*making me practically re-write War and Peace to register. You already have my credit card details so if I trash the room to the point you need the police, they can certainly find me without an extra form
*card wallets. What's the point? Save a tree.
*blocks on credit cards
*giving only 1 card when the room has a slot to put the card in to get the electricity going. I travel alone bu I like 2 cards so I can leave 1 in the slot to keep the aircon going.
*high Internet charges
*bedspreads you just know are never washed
*poor water pressure and/or water saving heads
*showers I have to continually turn a circle under to try and get wet
*a shower over bath where you have to duck in to the water stream to pull a knob to change the water from the bath tap to the shower rose. I don't always want to get my hair wet and the hotel shower caps are useless
*showers with the levers rather than taps, resulting in either freezing or burning depending on a turn of one millimetre
*organising a late checkout yet housekeeping let themselves in to the room without knocking at 5 past the normal checkout hour
*tiny bath towels
*shower over baths in general, particularly with no grab rails to assist getting in and out (I had knee surgery not all that long ago)
*shower curtains...honestly people, get with the times and put in glass doors
*toiles directly facing a mirror. I don't want to watch myself doing my business!
*a room with only a bed and possibly a desk or dining chair (ie no lounge option)- I don't often use it but it is nice to have a choice
*overpriced mini bar and room service
*limited dining choices
*having a "please make my room up ASAP" sign on the door early in the morning and it still not being made up around 4 when I return for my mid-afternoon rest (and dropping off of shopping
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*poor lighting- a light in the hallway, and then free-standing bedside lamps doesn't cut it
*non-intuitive location for light switches
*poor access to power points, particularly near the bed as I use my iPhone as my alarm
*beds with only one pillow on each side and no spare, or only 1 spare... I travel alone and use 2 pillows on each side of the bed. Due to rolling back and forth I manage to take up the whole bed and am guarenteed to wake up if I roll on to one pillow
*non-white sheets and towels meaning they can't be bleached. The stains I've seen *vomit*
*no compendium of services in the room
*not replacing toiletries I have used (*cough* have souvineered for my mum) throughout my stay
*parking costs
*A/C that barely cools... I want to get the room to 16-17 degrees so I can snuggle in and get a good nights sleep
*in-room motion sensors...why?!
*crazy movie costs- often more than you would spend to buy it on dvd
*advertised cable tv which includes CNN, 3x sporting channels, and a kids channel
*remote country motels that quite possibly are the kind of establishment to rent rooms by the hour... I still shudder.
*checkout staff not asking how the stay was so I can provide the above feedback
I don't actually stay at hotels all that often compared to many of you!!