Monday, December 04, 2006

Hotel bathroom reviews: first in a periodic series

Hilton Chicago: two out of five stars
  • Size: 2.5 stars
  • Sink size: 1.5 stars (tons of wasted space behind door could have been used to expand sink area)
  • Toiletries: 2 stars (missing toothpaste/toothbrush combo, but included two kinds of liquid moisturizers)
  • Toilet-to-shower proximity: 1 star
  • Decor: 3 stars
  • Water pressure: 4 stars
  • Hot water duration: 3.5 stars
  • Raised, flower-print wallpaper: 4 stars
  • Ugly painting: 2 stars
  • General oddities: Dresser contains both Holy Bible and biography of Conrad Hilton, great-grandfather to Paris
Overall impressions: Without shower, bathroom would be pointless. There's no room to work at the sink, no room to change clothes, and barely room to turn around. The door opens into wasted space which could have been put to use for any other purpose, but since it wasn't one thinks the entire space must have been designed by monkeys. Or Conrad Hilton heiresses.
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2 comments:

Bootay said...

Don't get me started on hotel rooms... Give me a decent bathroom, a decent desk, free wireless, cleanliness, and a good bed, and I'm happy. A decent gym helps with the jetlag too. Nothing else matters, but they sure market it like it does.

Hiltons vary a LOT. Westins tend to be solid 100% of the time. Marriot you just never know, unless you get a J.W. Marriot (high-end stuff there). A W is always nice.

So, I'm a Hilton Diamond member (for a while, haven't had to travel at all in 2006), and that's relatively easy to get. Free upgrades to their best available rooms, etc. are really nice.
Westins tend to cost more and so you might not be able to get the Starwoods points for their top-end benefits as your company might not allow their rates.

9:57 PM
Jacob said...

Based on this one stay, I don't know how Hiltons got their reputation.

10:07 PM

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