Written on January 27, 2011 at 2:07 pm by

I want to live in a hotel

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Crown Plaza Hotel Mpls

For the last several weeks I have been touring hotels for the Tribal Blogs 2011 Conference. I have been checking out the meeting rooms as well as the guest rooms at each hotel I have visited. While I was most happy with the Crowne Plaza, and booked that one, they all look about the same to me.

They look the same because not one of them has dog hair all over the bed or couch, there is no half eaten sandwich on the coffee table, of course there is no bunny poo, and none of the rooms smell like dirty sweat socks.

I can’t tell you how much I want to live in a hotel.

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  • http://mommamiameaculpa.com meleahrebeccah

    I want to live in a hotel too – mostly for the maid and room service!

  • http://www.nannygoatsinpanties.com/ Margaret (nannygoats)

    Hear hear! I would want the room service too. And the TV all to myself. Oh, is there one in the bathroom? How awesome is it to have one in the bathroom!

  • http://beetle-blog.com/ babs (beetle)

    Just give me the maid and room service in my house. That would do me ….. Though I do have Mo ;)

  • http://pricillaspeaks.blogspot.com Pricilla

    Does room service bring apples?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    They bring you whatever you would like.

  • Anonymous

    Ahhh yes, a chocolate on the pillow and a million bed bugs between the sheets; you gotta love hotels.

  • Another Suburban Mom

    Every time I get my annual round of bronchitis, I wish I could move into a hotel for a few days to recover so I totally understand.

  • http://www.junkdrawerblog.com JunkDrawer

    I just love how every time you go back to your room it looks just like it did when you left in the morning. I’m an obscene tipper as a result of this phenomenon.

  • http://www.stubbornfool.com Shawn

    I too want to live in a hotel. In Jamaica. Or Barbados. But I would settle for downtown Montreal.

  • http://mommamiameaculpa.com meleahrebeccah

    So very awesome!

  • http://injaynesworld.blogspot.com/ Jayne

    I imagine it would get old after a while, but I’d like to have the chance to find out.

  • http://www.cardiogirl.net cardiogirl

    I’m there with you. Oh! Too bad we couldn’t both live there and then we could be like those effing punks Zach and Cody on that Disney show. I’ll be the stupid one as long as I can live in a hotel.

    That’s how I differentiate them — the stupid one and the smart one. And every time I ask my kids which one is which I always say, “Is that the smart one?” Now if they’re going to catch the inference more power to them. So far, I don’t think they have, though.

  • http://www.weworkforcheese.com Nicky

    I don’t want to live in a hotel. I want everyone else in my house to live in a hotel. Even the cat. Especially the cat.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    I like that idea too, though I really want the maid service.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Is the stupid one the one who is always hitting on the girls? I know London is really stupid but that seems to work for her.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    It can’t get any older than living with animal hair everywhere, whining kids, and a sink full of dishes. Not to mention the dirty laundry, there is never dirty laundry in a hotel.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Jamaica would be great but like you I could handle a Motel 6 in rural WI is that was offered.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    If it looks like it did when you left does that mean you are one of those people who cleans the room before the maid gets there? I bet you are. I bet you do a better job than they would because you don’t want them to think you are a slob. Unless you are referring to Dave and the mess he can make while you are gone.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    That’s why I have children via c-section, I get 5 days in the hospital which is even better than five days in a hotel.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    The bed bug phenomena is one of those things that has always been there but just reported on more now for some reason. In fact ten years ago the bed bug situation was much worse than it is now.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Maybe Mo needs to stay at a hotel for a while?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    A tv in the bathroom would be awesome but if I had one at home the boy wouldn’t leave the bathroom ever.

  • http://www.junkdrawerblog.com JunkDrawer

    Yes, a little like that, but not a lot. I crumple things. I’m a crumpler. Which is why it’s so nice to have the bed made crisply again and all the pillows are back on the bed in military formation, and I have new towels to replace the blob I leave by the door.

  • http://beetle-blog.com/ babs (beetle)

    You’re not wrong there :)

  • http://lisa-griffiths.com/blog/ Lisa Griffiths

    I’m With You, Sistah!!! I like to travel, by car, a lot. And when I get a chance to stay in a nice hotel, it’s heaven. Sure, I’ve stayed in my share of roadsides and slept in my clothes because even the sheets didn’t seem clean, but nothing beats a hotel where everything, I MEAN EVERYTHING, is clean.

  • http://www.smalltownmommy.com Anne

    I have always wanted to live in a hotel. I love the idea of having room service any time I am hungry and having someone to clean up after me. I think I was filthy rich in another life.

