Is the hotel's rooms overlook the matter?
There has been an enormous amount of talk lately among outlets of different trips on hotel rooms. It is the room itself, which has (although that's always important), but the views from the windows.
Apparently, all the talk is related to the arrival of Room77.com, a Web site based in California that aims to show what is going to be watching from the window of his property, which helps to choose a concrete floor or even a room when booking. It gets in their specifications and the site creates a virtual shot of the view. There is also an iPhone app that lets you know on the ground (ie at check-in) what to expect when you open the door, which allows you to request a room change immediately and denying that annoying trip back to the reception.
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Everything is very fresh and very much in the early stages. Only three stars and above are offered, and only 16 cities are represented so far (although that translates to a stunning 425,000 rooms). There can be booked directly on the site yet, but that is apparently going to change soon. However, it has the potential to be a powerful force once they catch on – and is very fun to play on the site to see how the measures in the hotels where I stayed longer (I, for one, am greatly impressed by precision).
For its part, USA Today conducted a recent poll asking readers if they cared to see the view from my hotel room before arrival. A huge 88 percent said they did.
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I wonder: What about the 12 percent who do not?
A big fan of hotels, I'm always a little anxious at check-in, both for the quality of the room as the scene on the other side of the glass. My strategy to avoid disappointment? I always ask for a room on an upper floor. Even if the hotel is three stories, which prevent me from being at eye level with the Winnebago in the park or the kids running around the pool. Also routinely request a "quiet" spot, which means that nowhere near the ice machine or elevator, and away from the main street.
Sometimes counterproductive, since the container is usually the back, leading to a fair share (unfair?) Of landscape littered with trash. And there's no accounting for construction eyesores (which to the room 77 may not be able to avoid.) Once in Las Vegas, was thrilled to get a set of near the peak of the Venetian, a monolith rising in the Strip. But when I got to the room and opened the curtains, a giant crane swung a beam bound for the Palace, the sister station under construction next door.
Room 77 have not done much to help prevent the worst view I've had in a bed and breakfast in Chincoteague, Virginia, promising a "beachfront location," the sale was actually beaten in the parking lot of a neighboring marina . A huge truck to store fish – with a bellows cooling unit running 24 / 7 – I was sitting about 10 feet outside my window. When I asked to move, the only other option was … the other side of the truck. I stayed put and keep the blinds closed.
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