I'm an old guy and we renovated our bathroom a year ago and went with a smart toilet (you may wonder how smart a toilet could be considering its job). As the contractor predicted, I quickly loved the bidet thing (which, being an Asian toilet, has a remote with many options for everything) but my wife still is afraid to use it. And to contribute to this thread, we get Sam's Club TP. Cheap yet thick and soft. Our water and sewer department may not like it as much as the thin stuff that dissolves, though. I'm pretty OK with Marriott TP. My gripe with Marriott is the real expensive furniture they keep upgrading with even less comfortable models.
LOL ! The Commander in Chief, brings her pillows and her special large pot for cooking and a gridded pan for cooking bacon and French Toast. LOL
I must agree 100% with you on your last sentence.
Petty disappointment department:
When Marriott switched to the small hollow soap bars that melt in just a few days. This happened a year or two ago.
But a month ago when we were at Shadow Ridge Enclaves and Desert Springs 2, we got soap bars that were no longer hollow. They were still kind of small but were solid. So, I didn't have to have someone deliver a few 10 cent replacement bars when they melted 3 or 4 days later. I thought that Marriott finally came their senses. But, we're at Newport Coast now and they still have the hollow bars. And yes, we called to get replacements.
My wife brings Ivory or Dove bars from home for the shower, so it really is a petty issue. The large containers of shampoo in the shower? Yeah, I'm getting used to them. Also, I sometimes refill my small travel shampoo bottle from their large wall container. Making lemonade out of lemons.
Many places have passed laws outlawing the individual bottles and maybe individual soaps too, so that’s why the big wall-mounted bottles are suddenly everywhere. The idea is to reduce all the plastic waste.
Time flies. It's been over four years.
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Some of the bottle labeling are clearly "form over function" – with lettering that's almost the same color as the bottle itself. Without enough contrast there to make out what they say, it's a really stupid packaging decision.
Shampoo, Conditioner, Body wash in that order left to right. Anything else and the entire staff should be forced to sit through a 90 minute owners update.
I completely agree. Although the print might even be too small for the HK staff. At DSV II last year the order was Body Wash, Conditioner, Body Wash.
I have a similar problem figuring out which bottle is for shampoo, etc. I have AMD but if I squint I can usually figure it out. I've learned to memorize the layout of the bottles before I take off my glasses.
It's shampoo, conditioner, body wash, shave cream, lotion, deodorant, and mouthwash.
New Shimmer! It's a shampoo, a conditioner, a body wash, a dessert topping, and a floor wax!
These products are probably considered 'industrial' by their manufacturer, therefore no consumer research is done on the packages. In my experience, the hotels are worse than the timeshares. At a Residence Inn, all three packages were identical and the lettering was difficult to read, The MVC timeshares seem to be better and at least have different color lettering. I typically read the labels with my reading glasses on prior to taking my shower.
I agree about liquid soap in the bathrooms. Sheraton, and I think Westin, Vacation Club properties have them. As does Club Wyndham.
I have yet to stay in a Westin Vacation Club property which has anything other than bar soap for hand washing. Actually I have only once or twice seen liquid soap for handwashing in a hotel of any kind, and it's been pretty low-end hotels that have had it. I don't mind the big bottles in the shower (if I can tell which is which!) but a bottle of hand soap stuck to the mirror or wall doesn't scream "high end" to me.
I just went and looked at some photos and video and you're right. No pump bottle in Westin properties. Just the Sheraton Vacation Club resorts. I think the Sheraton Vacation Club properties also have a small bar in addition to the liquid pump. Which seems kinda redundant. Here is a screen grab from one of my videos. We've seen the same at all the Sheraton properties.
