Welcome to Hotel Hiccups. The site follows my life as a Road Warrior spending 125 – 225 days a year in hotels. I’ll cover the good, the bad, and the ugly. I do belong to all major hotel brand rewards programs. Diamond Member @ Hilton, Silver Elite @ Marriot, and Silver Elite @ Holiday Inn. Most stays are in Hilton properties.
As a Road Warrior, it is apparent to me that hotel rooms are not designed by travelers. From Bathroom Doors that clear the Toilet by less than a 1/4 inch (Poor idea) to the newest Bathroom Doors, Sliding Barn Style, that if you don’t remove your hand and let it go by itself it will smash your hand (Even worse idea), to hotels facing highways with thin glass for windows so you get to listen to the cars and trucks traveling all night long to 1/2 the Shower Doors that move making it impossible to set the temperature without getting inside, the current design and construction of rooms, leaves a lot to be desired.
After Covid, life as a Road Warrior became much more difficult and much less fun. Hotel restaurants for the most part are not really restaurants. They have very limited menus’, in most cases the food is not fresh, doesn’t taste all that good and the prices are nuts! If you opt for a food delivery service, it’s very hard to eat for less than $40.00 – $50.00 with the menu markup they add (Yes, Uber Eats, Grubhub and all the rest markup a restaurants menu pricing to add to their bottom line) the “Fee’s” (Those are just pure nonsense) and the Tip that begins suggesting @ 25 or more percent. If you don’t tip well, the driver’s don’t care and they’ll get to you when they do. I can’t count the number of never deliver orders from Grubhub, and Uber Eats or the mistakes from the restaurants themselves.
Please join me for my adventures and travels.
Daniel@hotelhiccups.com