Hotel beds
Mar 29th, 2002, 11:13 AM
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Hotel beds
I would like to know your experiences with hotel beds. I just returned from yet another business trip and stayed in a hotel with a horrible bed. This seems to be the norm. These are supposed nice hotels (Embassey, Doubletree, Marriott, etc.) and I have yet to stay in a room with a really comfortable bed. Olive Oyl maybe you can shed some light on this subject since I beleive you said that your husband is in the business. The latest hotel was a Marriott business type hotel and (no lie) the mattress was about 4 inches of foam rubber covered with cloth and a box spring. There were no fitted sheets and the blanket and bedspread were awful. It would seem a good bed would be the most important aspect of a hotel room but this does not seem to be the case. What are your comments or suggestions on this subject.
Mar 29th, 2002, 11:32 AM
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Greg, I know what you mean. I recently stayed at a Marriott Residence Inn, I think my first time at one, and the bed was exactly as you describe -- also seemingly about 12 inches off the floor. I'm also amazed how many times I try to pull the top sheet and/or blanket back and the entire bottom sheet comes with it. I have to spend 5 to 10 minutes remaking my bed before I can get in it.
I'm not sure that you can count on hearing from Olive Oyl, by the way. After a recent slamming and verbal nastiness towards a perfectly innocent post she made, she seems to be taking a breather from this web site.
I'm not sure that you can count on hearing from Olive Oyl, by the way. After a recent slamming and verbal nastiness towards a perfectly innocent post she made, she seems to be taking a breather from this web site.
Mar 29th, 2002, 11:35 AM
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I must agree that in general the beds in hotels are too hard. Some are better than others but higher priced hotels don't always seem better than budget chains re/bed comfort. When budget or circumstances dictate I do stay in low priced chains and have found Microtel to have the best beds in that category. Red Roof Inn beds, for some reason, always leave me with a backache. I've stayed in many, many hotels and the only truly comfortable beds were at Chateau Laurier in Ottawa CAN, Dive-Inn guesthpuse in new Orleans and Hotel Triton in San Fran CA. For me the key is a good pillow - I have a good goose down pillow that compresses nicely and I take it whenever I travel - makes a huge difference.
Mar 29th, 2002, 11:36 AM
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Greg,
As soon as I saw the title of this post I knew I was going to say that Marriott without a doubt had teh most comfy beds...then I read your post.
It was the Marriott Orlando World Center. The bed was so great we went out and tried to duplicate the pillows and comfortable
As soon as I saw the title of this post I knew I was going to say that Marriott without a doubt had teh most comfy beds...then I read your post.
It was the Marriott Orlando World Center. The bed was so great we went out and tried to duplicate the pillows and comfortable
Mar 29th, 2002, 11:50 AM
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The most comfortable bed we ever slept on (in a hotel) was at the Hotel W in the French Quarter. It was layered with soft fluffy linens, but firm enough so that your back didn't hurt. I didn't care for the overall room decor since it very masculine and sterile looking, but the bed was great!
Mar 29th, 2002, 12:05 PM
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Your description: "the mattress was about 4 inches of foam rubber covered with cloth". You have described the beds @ the Marriott in Aruba! Whenever I see people here rave about that property I shake my head! Not only were the mattresses 'not mattresses' but the bedspreads were soiled & ratty looking. We had an 'oceanfront deluxe' room with a spectacular view but the room itself was a real disappointment.
Mar 29th, 2002, 01:38 PM
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Greg,
I have had the exact same problem!! I posted a similar question with no response. I have stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott in Plano, TX. It also had a 4" foam "mattress". I checked out at 4am & moved across the street to LaQuinta Inns & Suites. They were somewhat better, having a real mattress, but still hard as a rock! I contacted Marriott & they appologized but did not refund me for my night.
I also have tried upper-end hotels, Westin Stonebriar in Plano, TX. The bedding was great, 200+ count sheets, but the beds are still very hard.
The best bed I have slept on in the last 3 years was in the Hotel Galvez in Galveston, Tx: firm with just enough padding.
I spend a lot of time in the Dallas area & would greatly appreciate any information on hotels with good beds in that area.
I have had the exact same problem!! I posted a similar question with no response. I have stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott in Plano, TX. It also had a 4" foam "mattress". I checked out at 4am & moved across the street to LaQuinta Inns & Suites. They were somewhat better, having a real mattress, but still hard as a rock! I contacted Marriott & they appologized but did not refund me for my night.
I also have tried upper-end hotels, Westin Stonebriar in Plano, TX. The bedding was great, 200+ count sheets, but the beds are still very hard.
