Hotel Basics

I travel with work & stay in many hotels. I have 4 basic needs: Plug by bed, good shower, free WIFI & free biscuits. I ‘review’ hotels based on these needs.

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Hipster Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Plug by bed, free instant wifi, good shower, no biscuits

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Sir Adam Hotel, Amsterdam.
Plugs by bed, free instant wifi, great shower, no biscuits (but has record player and records)

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The Old Coffee Tavern, Warwick.
Plug by bed, free WiFi, good shower, biscuits

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Warszauer Hotel, Krakow. Plug by bed, free instant wifi, ok shower, no biscuits

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Hotel Du Vin, Poole: plug by bed, great shower, free wifi, dog bed, no biscuits (but there is ferrero rocher)

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No.124, Brighton.
Free instant wifi, plug by bed, great shower, no biscuits, BUT free help yourself pantry! (And record player in room)

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Holiday Inn, Media City, Manchester.
Plug by bed, free instant wifi, crap shower, biscuits.

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Meadow Barn Air bnb (somewhere in a remote field), near Chelmsford.
Free instant wifi, plug by bed, great shower, no biscuits.

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Radisson Country Inn & Suites, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Plug by bed, free instant wifi, great shower, no biscuits

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Fairfield Marriott, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Plug by bed, free instant wifi, crap shower, no biscuits

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@rosentweets The letter is sent a few days later as making the shower head adjustments and increasing the water pressure is apparently illegal in the US. LAW BREAKER!!

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@rosentweets might see you next week for some a-grade shower review chat…

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@rosentweets No problemo as I’m no longer able to go. Right, when are we grabbing a beer to talk showers? I’ve bought a new shower head from the US. A few days later they send you a following up letter with what to do to the shower head to increase the pressure twofold! All I can say is 👌👌

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Going off-piste here, but @ArabicaLondon - best hand dryers, ever 💨

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@domjoly Happy 10th anniversary of FB btw

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This is what started it all off 10 years ago. A plug that was too low to the desk for me to plug my laptop into, plus it was £7.99 for wifi in the room.

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@domjoly Yeah man!

I meant started my obsession with plugs

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@rosentweets Actually, let me know where you’re going to be on your travels so I can send you a gift - yes, it ‘might be’ a phone charger extension cable. Nothing worse than not having a plug by your bed and your phone/alarm at the other end of the room

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@rosentweets Now that’s beyond exciting! 👌

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@rosentweets Hotel travel tip: get a 6 foot phone charger extension cable. I have two. Yeah boi! 12 feet of phone cable, no hotel is stopping me having my phone by the bed charging overnight!