Frequent Business Traveler: Hotel Tips
Conde Nast's Portfolio magazine which just started publishing last summer has easily picked up the slack where Business Week, Fortune and Forbes have left off. Each issue includes meaty, informative business articles, rather than a picture on the front page, that leads to a one page three question interview. I'm not bitter.
Their Seat 2B column, just posted to their website today, contains some great tips about traveling:
On why you should tip the housekeeper everyday:
...leave your tip every day, not at the end of your stay, because the housekeeper may change from day to day. How much to tip? I never leave less than $5 a day...
If staying at a luxury hotel (this one will probably not work at a Motel 6):
...introduce yourself around, especially to the general manager. If you intend to be a regular, let him know. Give him your business card and write him a thank-you note after your stay. When you're headed to the next property, call and ask him whom to contact. He'll do the work for you and alert the next hotel's G.M...
And for people like my parents who insist on calling hotels directly for reservations:
..Time has passed it by. Most major hotel chains now work off of a centralized database of rates. In fact, many properties don't even have an on-site reservations department anymore...
And last but not least - is the hotel you want overbooked?
...ask if an "out of service" room is available. That's industry jargon and it means you're willing to accept a room that has been temporarily taken out of general inventory due to a small flaw that needs repair.
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