I stay in a lot of hotels and they’re increasingly cutting out services while giving each guest a letter explaining why it’s due to sustainability.
“We don’t change towels, we don’t provide tea and coffee making facilities, we don’t change bedding, we don’t have a fridge in the room, we don’t use air con… because we’re sure YOU want us to achieve OUR mission of a sustainable world… but we’ll still charge YOU a premium price”
It would be more honest if hotels just said “we need to bring our bills down and we’re going to make you more uncomfortable to do so”.
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Well you’re a genius
See this all the time and think the same way. Not sure it’s an opinion, never mind unpopular, as opposed to a fact.
If you’re ‘smart’ enough to realise this then you can also grasp when they don’t want to advertise they’re cutting services. Honesty doesn’t grow revenue, but the woke agenda now that’s an excuse to profiteer baby!
I mostly agree but have to admit that I don’t really mind.
I usually travel for work, so that means I’m alone in the room. Don’t need daily servicing. The lack of service starts to feel silly if you are staying for more than a few nights, though.
>“we need to bring our bills down and we’re going to make you more uncomfortable to do so”.
That kind of approach shows poor presentation. They are not going to survive.
All this “luxury” they took from me, but no one insists to bother me every 10AM unless I explicitly ask. Good deal, I say.
I thought everyone knew this was bullshit marketing spin. Seems obvious.
No shit.
Wow we got Sherlock Holmes over here
Downvoted this because I think it’s a popular opinion, but you’re spot on
Probably, but I don’t actually mind. I found it weird and intrusive and unneccessary when staying a week in a hotel and every single day every single item was changed. Most let you put up a sign saying “please make up my room” so it is not like you have to be using funky towels. They can gtfo if they think lack of air con as an eco selling point is going to work on me though.
I’ve never seen a hotel that doesn’t have air con or hot drinks for this reason. But the environmental cost of washing almost clean sheets and towels every day is absolutely massive so if they’re gonna stop doing that then fair play to them whatever the reason tbh.
Not sure how this is “unpopular”, it’s simply the truth.
I mean when you dig into it this is a big part of the reason a lot of people are fighting back against net zero etc.
Companies and governments have spent so long marketing enshittification and cost cutting as green/sustainable so people now assume that green just means it’s gonna be shit and get worse (and more expensive usually)
I mean it’s pretty damn obvious to anyone with a high school education that the actual reason is profit over green initiatives. I honestly don’t care. I don’t want someone going through my room every day, and washing all of my sheets and towels every single day is a massive waste of water.
They still give you the option to request these things, which makes much more sense from a business and environmental perspective.