Michael Roebuck's Blog

I was reading Charles Mangin's blog about how he has redesigned hotel soap to be more user friendly. I agree with him and encourage you all to read his blog. It can be found here: (http://www.mentalhygiene.com)

He got me thinking about my own hotel questions. I travel fairly frequently and tend to stay at hotels for mutiple nights. I don't know the statistics of multiple stays vesus one night stays but perhaps if I got a full size bar of soap and the maid didn't replace it every day, it would end up being just as cost effective as the maid replacing my tiny bar of soap daily.

Also, what's the deal with the signs hotels place on the beds asking us to conserve water by re-using my towel? I currently have 5 kids. To save my wife time, I use my towel multiple times at home. However I refuse to pay for a hotel room and live by the same standards. I want a clean towl for every shower, night and day. In fact, I even opt for clean sheets daily when I can. I also turn the heat or AC on high because I'm not trying to cut my cost down. A hotel to me is a mini vacation. Even if it's a business trip. I will not scrimp and save in my hotel room.

Lastly, the ultimate hotel mystery. Where do all the half used rolls of toilet paper go? You know, the maid replaces the toilet paper roll when it gets low, not empty. Where does the roll go?