Tom,

Couldn't agree more! Merry Christmas to you too..

Amanda Kehoe

Really Ronald! Is that anyway to actually treat our feline friends? Hanging them in a wardrobe is not a nice thing to do. I suspect they would much prefer their own basket.

(Yes I am aware it's a typo error, and the above statement is to be taken in jest!)

Looks like Tom needs my Chargepod from my blog post!  :  )

Amanda

Tom

I agree with you. Always have a power strip with me since most of the places I am working do lag electrical outlets. Laptop, wireless router and phone charger seem to be to much to my customers but needed when starting up our equipment.

The newer hotel rooms do have more usable electrical outlets and if needed some of the electrical equipment I carry around can be charged through the USB ports.

Check behind the night stands for outlets. Most of the time a lamp is plugged in that you never use. Unplug it and connect your cell phone charger to it.

Besides that, a nice minibar for use like in European hotels being offered would be nice. Having a cold beer while you write a report is always nice.

not a bad idea to bring your own but make sure it is always bottled and pre

ferably corona....the best with lemon slice...aaahhhh

Only one supplier had the right to sell the i Phone in the UK but that lapses 01/01/2010

I am sure it was O2 but Vodaphone may well have it in January.

One of the things I should do in the future is ask for Still (our preference) bottled water. It would be better if the larger bottles where supplied.

Agree with power strip, also a fridge and microwave. Although in my room here in New Orleans I do have three table lamps with 5 outlets combined, but my phone charger will not fit in one.

One more thing, not missing but needs to be updated... the antique TVs in some HIG's.

LOL, the Holiday Inn in Panama City, FL has a small TV set in the bathroom. Keeps you connected with the world.

Gabe,

Antique TV's...Couldn't agree more!  What doing in New Orleans, working I suppose?

Amanda

Gabe,

Your picture came through just fine! Great to see the 'gang.'

Amanda Kehoe

I hear you Ronald, we here in the states have about half of the channels in Latin.  ( Who needs Rosetta Stone . )

Funny you should say alarm clock, it went off at 2:30 last night. I usually check it but forgot to this time.

They are all different so if you are a non tecky switching them of can be a challenge as well, you may get the snooze  button.It should be on the Housekeeping check list if not already.

I'm not sure what you guys are thinking whit all them minor requests what a IHG room should have. The managers are thinking way better than you guys do and finally picked up my thought. Great job from IHG, hope they roll that out worldwide.

"Holiday Inn, operator of over 4,000 hotels worldwide, will begin to offer a free five-minute "human bed warming service" at it's London Kensington hotel throughout next week"

See link to ENGLISH news paper.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100118/tod-human-bed-warming-service-launched-i-870 a197.html

That's why I love PC.

Saw that the bed warming service was already discussed. Had expected it but was too lazy to do a search. Sorry Paul. Honors to you for posting it first.

That's not cool; did they move you to another room?

rslemmer,

Hmm, maybe it was a common occurence??...Reminds me of a stay at a Holiday Inn where I found vomit in the ice bucket.  Gross...but did receive 10,000 points.

Amanda

I can only recall having a coffee maker in one IHG hotel and that was in the IC Budapest. The one thing in Cannes that is lacking is a kettle and tea offee making things, but the room service is very rapid and at a price.

When we stayed with relatives in Florida we needed to  go and buy an Electric Kettle to make our tea. we could not find a tea pot though

It is never too hot to drink tea.

Every US ICH room seems to have at least a small refrigerator
(VERY noisy full-size ones at the Candlewood Suites!), but no

small microwaves at the Holiday Inns, though Candlewood

Suites and Holiday Inn Expresses have them in the US.

So, I can order a delivery pizza and refrigerate the leftovers,

but can't warm up the leftovers up. Weird. I'd also like some

complimentary bottles of water, like I get in the non-US

ICH hotels (Amman, Dubai, Istanbul, etc.). I like bottled

water and am wary of tap water in the US.

Bill

I always check the guide books for Water quality If the are British or US books they should be trusted?