  • http://www.cardiogirl.net cardiogirl

    Yes, he’s always goin’ for the girls plus he’s fat by comparison. I never ask, “Is Cody the fat one? But I always think it in my head before I say, “Is Cody the smart one?”

    And yes, the stupid one is a genius compared to London.

  • http://mrsblogalot.com mrsblogalot

    What could be better than living at a hotel?? A good hotel. I mean really? It’d be like a dream come true!

  • http://injaynesworld.blogspot.com/ Jayne

    Wow… It sucks to be you.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    yeah it does, I didn’t even mention the bunny poo.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure that’s true. Hotels have to be more careful now, in the internet age. A bed bug outbreak is bad for business.

  • http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.com Boom Boom Larew

    I could live in a hotel. I’d definitely appreciate someone coming in to make my bed and tidy up every day!

  • http://www.shoot-me-now.com Katherine Murray

    I want to have the Aria Hotel from Vegas shipped here… and live in the sky suite we stayed in and have the free wine/chocolate strawberry/snacks bar in every room… that was the best gift I have ever been given! BUT I would want just a tiny bit of dog hair!

  • http://thebestparts.net Ferd

    It really is nice when things are fresh and neat, and someone else has done all the work to make it that way. But I guess that’s why they get your money.
    The room looks really nice. But how do you know about the lack of dirty sweat sock smell? My computer doesn’t have that capability I guess. ;-)

  • http://thegoodthebadtheworse.blogspot.com Linda Medrano

    I get very tired of hotels very fast. Even the nice ones are not home. I like home best of all. Dog hair and all. Plus, I don’t want a slice of melon on my plate with my hamburger. That is just wrong. And the pillows are always wrong. I should pack mine and take it with me when I travel.

  • http://unfinishedperson.com/category/unfinished-rambler Unfinished Rambler

    I hate to bring this up, but have you ever seen those Dateline shows where they go in to hotel rooms with a forensic scanner? I don’t think you’d really want to live in a hotel. I mean, yes, conceptually, it sounds like a great idea, but even beyond the expense of it, I think there might be some hygienic issues as well. My skin is just crawling as I’m thinking about it.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    It’s purely philosophical. I’ve seen the shows with the black lights and it
    makes my skin crawl too but the idea of having someone come in every day and
    vacuum and make the bed sounds wonderful. And not having a kitchen sounds
    even better.

  • Anonymous

    It’s always been my dream to live in a hotel. Not a Crowne Plaza, although they’re very nice, but something more like a Marriott Residence Inn, where you can have two or even three rooms. I think it’d be heavenly to have somebody make my bed every day, and I could send out my laundry and get a shoe shine once a week, plus have a free breakfast in the morning and couple of free cocktails every evening.

    Sigh.

  • Anonymous

    I’d hate have 20/20 show up and scan my house. The EPA would probably shut me down.

  • Anonymous

    Nicky is very creative. Did anybody else notice that?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    She is creative and there is a Charlie Sheen/Hotel thing that could be placed on Nicky, I just can’t come up with it this morning. (my kids don’t have school today and it’s snowing again, I can’t even come up with a word for ‘thing’)

    Damn.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Ewwww!

    You do know what they are scanning for don’t you? What the hell are you doing and don’t you use a towel or something?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    You will have to trust me about the sweat sock smell. The rooms smell awesome because they have fresh flowers and chocolate and they don’t allow 12 year old boys in the hotel. It’s lovely.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Not me. I want to get away from the dog hair. Of course I will be bringing it with me so when I leave they will have to vacuum all the stuff that was stuck on my slacks. Hairless dogs are looking better and better each day.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    And the people who do tidy up are so nice! You don’t have to nag them do pick things up, they get paid for doing it by someone else. It’s truly a wonderful concept.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    What was that TV show about the people who ran the hotel? It was in the 80s I think and it was like Dynasty or Dallas. I don’t remember who was on it except for Barbra Streisand’s current husband whatshisname.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    I think we all want to have wives.

  • http://mrsblogalot.com mrsblogalot

    HAA! It was called Hotel! I loved that show!

  • http://www.dtr.ro/cazare/arad/moneasa Cazare Moneasa

    I would rather live in a house hotel not a room hotel. ANd it must have garden and pool.

  • http://www.atlanta-hotels.biz/ Atlanta Hotels

    My favorite hotel is dubai’s Burj Al Arab. I was simply impressed by the management of hotel and services which they provided. The room of hotels were well decorated and stylish which makes you to spent more time.

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