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Roach wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:20 pm "Wall mounted soap/shampoo/conditioner dispensers are difficult to clean and are often not refilled adequately. "

Jesus H. Christ who would Ever touch one of those or especially use what might be in it. A long line up of depraved bastards capable of about anything have been in that room. Tell me you don't drink out of the glasses.

Kierland wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:53 pm Of course they don’t care about the environment, any more than you do.
It’s all about the Benjamins, just like in your life.
So what’s the problem?

Papa Willie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:38 pm

Kierland wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:01 pm

Papa Willie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:38 pm

Kierland wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:01 pm

Left Seater wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:13 pm If any of you have stayed at a hotel in the last year or so you have probably been offered the choice to decline housekeeping for all of part of your stay. They say this is to help the environment by reducing water use and energy use. The property may also offer you addition points for each day you decline housekeeping as their way or saying thank you “for helping the environment.”

This is all fancy marketing speak and has little to do with the environment. It in fact is a way to reduce wages and expenses at the hotel. Each day you decline housekeeping is a day they can reduce housekeeper’s hours and supervisor’s hours. At a mid range property like say a Courtyard where housekeeping will visit your room once per day this choice saves 30 minutes of housekeeping time. It also saves about 10 minutes of supervision time when they sign off on the room. At a full service property where housekeeping does two visits a day and in some cases a third with turndown service this can save 1.5 hours of housekeeping time and 15 mins of supervision time.

This practice started in Seattle where a “living wage” was passed. So in the name of making the “environmental” choice you are cutting the hours a housekeeper gets paid.

Now hotels are taking this a step further. Hyatt announced today they will eliminate all individual toiletries by 2022. They join Marriott and IHG who are already moving to this standard. The hotels claim it is a move to help the environment and reduce plastic waste. What it actually is is a move to help their bottom line. Wall mounted soap/shampoo/conditioner dispensers are difficult to clean and are often not refilled adequately.

If this really were an environmental issue the hotels could use individual shampoo and conditioner bottles made from biodegradable packaging. But this isn’t about the environment, this is about saving money at your expense.

So do you decline housekeeping and will you miss the shampoo bottles you can take home?

Left Seater wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:50 pm Of course I don’t. Far too many stories of the maid wiping the toilet then using the same rag to clean the glasses.

And I agree on those wall mounted soaps and shampoos. Thankfully I have status with Marriott. That by itself means nothing other than I spend a lot of nights in hotels for work. But where it does mean something is I ca still request the individual bottles. Now when I stay at a Hyatt property I will bring my own or stop at a CVS or Walgreens to purchase some of the little bottles.

Left Seater wrote:Wall mounted soap/shampoo/conditioner dispensers are difficult to clean and are often not refilled adequately.

Left Seater, forever and ever wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:47 pm

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:34 pm The hotel where I work offers a $5 credit toward food & beverage for each day the room isn't serviced if the option is selected. By law, the rooms have to be serviced every third day, so maid service is still provided for long-term stays, just not daily. While the option is offered as part of a "green" program, the real intent is to allow more rooms per day to be turned over faster to allow us to check in more guests early. The amount of guests who select the option is negligible and has little to no impact on the number of housekeepers put on the schedule.