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Monday, October 19, 2009

UPDATE: Great response to what makes a good hotel room

ANOTHER UPDATE FROM TUESDAY MORNING AT 10 AM:

Oh joy! Readers have responded enthusiastically since Monday morning to my Winging It column about what I look for in a good hotel room. Yesterday afternoon, I had more than 25 e-mails, and half a dozen comments were posted online, all with additional aspects of what you look for when staying in a hotel.

By Tuesday morning, I had 42 responses, which is a few more than the number I have received in response to each of two columns in the last year about the possibility of allowing cell phone calls during airline flights.  I knew readers held strong opinions about that topic, and now I know a lot more about how hotels retain your business.

Please consider posting your comments as part of the blog entry you see for the column, three items below this one. Thanks for the help, and I will write another column in coming weeks on the suggestions that readers had that I didn't think of or have room for. 
Posted by Tom BELDEN @ 5:12 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:09 PM, 10/19/2009
    I have repeatedly found that the key indicator of a good hotel stay is not the brand (Mariott, Hyatt, Hilton, etc) but rather the age of the hotel. New hotels are invariably clean, comfortable and sound proof. Old hotels are much more likely to be dirty, loud, and run down. This concludes today's lesson.
    — Bud Fox
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:38 AM, 10/20/2009
    it's simple...clean, smell, temperature, and QUIET
    — STEVE5444


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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for more than 20 years, writing columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping to improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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