Claridges, Bbc2 Documentary

[DTCwordfan]

My mind of hotel.

Yours?

[shaneystar2]

There was someone on there last week staying with a dog Fred .I don't think she was anyone too famous though but very posh whoever she was .
They got the doorman to take him for a walk round the roads !

[DTCwordfan]

great story, Fred, the service levels can be exceptional in these places.

My wife and I got stranded in Washington DC in transit back to Europe one December....long story but we ended up at the Tyson Corner Ritz Carlton - in a junior suite cheaper than staying in a Dulles Airport hotel normal room....our baby was 4 months. Not only did they get all the room service etc sorted out, but one of their managers went to buy us baby necessities at 6am, as we had been banking on being back home the following morning, and he even had the presence of mind to bring warmed up milk and coffees with croissant (on the hotel) with him when he delivered it to our room at 7am.

It was truly beyond the call of duty.....

[shaneystar2]

I know all about that DT ..lol ... I can remember being in the Amsterdam Hilton with a six week old screaming child and a toddler .They were brilliant .

[askyourgran]

I think I'll have to forgo the New Year Party at the Savoy, but maybe blow the pension on an overnighter with breakfast one of these days.

[DTCwordfan]

I know that hotel, shaney. However, the Amstel has been one of my hotels of the world. An oasis of service in the desert called the Netherlands.

[237SJ]

I know that Tysons Ritz (haven`t stayed there though). Uninspiring location on the romantically named Chain Bridge Road, but great for shopping in the two malls there.

[shaneystar2]

Haha ..'Tis a bit flat ...mind you I liked living there .

[DTCwordfan]

Absolutely, SJ, and the wife had a blast in the shopping center, while I baby sit before we went back to the airport to pick up the flight to Europe.....United didn't even quibble about the bill and paid me in cash.

[DTCwordfan]

(and upgraded us to First)

[237SJ]

You`d be surprised what they got the room for DT. Corporate rates are always generous but airline corporate rates can be really low.

[RATTER15]

I hate all the fuss and glitz, show me the room and bugger off, if I want you you will know about it. I hate waiters that keep coming around asking if my meal is ok, sod off and leave me alone, if im not happy with my meal you will know about it and I do not need escorting out the door thanks, I know the way!!!!

[DTCwordfan]

so were you in Amsterdam, shaney? We lived out in the countryside between Leiden and Alphen-an-der-Rijn....

[237SJ]

Misread that - I didn`t read that you picked up the bill. That malls extended quite a lot now.

[shaneystar2]

We lived in Krimpen aan den IJssel.

[DTCwordfan]

I know......I used to stay in DC for $130 a night while others in the Co even on our corporate rate were in the lesser brand hotel for $200. That night with Dulles blocked, we got the Ritz for $120 and I overheard someone being charged $195 (USAir) for a bog-awful Hilton room at the airport - the hotel so overcrowded that they couldn't do us room service for 4 hours despite the wee one. That was when we decided to move on and when I called United about it, they said "Stay in what hotel you like, and we'll pick up the tab" - we were flying in business class mind you.

Also, "if you don't ask, you don't get" and it's why I always call the hotels direct and not use these on-line booking facilities - the strike rate on upgrades for the same rate is pretty high.....

[DTCwordfan]

Good grief, shaney, we had Belgian friends who lived there, the Knopps (no not Knobs).

[shaneystar2]

It was a nice place .I had a friend who lived in Ouderkerk and I used to cycle on my fiets ..across the dykes . ..some of those polders are really high and if the farmers hadn't shut the gates you sometimes had a cow trotting along behind you . Which made me cycle even faster ..haha.

[DTCwordfan]

lol

heading to hit the sack now so will bid you good night....totsiens....

[shaneystar2]

Nice thread DT
Slaap lecker en droom zacht .

[craft1948]

Glad I'm not one of your hotel staff ratter..............