Hotels schmotels!

So I spend lots of time staying in of various types...

This weekend we used some of my hotel points to visit a swanky hotel in Charlotte (we used to live in Charlotte, and I missed a couple of the restaurants so we thought we'd catch up over the labor Day weekend).

So my point here is what is the deal with expensive hotels. A normal price hotel provides drink machines on each floor and sometimes free breakfasts. You go to expensive hotels and there are people loitering around the lobby waiting to "help" you. You go to your room (which is pretty much the same as a "normal" hotel room and find there is no drinks machine. You call room service and pay a high price for the drink plus a room service delivery charge. Next most hotels now offer free high speed internet, but in the expensive hotel it's an additional $10.

So what is Paul's point here?

Well basically I feel that you're getting stiffed on the price of the room, surely you could get a break on some of the incidentals rather than getting screwed at every turn by the hotel.

BTW the trip to Charlotte may well feature in a blog soon...