last few years I have averaged about 90 nights a year in hotel rooms. In many today you get a little nudge that says "if you are environmentally conscious hang up your towels and we won't wash them - that will save a gazillion gallons of water." Here is the rub, many of these same hotels now offer beds with tons of pillows - not one or two but four to six. Presumably when a guest leaves a room those extra pillow cases are washed. So even if I buy the idea of saving water - just how do all those new extra pillows fit into the saving water thing?
As I think I have said before, I do not participate in those programs because the interests are not aligned. If they said, hang up your towels and we'll knock $5 off you bill - then I might consider doing it. But exactly why is it in my interest to lower their costs? They keep raising their room rates. So how about some balance.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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My favorite is the pitch to save water by hanging up your towel in hotels where the toilet runs all night and the shower won't shut off.
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