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In response to "Also, I will not check in with a machine at a hotel. I won't do it. I will burn something down first. -- nm" by Mel Profit

You don't travel for a living...and let's face it, your business is not what they're worried about.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Jan 9 '14, 07:53

The bulk of the business they're concerned about are the business travelers and I'd wager that there are a ton of them out there who are just fine with getting to the hotel, swiping a card in a kiosk and going to their room with no delays.

And room service and mini-bars...few companies let their people use those services anymore on their tab. So, unless those folks want to pay the outrageous room service pricetag...they're likely heading out to a fast food place or going to Wal-mart and getting something to bring back to the room.

The ROI just isn't there for those types of services.

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I *love* not having to talk to people. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 07:57 1
- I love the brief, formal interactions. - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:12
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And...the highes end hotels will always have these services. But larger hotel companies will pull them from their mid-level chains. - Jim Jan 9, 07:55 10
- Fascists! Socialists! Any Bad Political Name I Can Think Of! *begins the Molotov Cocktail Assembly Line* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 07:56
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  - Further, I'd expect room service to be the first to go. Mini bars may stay awhile, because there's not a lot of cost associated with maintaining them - Jim Jan 9, 07:57 7
    - The last few hotels I've stayed in haven't had mini-bars. And really, who uses mini-bars (or phones) at the inflated prices hotels charge? - Roger More Jan 9, 08:17
    - A lot of hotels I've stayed in now have menus from local restaurants that deliver instead of room -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 08:15 1
      - sfek... service -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 08:16
    - I would think that minibars would be one of the more expensive in-room services to maintain. everything has to be counted every day. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 08:00 2
      - couple people making mimimum wage wouldn'tr be too bad and alot of them now have automatic counters that know when you use something and do it automat -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:02 1
        
        I feel like Indie at the beginning of Raiders with those things. - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:03
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:00

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You don't travel for a living...and let's face it, your business is not what they're worried about.

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