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Reasonably priced hotel minibars: Why it makes sense
If you were in a room full of people behaving like they were having an obnoxious-off, and there was just one person not taking part, who would you go and talk to? It’s not
Read More »The true test of a hotel concierge
Ask the concierge? Having spent the last week travelling around Switzerland and openly weeping at the cost of, well, absolutely everything, I’ve made unusually frequent encounters with people I don’t usually trust. Common consensus
Read More »Lesson for hoteliers: How to disappear from the guidebooks and lose customers
Close encounters of the guidebook kind This morning, I had what I thought was an extraordinarily encounter. Guide book writers may be more acquainted with it than I am. But, to me, it just
Read More »How to make a really bad hotel website in ten easy steps
In recent weeks, I have been writing a few city guides, which means that I have had to visit a lot of hotel websites in order to get contact details. On the way, I
Read More »Template letter for travel writers offered a ‘media rate’ by hotels, airlines & tour operators
I’m sure many travel writers have encountered a situation where they have been offered a ‘media rate’ by hotels, airlines and tour operators. And I’m sure many of us have struggled to know how
Read More »Petty Gripes: #3 – Little glasses at breakfast in hotels
Essen business hotel Last weekend, I stayed in the InterCityHotel in Essen, Germany. It was a perfectly pleasant business hotel, handily located for the central train station. But it did one thing differently that
Read More »Grumpy Traveller on other blogs
I’ve been a little slutty recently, and contributing to a couple of other blogs. Ironically, given my little hissy fit about ‘character’ accommodation yesterday, I’ve picked out a place I’d happily pay to stay
Read More »Character hotels vs chain hotels: Why travel writers will rarely recommend the best accommodation
Twitter confessions An interesting bout of shame-faced confession broke out on Twitter a week or so ago. A few travel writers – most of whom spend their time tracking down stylish design hotels or
Read More »Hotels: How not to respond to information requests from journalists
Information from hotel This morning, I received a reply from a hotel. I’m currently researching a feature on getting away from the whole family Christmas thing and thought this resort might be a good possible inclusion.
Read More »What is a budget hotel? The travel media doesn’t seem to understand
Travel media and budget hotels I have come to the conclusion that people working in the travel media are in some kind of fantasy land. Recently, I have seen so many stories about the
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