Hotel Myths vs Hotel Fact and other various common questions Part 2
Sunday, November 28th, 2010So I lag <— Most obvious statement ever. If anyone is surprised by this fact then that is a whole other issue.
Anyway.
Here I am again to continue on with Myths vs Facts and common Hotel misconceptions. This post I will be discussing:
1. Welcome to our Hotel! – You just arrived and find out your request for x was not guaranteed and you are SOL
2. “Sure you can do it, just type some code in your computer, press a buttons, and viola’s everyone’s happy” umm actually sir, my computer does not do magic and it doesn’t work like that
3. <Occasionally this is a continuation from #2> “But I am a ______ VIP (sometimes each letter is pronounced loudly and slowly). What do you mean there is no suite available for me? Don’t you care about my loyalty?”
4. <the real assholes typically continue with this, or this is a greeting to me> “I want to speak to your manager”
5. And this is something a lot of people on twitter know about wonder: Why do hotels oversell their inventory (i.e. we have 400 rooms but guaranteed 415 rooms)? (more…)