Neopolitan

I'm less concerned with the thread count of the sheets than I am with the ability of a maid to make a bed without tucking everything in together so it is impossible to get into the bed without undoing the entire thing.
And while I'd often like more hangers, I'd be eternally grateful if the ones they do provide weren't permanently attached to the rod as if I were going to steal them.

fun2travel

FITTED SHEETS!! I hate when flat sheets are used for both the top and bottom. One toss or turn by hubby or me and the bed is "unmade and you're sleeping on the mattress. Are fitted sheets really that much more time consuming to put on then trying to tuck in a flat sheet?

madameX

Good reading light by the bedside.

starrsville

My dog.

Alisa

REAL creamer and good coffee.

Corkscrew.

Free bottled water.

And last, I am missing cash due to the ridiculous resort fees...

madameX

I agree with Zoom about how nice it would be to have separate bottles of shampoo and conditioner, but I think that they'd cheap would with a cheap conditioner, too.

Have you noticed? Many hotels have now gone to a combined shampoo/bath gel combination, and have dropped the shampoo/conditioner mix. Perhaps they realized that they weren't fooling anyone, implying that this combintation came anywhere close to being a decent conditioner?

Like Zoom says, cheap, cheap cheap.... I'll use their shampoo (in whatever form,) but I've learned to bring my own conditioner.

Surfergirl

I like disposible shower caps. But Debit's item no. 3 (magnifying mirror) got me to thinking about life after 40 and how the expanse between you and the mirror with the counter in between seems to grow each year after 40, and how nice it would be to have the mirror a bit closer so when the lipstick goes on, it doesn't end up on your chin.

JAGIRL

Hmmm...
What's missing from MY hotel room?

1. A pretty envelope containing a complete refund of the cost of my stay
2. A complimentary masseur at my disposal round the clock.
3. A bell to summon my butler who would come and feed me strawberries and chocolate.

*sigh*

-More hangers would be nice. I've started traveling with my own now! There never are enough...maybe because people keep stealing them?

-Brighter lights. Why do we want dimmer lights folks?

-clocks that don't emit this eerie red glow when the lights are off.

saps

an alarm clock that doesn't take a PhD in physics to figure out how to set the wake up time.

mooselywild

You said it, Nytraveler Decent water pressure and a showerhead higher than 5'8 is a must! It's sad when campgrounds (1/4 or less of the price of a hotel) have much better showers.....lol

claire_bluesky

It's a competitive market, and I think they are keeping a decent pace (ex: refrigerators & microwaves are standard), although I do have a list of my own. Particularly annoying, as someone pointed out, are attached hangers and poor water pressure. I agree they should do something about the comforters; I fold them down before I'll sit on the bed. In fact, I agree w/most everything listed.

Of course the nicer the hotel, usually the less cause for complaint, plus there are more amenities.

In addition:

- wi-fi
- local television stations (like w/the weather)
- much bigger bathrooms
- room service until midnight

So, I didn't realize people actually use the shampoo/conditioner unless they forgot their own.

Malesherbes

No way do I use hotel shampoo, claire!! I don't care for the hairdryers either...not strong enough, so I always lug my own.

Saps, amen to the alarm clock complaint!!! They seem universally difficult to set. Our last hotel alarm clock/music system was a sort of docking station with an Ipod nano. First you had to have some clue as to how to even turn on (or off in our case) the Nano--my husband didn't, and had I not known, we'd have been listening to the symphony all night.

Yes, more skirt hangers, please. I don't mind that they are attached to the bar and understand the need for that. Just give me enough so that both of us can hang our clothes without doubling up. And no...I do not want to be bothered calling housekeeping for more!

Surfergirl

There is at least, now, some logical reason for the attached hangers. I recently saw (and took a picture of!) a warning next to a ceiling sprinkler head in a hotel room ordering me not to hang anything from the sprinkler head or I will have to pay $5,000 in water damage. I suspect a problem had already occurred with someone using a hanger to hang a wet bathing object using the sprinkler head as a useful attachment only to discover the entire room became flooded when the sprinkler went off.

L84SKY

Good point Surfergirl, but they could put a little "cage" around the sprinkler.
Amen to the reading lamps and to the decent coffee in the rooms.
I'd also like some herbal teas but it's not difficult to bring my own.

CJBROWN

more electrical outlets. Usually 3-4 of us women travel together, 1 room. Never enough outlets to plug in curling irons, etc. Also, someone usually styles their hair in the bedroom when bathroom is occupied & although there's a mirror w/dresser, there never seems to be an outlet close to dresser so you can see what you're doing. (I keep my cordless curl iron in travel bag now, but extra outlets, better lighting would be nice)
we've experienced the last couple hotels without coffee makers. (guess they want you to buy coffee in hotel restaurant). The last hotel had a coffee kiosk in the lobby, but, again, not complimentary. It's so nice having the coffee maker in the room. We usually ask for more packets of coffe, & they usually bring more. I'm ok w/paper cups. Oh, the list could go on...........

Jean_Valjean

Free internet access. Charging for internet access has got to be the cheesiest thing that upscale hotels do these days. If a Hampton Inn can have it for free, why should I pay 9.95 per day at a W? The infrastructure is there...

A lot more electricity outlets, for two reasons:

1) Most business travelers have at least 2 items to plug in (cell phone + laptop), and sometimes it can go much higher than that. Why is it so hard to have at least 2 outlets, next to the desk preferably?

2) Where do they expect you to plug in the iron? Inevitably, I end up in the bathroom, taking up all the available space with the ironing board!

Brookside

Fun2Travel -- AMEN on the fitted sheets request. A "heavenly bed" is h*ll if you'e sleeping on a bare mattress!

And is it too much to ask that 3 to 5 * hotels have genuinely soundproof walls? Nothing ruins a trip for me more than noisy neighbors returning drunk at 3 AM and then having to crush a pillow over my head to stifle the sounds of vomiting and/or whoopee-making!

pollyvw

**A night light in the bathroom (I have begun taking one with me for lack thereof)

**A adherred to maintanence schedule for smoke detector battery replacement so they do not start beeping in the middle of the night.

FainaAgain

JaGirl, did you borrow your list from my children? Seems they expect all that staying overnight

annesherrod

I travel a lot with work and I appreciate the little things.....Like a couple of packets of makeup remover towelettes!!
I of course like a good mini bar too...