2010-06-03
With the current epidemic of bedbugs prevailing in this country, what steps are the hotels taking to ensure that they are bedbug-free (and remain bedbug-free)? And what are the hotels doing when guests report such instances? What compensation are they providing to their guests who may not have discovered the problem with bedbugs until they returned home? Do the hotels use bedbug-sniffing dogs to find any bedbugs and then take the necessary steps to eradicate them? Along the same lines, how often do hotels changes the mattresses? Are there laws governing the frequency of changing the mattresses? I would think if the mattress was bedbug infested, it would be changed, but I am also interested in the "normal" frequency of change. And with the high number of hotel rooms, what happens to the mattresses once they are removed, since the number of mattresses is significant in each hotel.
2010-04-12
This is a follow-up to the QOD last week (4/2/10) about using more than one free lodging offer at the same time. In the past, I've booked myself into two hotels on the same dates and gone back and forth between them with no consequences and no remorse. However, I would like to use a free lodging comp for some visiting friends (in Tunica). The only caveat on the offer is, "Offer exclusively for (me)." This doesn't seem to preclude my checking in, giving the front desk my credit card, then turning the keys over to my friends. Am I wrong about this? I have a feeling if I call the hotel (Harrah's in Tunica) and ask, they'll say I can't do it. But I don't really see why not and your answer last week seems to confirm that. However, will I soon be receiving guests from the county jail if I do this?