Digital BW, The Print

Dunno about the opportunity itself, but I can vouch for the fellow's claim
that hotels do indeed charge. I worked off and on in the industry for better
than 10 years, including a 5 year stint at a 4 star hotel in Boston, and can
confirm that we in fact charged a colossal fee for the robes (whether asked
and paid for or merely lifted from the room). Ditto the honor bar; cleaning
it out and failing to notify the desk upon departure didn't mean ya gots the
stuff for free. We didn't charge for towels and ashtrays...too hard to
inventory. But anything significant was charged to the card. But I
definitely agree that there will be damage and theft. The number of stars a
joint gets has little to do with the nutbags that check in and do indeed
wander off with furniture, linens, phones, bellmen...

Matthew Born


On 7/10/04 8:39 AM, "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com"
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> NO, No they don't!
> I used to work at the Ahwahnee Hotel in side Yosemite
> National Park.  The room rates for the average rooms
> in this place were $125 a night (1985), the Queen of
> England stayed at this hotel.
> We have people stealing blankets, head boards, chairs,
> you name it - even if it was nailed down people stole
> it.  We never charge 1 guest anything.