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This is an ideal hotel, opinions and suggestions

Fruit at a hotel breakfast buffet
Fruit at a hotel breakfast buffet
Fruit at a hotel breakfast buffet
Fruit at a hotel breakfast buffet

In recent years the Wireless free It is a service that has already been extended to the vast majority of hotels in Spain.

Asking if the hotel had Wireless, we start to pay sometimes abusive prices for this service.

But, currently in our country we can already enjoy Wireless free in all hotels.

However, What others services or equipment we miss?

Specifically, there are services and equipment that we find in some hotels, or that are common in establishments in certain countries, that we would like to be common in the hotels where we stay.

To help define what travelers understand as a ideal hotelat Travel Inspirers, In collaboration with Novotel, we have held a debate through Twitter asking for ideas and suggestions in this regard, in which there has been a great participation.

Below I am going to summarize what was said on Twitter, with the main proposals for an ideal hotel.

Complimentary fruit and water in hotel room
Complimentary fruit and water in hotel room

In the debate the room has had the greatest role. Easy to understand when it is the place where we are going to spend the most time during our stay at the hotel and it is going to become our temporary home.

We travelers would like to find, as a welcome, a piece of fruit and a complimentary bottle of water.

Many hotels offer it, but why not become a fixed service?

And regarding water, if possible, a large bottle. The cost is minimal and we will appreciate it. As a complement, it has been requested that minibar prices not be dissuasive…

Other equipment that should be carried by the ideal hotel, and which is fixed in certain countries, such as BritainIs a water boiler with cups, coffee and infusion sachets. On many occasions you feel like having a drink and you don't feel like going down to the cafeteria.

Kettle in hotel room
Kettle in hotel room

Regarding connectivity, so necessary in these times when we travel accompanied by so much electronic equipment, it is essential to have enough plugs that facilitate recharging.

There is a big difference between hotels with rooms designed in recent years, where there are plenty of outlets, and those that have not been renovated, where it is sometimes difficult to find a single outlet.

Of course, several participants in the debate have agreed on the need to have plugs next to the tables. Your cell phone (and your alarm clock) will thank you.

Those hotels that do not yet have an adapted room should leave a power strip among the room's equipment.

Regarding Wireless, it is considered essential that it works well.

It is worse to offer a Wireless that doesn't work because it leads to desperation, that is, a bad experience as a user.

Other suggestions are:

  • possibility of choose type of pillow before arriving at the room (on the hotel reservation form)
  • Don't take the design of light switches and taps to the point where you don't understand how they work. Hasn't that ever happened to you? Me…
  • dispose of bathrobe for the room, as well as slippers, even simple ones, if the floor is tiled.
  • enough space in the Cabinets
  • a additional key card to prevent electronic devices from stopping recharging when you leave the room.
Alternative breakfasts in a hotel
Alternative breakfasts in a hotel

El breakfast It is another important moment in the stay at the hotel.

In this regard, simpler and cheaper alternatives to the typical buffet lines.

To reduce the offer price, many times the room is offered without breakfast, and then you can book the buffet lines, at a price that is sometimes too high.

But you don't always want to enjoy a great buffet lines for breakfast. A coffee, a juice and a bun may be enough.

Therefore, it is suggested that hotels offer alternative breakfasts, with different prices. It would be a way to avoid a very common scene of guests going out to a nearby cafeteria for breakfast.

It has also been emphasized that it is a buffet lines with healthy food. And even with a variety of products suitable for celiacs.

Another request is a greater flexibility in breakfast times, especially in these times when it is very common to have to take a flight very early in the morning.

Having the possibility of having at least one coffee from a machine and some cold food helps to get up early.

Playroom for children
Playroom for children

If you travel with children you have specific needs. Some of those that have been raised in the debate are:

  • Two adults and two children can stay in the same room, with breakfast included, without extra cost compared to the price for two adults.
  • have a drawing channel on the bedroom television
  • have in a service area microwave oven to warm bottles
  • in vacation hotels, being able to use good cribs, not the folding travel ones
  • game room for children in the hotel
  • And to make matters worse, it has been requested to be able to contract the service of kangaroo trustworthy for certain circumstances
Computer and printer service in a hotel
Computer and printer service in a hotel

Finally, with regard to other general services that an ideal hotel should offer, among others, the need to have a printer service is noted to be able to print not only documents, but also flight boarding passes.

And, a very general request, that the parking price of the hotel is not too high.

Do you have any more suggestions to define the ideal hotel?

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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  • I would like both hotels and their staff to be more prepared when it comes to receiving clients with disabilities, whether visual, hearing, etc.

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