Do these peeves irk you as much as they do me?

Fat pillows - I like a thin, flat pillow, yet so many hotels provide 4 or 5 thick ones. Why not 4 or 5 thin ones, then if someone wants a thick pillow they can stack 'em.

Room clutter - All those annoying little brochures, folding stand-ups, breakfast room service order slips, and all that other stuff.

Pathetic TV channel selection - Why provide a copy of TV Guide when you only provide 10 or 12 channels. Take the money you spend on TV Guide and subscribe to a good cable line-up for the entire hotel.

Sheets and blankets tucked in between the mattress and box spring - I don't sleep like that, do you?

Clustered room assignments - If the hotel is not full, why assign all the rooms together (this goes for restaurants too)? Spread 'em out and give me a chance to sleep without being wakened in the middle of the night by the party next door who wants to watch TV at 3 AM.

Mr. Marriott, are you listening?

Anybody else have any good ones?

You're being sarcastic - right? Gosh, but we always have to stack up all the "thin,flat" pillows. And, who cares about the "literature" strewn about? It's certainly not the least bit obstrusive. Would much rather complain when there's no phone book, incling yellow pages in the bible drawer. In our experience, there's 75 channels on the TV, but no channel guide. No problem to "untuck" everything that's tucked in. Surely, the least of our annoyances - such as the stomach churning "air freshener" most spray to suffocation levels! Everyone knows that every hotel does their best to "rotate" rooms. And, if the one to which you are assigned is less than desirable, moving is not usually a problem. You seem like a veteran traveler - what's your point?

>I like a thin, flat pillow, yet so >many hotels provide 4 or 5 thick ones.

Gee, I like thick pillows. Tell me where r u staying ??? I'll go there.

>Sheets and blankets tucked in between >the mattress and box spring - I don't >sleep like that, do you?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.

>Room clutter - All those annoying >little brochures, folding stand-ups, >breakfast room service order slips, >and all that other stuff.

And if that info wasn't there, you'd probably grouse about no info. Toss it in the drawer if it OFFENDS you so much.

I think you need to come up with some real, meaty, pet peav

Wouldn't people who like to travel, but can't afford to, love to have such hardships in their hotel room - flat pillows, paper clutter, room service goofs, and on and on ... and wouldn't the homeless be upset in having to deal with undoing the sheet/blanket from their box-spring mattress ...

What a peevish group! But let's get serious:

Two greatest peeves:

1. That hotels don't understand that people travelling need the Weather Channel more than just about any other channel. Very few have it.

2. Above all, the appalling inflation in prices due to (expense-account-subsidized business) travel. It used to be that weekends were more expensive and you could get discounted midweek rates -- when travel was out of leisure funds. Now it's the opposite, which tells you how and why the prices are so outrageous.

The noise of the ice machine at all hours of the night, which always seems to be right next to my room.

1. Returning to my room in the evening and walking past the same dirty breakfast dishes that were there in the morning.

2. Hotels that block 800 or 888 calls so that you will need to use their phones at inflated prices.

3. Cheap, crappy clock radios. It wouldn't cost much to provide a decent radio.

4. Hangers that don't come off the hang rod.

Oooooohhh, yeah. Those hangers drive me crazy. Do they really think I'm going to pay $200 for a hotel room and then steal their hangers?

Here's another: Maids who yell and screech at each other in the hall. Hey, those doors are thin, and I was out late last night! A little peace, please!

As a woman traveller:
when the front desk announces to all what your room number is when checking in.

about the pillows and blankets - umm..they're just trying to make the room comfortable and tidy. Would u rather your sheets hang sloppily off hte bed? Speaking of which, how many people sleep on hard/flat pillows? I dont. YOu complaints are so petty...u must be a bitter old man i guess. NOw, the hangers and ice machine pet peeve..that's something to be annoyed at.

How about the lack of a fitted sheet on the bottom? It bugs the heck out of me when the bottom sheet pulls out when you move! It couldn't cost that much more to have fitted sheets, for gosh sakes.

How 'bout when you make your reservation over six months in advance and they can't have the room ready that day by check-in time.
Once, I actually heard a front-desk person tell another weary traveller that they could use the lobby rest room to change clothes, if they wanted to go somewhere for dinner a while.

Whether just for overnight or a two week stay, there's usually never enough closet space, drawer space, hangers or pillows. And in Europe, never a conveniently placed electrical outlet for my hair curling iron. But I'm still a happy traveler!

Reserving a room at a 5-star Hawaii beach resort (the Ilihani) and finding that the sole pool, pool deck, and ocean access have been rented to a "private party" for the afternoon and evening.

1) Hangers...it also drives me crazy trying to get those things to slide back into the slot.

2) I'd like to be able to check out by clicking the buttons on the T.V. If you've paid with a credit card, why not? I hate standing in line to give them my money.

Many of the complaints are either petty or the hotel cannot do anything sbout it. If your room is not available when you check in than it is probably because you were checking in too early or the folks leaving did not check out until late.

However, I do have one pet peeve. I get very angry when I have hung out the "Do Not Disturb" sign and housekeeping knocks on my door or telephones asking if we want the room made up. It usually results in an irate call by myself or my wife to the manager.

HotelHarry, Isn't a pet peeve by its very nature petty? Sometimes it's the little things that bug you and you just have to vent.

Hey, folks, life is too short. If these things bother you, how are you affected by real problems?

Howard: I'm sure we all DO have larger problems - but that wasn't the question was it? If you don't wish to read other's "pet peeves", then kindly move along to something more to your taste. There are several good "depression" bulletin boards on the Net. Prehaps you would rather monitor one of those.

My pet peeves? (1)queen sized flat sheets on a king size bed. Waking up each morning laying directly on the mattress is most irksome. (2)requests to housekeeping for king sized sheets that get a response one day and then its back to the queens the next. Should I really have to babysit the bedlinens at a 5 star hotel?

Sorry to revive this old thread, but it struck a nerve. Two peeves:

1. You usually get little bottles of shampoo and conditioner, but no lotion anymore. What is the deal? Plenty of people use lotion, particularly with all of that dry air-conditioned air. If necessary, kill the conditioner. Does anyone really trust their hair to that conditioner stuff?

2. Maids who knock once while they are already in the process of barging in, like it's San Quentin or something. Screaming "Just a minute!" as the doorknob turns doesn't work. I guess it sounds just like "Howdy, come right on in!" There are a few maids walking the face of this earth who have seen me naked. Gotta remember to put out that Do Not Disturb sign every single night.