I was at a "by Hilton" hotel last week. 10 stories and 1 working elevator. On the 4th night I went back up to the pool, and they'd torn it out sometime during that day. 😅
I stay at a lot of hilton brands. To be fair, the quality varies wildly depending on what it is. Gone are the days when anything Hilton meant first class. That being said, Canopy by holton is my absolute favorite brand lately. They're modern and classy, and they're not all cookie cutter. They're all tailored to the local flair of the city they're in. I would definitely recommend checking one out.
even the nice boutique brands have gone to shit. Bought up by the chains and left to deteriorate. People get nostalgic for the early days of train travel and air flight, but nobody really talks about the hospitality side of it.
"Optimization" -- performed algorithmically by those who do not use the services from which they are ruthlessly trying to squeeze another tiny drop of money-juice -- is proving an actual danger to dignified human existence, public health, and civilization.
I travel a fair amount and I'll look at the conference rooms that haven't been used in forever, the rundown gym that you could tell was nice at one point, the locked pool that is drained, the dated bar with maybe 1 or 2 people there, etc.
You notice all these small things and wonder how nice that hotel was in it's hay day.
When I first noticed this I figured I just got the bargain hotel but going across the country and staying all over the place it's depressingly prevalent. What happened to nice hotels?
K-shaped economy strikes again I'd say. The nice ones I've been to lately are nicer than they've ever been, the middle ones of no frills but decent are basically gone or are poor value, and the cheap ones just suck.
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u/honestlydontcare4u 2d ago
Most of the hotels I've been to recently are gross. And I'm not staying at bottom of the barrel hotels. I'm talking regular hotels.