Tag: Hotels

How to tell if an online hotel review is fake

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 5, 2013

If you are a frequent traveller, you may find yourself needing to select your hotel based on a myriad of online travel websites (like Travelocity, TripAdvisor, Expedia, AAA, Yelp, or others) that not only offer you the lowest price for booking your hotel stay, but also offer what should be the best crowdsourced advice on whether that specific hotel will meet – or not meet – your needs.

Travelling for business has one set of needs; travelling for pleasure has another. Travelling with kids? You may need to avoid staying at a high-end hotel if only because the kids won’t appreciate it as much as you would. Travelling alone? Maybe quiet, security and safety are your primary concerns.

And as always, accurate reviews of hotel location in relation to local attractions or transportation is always a help.

Hotel Front Office Management

Tags Hotels, How To, Travel, website

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The dirtiest item in your hotel room is not the TV remote control

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 16, 2012

Web Watch has told you about DIRTY HOTEL ROOMS before.

And you all know people who travel with a Ziploc bag in their luggage, specifically to use with the TV remote control, as Web Watch has mentioned that the TV remote in a hotel room is pretty much germ central.

But it ends up that the hotel room TV remote is NOT the dirtiest item in your dirty hotel room.

Tags 10 Things, bathroom, Hotels, science, survey, Travel, TV

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Worst Bed Bug Cities in America

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 21, 2012

Bed Bugs are making the news all over the place this year, especially with the warm weather that has been seen all across the country this past winter.

So we shouldn’t be surprised that ORKIN, one of the largest pest control companies in the country, is considered an expert on how to control bed bugs.

And now that it’s Spring Break, unsuspecting college kids and high school seniors are going to be traveling all over the country, and may end up bringing home a special friend or two (or three thousand) with them if they’re not careful.

And that’s one reason why Orkin decided to release their list of the TOP 50 BED BUG CITIES in AMERICA for 2011.

Tags 10 Things, bed bugs, Hotels, How To, Travel

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How dirty is your hotel room?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 20, 2012

A few years ago, Web Watch was visiting Las Vegas with some friends. As is the case when traveling with a large group of people – especially in Vegas – we all found ourselves staying in different hotels.

And as is the case with different Las Vegas hotels, cleanliness standards can be a bit different from hotel to hotel, company to company.

So while Web Watch was enjoying our crisp, clean sheets, one member of our brigade found herself being transferred from one dirty hotel room to another until she ultimately asked to be checked into a different hotel across the way.

Apparently, maid service doesn’t always check to clear the room of used.. (ahem) … from underneath the bed.

Tags 10 Things, bathroom, bed bugs, business, Hotels, Las Vegas, science, survey, Travel, underwear

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What to do in Vegas? In 2011, “not gamble” was on the list

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 19, 2012

Weird Las Vegas and Nevada: Your Alternative Travel Guide to Sin City and the Silver State
Weird Las Vegas and Nevada:
Your Alternative Travel Guide to Sin City and the Silver State

Web Watch loves visiting Las Vegas.

Then again, we also agree with our friends who say that “a little Las Vegas goes a long way”. In other words, these people don’t necessarily enjoy the entire gambling, casino, nightlife, gambling aspect of Sin City.

Web Watch knows people that took a vacation out to Nevada and other points west, and their Las Vegas experience consisted solely of driving down the Las Vegas Strip. They didn’t stop, they didn’t browse. They had lunch as a nearby McDonald’s (not even at the In-n-Out!) before continuing on their merry way.

We don’t blame them. There are aspects of Las Vegas that we don’t appreciate either. But to each their own.

But then the Nevada Gaming Control Board decided to come out with their compilation of revenue numbers and financial analysis of the 2011 gambline business, and the numbers look a bit unusual to us here at Web Watch.

Tags 10 Things, business, Gambling, Hotels, Las Vegas, Travel

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List of 2012 Top Business Franchises

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 10, 2012

The Educated Franchisee: The How-To Book for Choosing a Winning Franchise
The Educated Franchisee:
The How-To Book for Choosing a Winning Franchise

Are you looking for a business to invest in, perhaps becoming an owner-operator of your own established chain of [whatever]?

If so, then you probably already subscribe to Entrepreneur magazine. In their most recent issue, they’ve published their list of the TOP FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2012.

Tags 10 Things, business, Hotels, mcdonalds, restaurants

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The 2011 Dirtiest Hotels in America

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 19, 2011

Hotel Hell

A while ago, Web Watch presented the 2010 DIRTIEST HOTELS IN AMERICA.

We would be remiss if we didn’t continue the tradition by sharing those that made this year’s list.

Tags 10 Things, Hotels, survey, Travel

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Web Watch Rewind: Why do hotels charge for Internet access? Because minibars are on their way out

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 18, 2011

Running a Bed & Breakfast For Dummies

Web Watch works hard to make sure our readers are ahead of the curve on various topics. We like to be among the leaders, not a mere follower.

Which is why, when we see articles on CNN about how INTERNET FEES IRRITATE HOTEL GUESTS, we secretly smile and go about our business in bringing you the good stuff, because we know that we already brought up this very same topic about hotel internet fees almost a year ago.

Tags 10 Things, alcohol, business, food, free stuff, gadget, Hotels, Internet, Las Vegas, Travel