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LA Mandates Hotels Offer Daily Housekeeping, Hotels Claim Cleaning Is Bad For The Environment

by Gary Leff

Jun 23 2022

While the lack of daily housekeeping means that trash piles up in rooms and hallways, that it’s tougher to clean rooms between guests since the rooms become dirtier, and thus it’s more likely new guests receive dirty accommodations, as long as hotels meet basic cleanliness standards it’s hard to see making daily housekeeping a law.

Nonetheless do not ever believe a hotel chain or lobbying association when they say their practices are intended to benefit the environment. And here remember that the biggest advance in the history of public health that extends lifespans is cleanliness.

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Airbnb Is Even Worse Than I Thought

by Gary Leff

airbnb mobile
Jun 16 2022

Airbnb makes sense in towns where there aren’t suitable hotels. It makes sense to rent a full house for a large family or when traveling with a group of friend. But the current homesharing model is very broken, and as a result choosing Airbnb makes no sense for most stays.

The concerns I have with Airbnb, though, are hardly the only ones. Others have had far worse experiences.

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Stack 1000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles On Top Of Hyatt Points And Miles At 156 U.S. Hotels

by Gary Leff

Jun 13 2022

You can earn 1000 bonus American AAdvantage miles per stay of two nights or more across 10 U.S. cities between July 5 and September 5, 2022.

This isn’t choosing ‘miles or points’ this is on top of the Hyatt points you’ll earn And it stacks on top of Hyatt’s existing partnership with American where American elites earn 1 AAdvantage mile per dollar spent with Hyatt and Hyatt elites earn 1 Hyatt point per dollar spent on American flights

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Choice Hotels Buying Radisson, Here’s What It Means For Members

by Gary Leff

Radisson Red Minneapolis - Oui Bar and Kitchen
Jun 13 2022

With 624 hotels in total, this is just over $1 million per property (abstracting away from real estate). That actually seems low for the business, even though it includes few hard assets.

This seems like a real miss for Hyatt. Though the hotels are more downmarket than Hyatts overall, it would have given them some reach outside of the larger metro areas in the U.S. where they’re strong.

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Each Hotel Chain Is Approaching Housekeeping Differently In The New Normal

by Gary Leff

Jun 10 2022

Hotels have tried to lock in the savings of not cleaning rooms during stays, even as guests have returned. So we’ve seen many hotels move away from daily housekeeping on a permanent basis, though some still let guests request housekeeping during their stay.

I checked in with the major hotel chains on their housekeeping policies. While there’s sometimes a gap between the policies and pronouncements of a chain and on-the-ground reality, Hyatt seems to be doing the most to require hotels to provide housekeeping. Even where chains say it’s supposed to be an option, it may not be.

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