(Nearly?) No Smoking at (California?) Hiltons?

September 30, 2006 | ML/NJ

[SevenofNine]

OH they are giving rid of Smoking room ML

They are all Hilton are going non smoking rooms by year 2007 that was in LA Times back in July because of demand by travlers want non smoking room

[steveo]

I'm surprised you could get a smoking room here in Cali. The only places I know you can smoke inside here are tobacco shops and Indian casinos.

[Ditter]

I always get the opposite response. When I ask for a non smoking room I am usually told they are all taken and only smoking rooms are available. I am not talking about CA or the Hilton specifically, just rooms in general.

[leda]

patton has traveled alot. stayed in hiltons all over the
country too. when they tell him they are out of smoking
rooms, he pulls out the multitude of gold cards he has
for competitors. somehow they seem to mysteriously find
him a smoking room. ;)

[patton]

Actually, last time I was in a Hilton, the took one look at my HH points, and MADE one.

You know, the level of points that got us that week at Disney.

[leda]

yeah, in the mega suite :D

[thegreatbeast]

Face the facts, man, you've got a large target hung around your neck. You are a prime target of the people who know better than you.

[patton]

With the warm cookies. delivered by a nicely dressed girl.

Did I mention I am doing my homework?

[leda]

nope, the mega suite in fla, silly!

homework? there goes that imagination, again ;)

[ml/nj]

ping for your consideration

[kingu]

Since I'm pretty much only staying in hotels in California, it's hard to say if it is only a California thing or not. But more and more we're coming across entire hotels that have no smoking rooms at all. Holiday Inn Express seems to be the worst at it; haven't found one yet that offers smoking rooms.

Hilton in Bakersfield usually has plenty of smoking rooms available, the one in Arcadia is run by the local smoking busybody (who wants to make 'smoking sections' at Santa Anita, last I heard...)

Truth be told, it's really starting to tick me off. Charge $120 a night for a room where you can pay extra for just about everything. If it wasn't for Hotwire.com, I probably wouldn't even bother staying at a Hilton again. Service at all of their properties has dropped through the floor in most of the Southern California locations I've stayed at.

[MotleyGirl70]

...am I wrong in what I told you?

[Freedom4US]

Don't worry, it's only temporary.

[ml/nj]

who wants to make 'smoking sections' at Santa Anita, last I heard

Not sure what this means, I haven't been to Santa Anita (except for breakfast) in a half dozen years or so. I was at Fairplex last week and there were no-smoking signs everywhere. I just assumed that Santa Anita would be the same now. At Saratoga and Belmont, one can no longer smoke in any part of the grandstand (including the clubhouse), so having smoking sections would be an improvement.

ML/NJ

[Madame Dufarge]

patton has traveled alot. stayed in hiltons all over the country too. when they tell him they are out of smoking rooms, he pulls out the multitude of gold cards he has for competitors. somehow they seem to mysteriously find him a smoking room. ;)

I like it ;-)

ml/nj: Seems to me that the hotel didn't live up to their end of the bargain.

I'd ask for a reduced rate next time for the inconvenience.

[leda]

it is effective :D

i think ml deserves much more than a discounted rate too.

[Lurker]

Do what I do.

Smoke in it anyway.

Dispose of the butts outside of the room.

Leave a $20.00 tip for the maid.

I've never incurred their stupid 'cleaning charge' once.

L

[kingu]

Yes, the grandstands are no smoking, but the new target is no smoking anywhere in the infields or elsewhere on the property except limited marked areas. Talk about driving customers away to Indian casinos.

(that is until the smoking busybodies reach there - well, more than they have.)

[ml/nj]

Leave a $20.00 tip for the maid.

Actually I leave a note for the maid. It says:

NO SMOKING
NO TIP
Ask your management.

I smoke cigars, not cigarettes. (Cigarettes are bad for you!) A couple of years ago, a hotel moved me, apparently from my smoking room to a non-smoking room, when there was a problem with the room. I really didn't know. The soap dish looked like an ash tray. So when I smoked a cigar, one of their smoking Nazis banged on my door. It was almost more effort than it worth to get the "cleaning" charge reversed.

ML/NJ