The best bed I have slept on in the last 3 years was in the Hotel Galvez in Galveston, Tx: firm with just enough padding.
I spend a lot of time in the Dallas area & would greatly appreciate any information on hotels with good beds in that area.
Mar 30th, 2002, 01:28 PM
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A burning question: why DO hotels use flat sheets in the place of fitted sheets, that is, on the mattress? My guess is that it's more economical to buy one kidn of sheet, flat, and use it for everything, but I'd love to know the real answer. I have to pull the sheets off the bottom of the bed to avoid feeling like I'm in a sleeping bag, and the whole bedding situation always falls apart. What gives??
Mar 31st, 2002, 04:59 AM
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Lack of fitted sheets is one of our hotel petpeeves, too. The other is the foam pillows you sometimes find.
Here's the skinny on the sheet situation. Fitted sheets can't be ironed with the mangle irons hotels use nor could the elastic withstand it. Secondly, folding them in any semblance of a neat package that fits compactly on a maid cart is an extremely labor intensive venture. That seems overly simple, but that's basically it.
I say, "don't iron them". As streteched as they are after fitting around the mattress corners, certainly no one would know the difference. That still leaves the problem of folding, and another all of us who do our sheets are aware of--every other thing in the laundry with them ends up in those 4 pockets, either in the wash or in the drying.
Still the flat bottom sheet is such a nuisance to most of us, it seems to me it would be time and effort well spent. I do know if a bed is made properly to begin with, it doesn't have to come apart. Unfortunately, more often than not, they aren't. We stayed in the Hyatt Las Vegas Resort last Thanksgiving though, and I actually examined the bottom sheet the 2nd night as the bed held together perfectly, and...it was a flat sheet, just well made.
"Best bed" has become more of an issue since Westin's Heavenly Beds took off. My husband recently looked into the same thing someone else mentioned here...some sort of a down "thing" that goes between the mattress and bottom sheet. He's planning on putting them in his suites, initially, with the thought of doing the entire hotel later if it works out. It was presented as a package, the down "thing", a duvet, and pillows @ $400/bed (wholesale price natch). With a 500 room hotel, most with 2 beds, it mounts up and becomes a matter of priorities at a time when the entire industry is struggling in a down economy. If everything can't be done at once, what's the priority...that thread bare carpet everyone gripes about or dated decor or....200 count sheets and a down insert?
Can't address the foam mattress question Greg. I only rarely stay at a hotel outside our chain, but would not have thought you would find a foam mattress in any Marriott, that they would be restricted to budget type hotel/motels.
Anyway...don't know that it's any consolation that even people in the industry hate the flat bottom sheets, but we are griping right along with you.
Here's the skinny on the sheet situation. Fitted sheets can't be ironed with the mangle irons hotels use nor could the elastic withstand it. Secondly, folding them in any semblance of a neat package that fits compactly on a maid cart is an extremely labor intensive venture. That seems overly simple, but that's basically it.
I say, "don't iron them". As streteched as they are after fitting around the mattress corners, certainly no one would know the difference. That still leaves the problem of folding, and another all of us who do our sheets are aware of--every other thing in the laundry with them ends up in those 4 pockets, either in the wash or in the drying.
Still the flat bottom sheet is such a nuisance to most of us, it seems to me it would be time and effort well spent. I do know if a bed is made properly to begin with, it doesn't have to come apart. Unfortunately, more often than not, they aren't. We stayed in the Hyatt Las Vegas Resort last Thanksgiving though, and I actually examined the bottom sheet the 2nd night as the bed held together perfectly, and...it was a flat sheet, just well made.
"Best bed" has become more of an issue since Westin's Heavenly Beds took off. My husband recently looked into the same thing someone else mentioned here...some sort of a down "thing" that goes between the mattress and bottom sheet. He's planning on putting them in his suites, initially, with the thought of doing the entire hotel later if it works out. It was presented as a package, the down "thing", a duvet, and pillows @ $400/bed (wholesale price natch). With a 500 room hotel, most with 2 beds, it mounts up and becomes a matter of priorities at a time when the entire industry is struggling in a down economy. If everything can't be done at once, what's the priority...that thread bare carpet everyone gripes about or dated decor or....200 count sheets and a down insert?
Can't address the foam mattress question Greg. I only rarely stay at a hotel outside our chain, but would not have thought you would find a foam mattress in any Marriott, that they would be restricted to budget type hotel/motels.
Anyway...don't know that it's any consolation that even people in the industry hate the flat bottom sheets, but we are griping right along with you.
