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Agree re London hotels, donatella.
Among the normal business hotels, the Hilton Park Lane and the Meridien at Piccadilly Circus are OK.
Most Brit hotel workers aren’t Brits.
I think central London is generally a nasty, scruffy, aggressive place. Some of the more village-like inner suburbs are great, though (Highgate, Hampstead, Dulwich, Blackheath, Wimbledon et al).
“What about a “canadian hottie” tramp stamp on someone who will, some day, be old?”
Yeah, I’m really starting to regret that one.
By Butterfly on July 8, 2010 4:47 PM
i wish i could get all my tattoos removed!!! it’s SO expensive tho and doesnt always work!!! im a 33 year old man with pink bunny rabbits on his arms! why didnt anyone stop me back then!?!?
*rob*
Rob, I am officially starting an international fan club for you, right now!!!! BTW, GOTD award!!!
“Do you have to pretend you are a tourist and critique the accomodations, food, facilities?”
Many times the hotel/cruise ship/resort knows who I am , and that I’m there to review the place. So, they try to treat me special. So don’t have to “pretend.” Everyone knows the deal.
That said, I do my job while on these trips – I evaluate the food, accommodations, services, facilities and amenities and write a report (or two or three) when I return. I report pretty much everything I experience, positive and negative.
Now, since I’m staying at the invitation hotel/resort/cruise line, I don’t go overboard when I notice something that’s bad, just mention it. But since my audience is mainly travel agents, I have to be accurate. Usually it all works out.
i wish i could get all my tattoos removed!!! it’s SO expensive tho and doesnt always work!!! im a 33 year old man with pink bunny rabbits on his arms! why didnt anyone stop me back then!?!?
*rob*
haha donatella – i more or less agree with you, however this is more of a Soho phenomenon rather than L train. hahaha
“The best is when someone gets a tattoo of the man/woman they are dating and then they break up shortly thereafter.”
What about a “canadian hottie” tramp stamp on someone who will, some day, be old?
Kens, etson, Benson, buried deep in my psyche is my mother and she is starting to come out. It is terrifying…
Eny, where does the “work” part come in? Do you have to pretend you are a tourist and critique the accomodations, food, facilities? I do that for free. When I travel for work, I ALWAYS fill out those cards critiquing the room, room service, AV, internet, heat/air, room cleanliness, etc. Once in London (where they have the worst crap awful hotels on the planet, what’s up with that) I had a room in a Marriott on Park Lane with blown out lights, rancid cashews, dysfunctional internet, a ahem wierd smell, broken phone hand set. There was more but I blocked it out. What ensued was a comedy of errors which I chronicled in a colorful letter sent by snail mail to the manager. Finally after what became a very funny interchange, (at least the guy had a sense of humor) I got points for 2 nights on my Marriott card. The Brit hotel workers also I think have a class thing going on (probably unconsciously) where unless you are British royalty, you are riff raff put on earth to annoy them. “Excuse me, I have no power in my room”. “SoREE…”
Do you ever steal towels?