C, that's hilarious. Thanks for pointing this out. Mobil it is. Still, star ratings are used by many others not associated with an oil company.

Tina: What you have are not pet peeves but inconveniences. Hotels DO NOT make up rooms based upon request but do so by who is checking out that day. As far as making up the room between 12 and 3pm and 'why bother', most people do not get up at 5:00am on vacation. Don't you see? Everyone is making fun of you because you have no gripe with the hotel! And you still want to argue. I feel for your husband.

I would be more annoyed if housekeeping came knocking on my door at 7:00 a.m. trying to clean the room while I'm on vacation. I've been at hotels before where they try to come clean up the room at 5:30 or 6:00 pm, at which point I do kind of wonder, "Why bother?"<BR><BR>For the most part, though, I am able to stay in a hotel without wetting the bed or throwing up on the floor, so I don't care whether they come in and make up the room every day. If I'm staying more than one night, frequently I just catch the housekeeper in the hall and say something like, "You don't need to worry about cleaning up our room today; can we just have some clean towels?" I find they are more than happy to accomodate this and it's much easier for everybody involved. They don't have to make up the room for no reason, and I don't have to wonder when they're going to come do it. Sometimes they make you sign their printout next to your room number saying that you said you didn't want your room made. I guess that's to keep people from coming back later on and demanding a free room because their room didn't get made up.<BR><BR>Who cares? Do you change your sheets at home every day? As long as I'm the only one who's slept on them since they've been washed, it doesn't bother me.

Tina you have been given some very wrong info. The housekeeping staff first cleans the rooms of rooms already checkout for the day. Your request (and keep in mind that is what it is) is then taken into consideration.

But x, Tina knows that the maids are given lists of guests who wants their room cleaned first. She knows more than you do.

LOL!! Oh yea, I forgot she is superior.

Tina,<BR>You obviously mistake us for people that care! Maybe you don't tip enough. I would hide your toothbrush when you leave the room if I were you.

She is staying on her husbands company dollar and she is cheap enough to complain!!!??? Get a life my dear.

Hah! I gotta ya. I got everyone of you people. I am PMS ing and just needed to vent today. Ya'all were great little characters for my little play. Now be good little rats and go out and play.

Get a life.

Tina you are the only one who came off looking like crap here my dear. Now go take your medication and get off the computer.

Someone stold my post about Mobil star awards and took it as their own. I know I did't spell Mobil correctly. There are other entities that use a "star" award. However, they do not go to the hotel and use an extensive check list to rate a hotel or resort. Most "star awards" just use reputation or the list of the hotels amenities. Mobil and AAA are the only awards hotels care about. Obtaining 5 stars (Mobil) or 5 diamonds (AAA) is very difficult. And I don't work for mobil, I'm an eye doctor in the midwest.

Hey Jason, keep the Do Not Disturb sign on your door ya moe-ron!

happy, <BR>thanks for the advice. I think I'll do that.

Hey Jason, keep the Do Not Disturb sign on your door all the time and no one will hassle you.

just look at her post...WHAT blunders....dear, do you mean WHICh blunders? And there are so many errors in syntax in your post! I believe you are ill-educated and probably intimidated by others. Do you feel powerful picking on those in service positions? You are a pathetic moron. You are lucky that someone married you and especially blessed that you are having vacations. Girls like you usually spend their lives in trailer parks with occasional trips to Wal-Mart.<BR><BR>

Sam, your post cracked me up! What a loveable guy - you sound just like my husband! The world needs more folks like you.

To "mtsod": you're an "eye doctor" and you use the word (not a word, actually) "stold"? I haven't heard that incorrect usage since I was in grade school!<BR><BR>To the Mobil and AAA ratings gurus: do you realize that what most people at this forum consider important in a hotel has almost nothing to do with obtaining those star/diamond ratings? Ever look at what it takes to get one of those ratings?<BR><BR>Here's a partial list required for 5 star status (Mobil):<BR>- Choice of at least two complimentary newspapers distributed <BR>- If pool service, during a 90 minute period, in warm conditions, some sort of complimentary refreshment is offered (for example, mineral water, fresh fruit, water spritz) <BR>- Public washrooms feature fresh plants or flowers <BR>- Each guest room has three phones, including one in bathroom <BR>- Fresh flowers present in guest rooms <BR><BR>No fresh flowers in your romm means no 5 star rating.<BR>Ooohhhhh.....I couldn't possibly stay in a room without fresh flowers!!<BR><BR>There are many 4 star hotels that have BETTER ROOMS and are more enjoyable than 5 star hotels, many 4 star hotels that should actually be 3 because they focus on fulfilling the letter of the 4 star law rather than making the rooms as pleasant as possible, and many 3's that should be 2. <BR><BR>

I much prefer that housekeeping not enter my room. When I need clean towels, I grab a few. Anybody else like me out there?

Oh Jeeez, you just cannot get away from this friggin mstod and his whining about 4-5 star hotels!<BR>