Comments on: Hotel Elevator Talk http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/2009/11/16/hotel-elevator-talk/ Hotel Value for Frequent Guests Sat, 26 May 2012 06:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oliver Ryan http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/2009/11/16/hotel-elevator-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-12862 Oliver Ryan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:03:24 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/?p=2826#comment-12862 wow what a beautiful place...it looks like there is no end of the sea and spa pool... wow what a beautiful place…it looks like there is no end of the sea and spa pool…

]]> By: Oliver http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/2009/11/16/hotel-elevator-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-12846 Oliver Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:44:49 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/?p=2826#comment-12846 I'd love to get free WiFi... oh, and free parking and free drinks. Heck, throw in free breakfast while wer'e at it. And those pay-per-view videos really should be free, too. In all seriousness, I take note when a hotel has free WiFi. Just like I pay attention to the parking rates. But I don't necessarily expect either to be free. I take the (expected) cost for parking, breakfast and WiFi into consideration when I compare prices. If I know I won't have a car or won't need breakfast, the freebies aren't useful to me. If I know I won't brink my laptop (I get lots of stuff done on my iPhone nowadays), then free WiFi won't be terribly useful. And no hotel is giving us free WiFi anyway. It's just bundled into the price. I’d love to get free WiFi… oh, and free parking and free drinks. Heck, throw in free breakfast while wer’e at it. And those pay-per-view videos really should be free, too.

In all seriousness, I take note when a hotel has free WiFi. Just like I pay attention to the parking rates. But I don’t necessarily expect either to be free. I take the (expected) cost for parking, breakfast and WiFi into consideration when I compare prices. If I know I won’t have a car or won’t need breakfast, the freebies aren’t useful to me. If I know I won’t brink my laptop (I get lots of stuff done on my iPhone nowadays), then free WiFi won’t be terribly useful.

And no hotel is giving us free WiFi anyway. It’s just bundled into the price.

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